Europe 2010 Day 13 - Venice to Rimini - Jewish Quarter, Venetian Markets

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8 Oct 2010

The time has come for our final morning in Venice. Having covered most of the sights the last three days, we decided to head to the northen part of the city where the Jewish Ghettos are.

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Our walking route in green today.


A protest near Rio Terra S. Leonardo by some youth


The protesting bunch.


Entering the Ghetto Vecchio (old ghetto).


Campo di Ghetto Nuovo (new ghetto). Interestingly, the old ghetto is actually newer than the new ghetto.


Along Fondamenta de le Capuzine


The Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto, erected by the Humiliati around 1350 CE.


A closer look at the top of the Chiese della Madonna dell'Orto


Palazzo Mastelli (del cammello)


Ca' Pesaro, a museum, by now we were beside the Grand Canal


A nice building near Ca' Pesaro


The Grand Canal facing Ca' Pesaro, next to Galleria Giorgio Franchetti


The €0.50 traghetto, cheapest gondola ride to the opposite end


Go for it! Only €0.50! The vegetable market is in the background. We decided to take the long way round to the markets via Rialto bridge.


Lego Donald Duck's Nephew


The protesters at the market


Closely watched


The market area, this part is mainly shopping


The fish market


Swordfish


Little crabs


Is that you paul?


Vegetable market, looks really messy compared to the Viktualienmarkt in Munich.


Nice looking bridge in front of a restaurant with bombastic chimneys


Entrance to the Antica Trattoria


A Disney shop in Venice


Fondamenta de la Maddalena


The most unsexy pasta

That ends our various walks of Venice. In retrospect, Venice was the most beautiful Italian city of the trip and the (gasp!) cheapest tourist trap. There is nothing like Venice, nothing that is the Venice of XXX ever comes close. For lunch, we settled for pizza at a little pizza bar. Then, we went back to our B&B and left for the train station. We were headed to the lovely beach town of Rimini. It's time to take it easy.

At Venice Santa Lucia train station


What looks like some sort of high-speed rail


Our ride to Rimini. The regional trains, old, functional


Our 20kg luggages were placed on these rack.......... scary! I kept thinking with all the great German beer bottles inside, the rack would give way at any moment.


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Having arived in Rimini, we took a rather long walk to get to our hotel as it was on the other side of the train tracks!


Night view of Viale Amerigo Vespucci. Hotels on both sides of the road. Rimini is a beach resort town.


Ristorante Amico (marked in the map above), nice restaurant with reasonable price.


White Wine


Ravioli stuffed with fish, possibly grouper.


Seafood risotto.

After our nice meal, we retired to bed. Rimini is rather quiet at this time of the year as it is too cold for the beach. Tommorrow, we will be making a day trip to the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, the oldest surviving republic in the world in a medieval city.

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Europe 2010 Day 12 - Venice - Murano Island & Piazzetta di San Marco to the Ventian Arsenal

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7 Oct 2010

Due to the flooding at high tide at Plaza San Marco in the morning, we headed to the island of Murano famous for its glassware. Little did we know that Murano is quite the tourist trap. Don't plan to eat there!

Off on the Vaporetto. The tickets are about €2.50 each.


The Cimitero, an island that is entirely a cemetery with a church.


Nearing Murano


Looking back at Venice


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The small section of Murano that we explored


The first glass factory that we went.


The buildings here looked more modern, we walked to another glass factory along the banks


Two glassmakers at work. They are making the green-colourful flask on the small table. It was said that the glassmaking skill is passed down from father to sons.


Coating a piece of glassware with colourful beads


Shaping


Working with another layer of hot glass, we visited the shop after this and bought some glass earings


Some housing on Murano.


Canal along Fondamenta dei Vetrai. The restaurants on the island cost more than Venice! A real tourist trap!


Along the canal with Chiesa di San Michele on Cimitero in the background


We tried having our lunch here, but we couldn't get any service, so we walked off. As we did the other patrons told us it was a good decision to leave. This place charges cover at €3.50 per pax and 12% service! The most expensive place we've come across in Italy.


Leaving Murano, a lighthouse


Back in Venice, looks like they are draining flood water to somewhere


Hungry and tired, we settled for lunch at this restaurant, Trattoria da Gianni, at around 3pm, along Strada Nouva


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The approximate location of our lunch venue.


This lunch (sharing) costs €20, inclusive of cover charge, one of the cheapest meal in Italy.


Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa


Panorama of Piazza San Marco in the Evening


Basilica Cattedrale Patriachale di San Marco under restoration.


The Doge's Palace in the evening


The lion of Saint Mark in Piazzetta di San Marco


St. Theodore with a dragon in Piazzetta di San Marco


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Our walk from Piazzetta di San Marco to the Venetian Arsenal, featured in the movie The Tourist


Down the Riva degli Schiavoni in the evening


Statue along the docks


Looks interesting but couldn't be found


Government Funded.


San Martino at Campo San Martino


Panorama of the Venetian Arsenal from the wooden bridge in front of it, featured in The Tourist. It is out of bounds. This is where the bulk of Venice's naval power was produced. Construction began in 1104 CE. It had a precursor to assembly lines to mass produce galleys at a rate that no one else could match.


Military zone!


Walking back along the docks, Sunset behind the Dogana di Mare


Azura, a large cruise liner passing by


We were listening to a singing gondolier as the dark creeps in


An Irish pub


What looked like masks made from naan


The markets near Rialto Bridge


Spices from everywhere


Gelato, melone and caramel


Back to Campo San Margherita for cheap food at Al Sportivi Pizzeria, more rowdy today with more youths


Pizzaaaa... boring...


Next we made the long walk back to our B&B near the train station. San Nicolo at Campo dei Torlentini


Chiesa degli Scalzi (Church of the Barefoot Ones) near the train station.

That ended our last night in Venice, easily the most beautiful city in Italy. Tomorrow we will be walking around in the morning for the last time before heading by train to the beach resort town of Rimini to relax. From there we will be visiting the Most Serene Republic of San Marino.

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