Travel alot on Easyjet, Ryanair and any other carrier that will take us to where we want to go. Ret...
Travel alot on Easyjet, Ryanair and any other carrier that will take us to where we want to go. Retired from working a Scheme Manager and lots of knocks on door to now knocking on doors of hotels.
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We have travelled to Venice every year in or around the end of March for the past 7 years and each time we go we are amazed that we find something new to see visit or experience each time.
This year we came across the Al Marca bar.
Catch the vaporetti along the Grand Canal and get off at the Mercato di Rialto stop. You could get off at the Rialto Bridge stop and walk over the bridge and into the square but the Mercato stop leads you directly into the square.
Any time during the day there are people at the bar milling about with a coffee, la umbro, (a small wine) or a beer. As it is next to the Court of Justice it is busy, busy, busy but take time out of your day to sit on the bench and soak up Venice watch the Venetian's going about their business away from St. Mark's and the bustle of the day trippers.
Call back in the evening and you will see a view so different from the day time. It is a treat to see people being responsible with their drink, not binge drinking and getting out of their faces on the stuff.
We called there every night and joined them for a Campari and soda with a queen olive, or they do have a softer drink Spritz, which is not as bitter as the Campari and just as nice. The five of us would have a couple of drinks and chat away with the locals. The cost of a Campari 1-70 euro and for a glass of wine 2 euros, as they say "As cheap as chips"
If you are visiting Venice wander off the track that the guide books advise and visit the Venice that the locals enjoy.
Pictures of Al Marca, Venice
Mark and Robert enjoying a glass of Campari and soda, not their usual tipple.
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