Venice
Piazza San Marco – music in evenings
Murano: Home of Venetian glass. Worth the trip – you can see the glass blowers at work.
Burano: Went 5/2002. Neat little fishing village – great picture taking – not much else – just lazt, quite town. Lace making museum (closed Tues.) Take Vaparetto #12 from Fondamenti Novo Area.
Have a bottle of wine – Antinori Chianti Classico at Hotel Monaco facing the Grand Canal
Venice
Campo S. Stefano 2801
Phone: 041/5209003
Closed Tues. Same owner as Acqua Pazza. Never been. Found 5/2002. Le Bistrot de Venise: Cal. Dei Fabbri, San Marco, 4685. 041-523-66-53. From San Marco go thru end Sottoportego dei Dai under awning. Follow road around and over bridge and turn right. Risotto with Eel.
Venice
San Marco 3808/10, Campo S. Angelo
Phone: 041/2770688
Closed Monday. Ate 5/2002. Very Good Pizza & Seafood salad. Complimetary Lemoncello (Lemon Liquer).
Venice
San Polo 1457
Phone: 041/5238185
Went 5/2002. Good Seafood (Spaghetti Vongole & Saute de Vongole & Cozzi). Service got worse as the place got busy.
Venice
San Polo 692
Phone: 041/5211243
Other side of the Rialto bridge from San Marco. Went 5/2002, Drinks & Cicceti (snacks). Neat little place – locals.
Venice
Dorso Duro, 1016
Phone: 041/5203703
email: cassan.giorgio@tin.it
website: www.santrovaso.it
Closed Sunday. This is our favorite restaurant in Venice – really good.
Venice
SAN MARCO, 4306. TEL 041/5210629. FROM TRAIN STATION TAKE WATER TAXI TO
VESPEROTTO STOP PONTE RIALTO. TAKE A RIGHT TO 1ST LEFT. TAKE A RIGHT AT 1ST STREET PAST SHOPS TO END. TURN LEFT
TO SMALL SQUARE. GO DOWN STREET NEXT TO ANTIQUE STORE. TAKE 1ST LEFT DOWN TO HOTEL STREET. HOTEL AT END ON
RIGHT PAST TOWER. NO CREDIT CARDS. OWNED BY VERY NICE LADY. SPEAKS LITTLE ENGLISH. CALL FOR RESV., BUT CONFIRM
THE DAY BEFORE. STAYED ON BOTTOM FLOOR IN RED ROOM FACING A CANAL. L135,000 FOR TRIPLE W/ BATH. My sister stayed here years ago – nice thing is, it’s on a canal.
Venice
Campiello Novo S. Marco 3457\A, 30124.
Phone: 0039 041 5234 754
Fax: 0039 041 522 8043
email: info@locandafiorita.com.
website: WWW.locandafiorita.com
Ask for room away from Street on the piazza. This is where we normally stay – great place.Directions: Take Vaporetto (water bus) #1 to S. Angelo stop. Upon departing, walk straight to a tall brick building. Take the alley on the left of the building & follow it around the corner. Cross the first bridge on the left. Go straight to a courtyard on the right. This is the hotel’s courtyard.
Return on Vaperetto # 1: Vallaresso-Salute-Gigilo-Accademia-Ca Rezzonico-S. Toma-S. Angelo-S. Silvestro-Rialto-Ca doro-S. Stae-S. Marcuola-Riva de Biasio-Ferrovia
Sorrento
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Mount Vesuvius – you can go up to the creater
Mount Faito (Cable car to top of the mountain)
Drive along the Amalfi Coast
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