Venice – a random gallery, to finish off this tour…
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November 2018
Isola San Giorgio Maggiore – Palladian style, Papal Chapels and much more beautiful Venetian glass to admire …
A five minute boat ride from Saint Mark’s and you are dropped off on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. …
Padua/Padova – fantastic markets, cathedrals and Europe’s oldest Botanic Garden, laid out in 1545 – with later glasshouse
A short train ride from Venice to Padua/Padova (for the natives). Very strange to have to deal with cars …
Ai Weiwei & Memphis at Palazzo Franchetti, Venice
Last seen in Amsterdam at least 25 years ago, it was good to meet up with the insanity that is …
Murano and Burano
Murano first and a good look inside the Glass Museum, the permanent collection as well as the Mario Bellini exhibition. …
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection/Palazzo Cini, Venice
A modest mansion on the Grand Canal, one floor, with a wide stone terrace fronting the canal, and a courtyard …
Carry on up the Campanile … a bird’s eye view of Venice – and a Vaporetti along the Grand Canal
Definitely beating the crowds, in Mid November. Bright beautiful blue skies, warm in the sunshine but quite nippy out of …
A little tour of Venice …
Well, rather more than a little tour – and this is part one from a week’s holiday in Venice. I …
