Venice (Italy) > Reviews (78)

The place to fall in love with and the place to be with the one you love.

Venice is my personal favourite holiday visit. If I could I would live there.

We have visited Venice for the past seven years and we go again in March 08. We stay at the Loccanda Remidio Columbina just at the back of St. Mark's Square and on the canal with the Bridge of Sighs.

Six of us in 2004 visited the Venice Carnival and dressed for the occasion. The "Theme" was "The Silk Road." It was in Feb 2004 and we had snow, and rain, but the atmosphere was great. The costumes wonderful and full of imagination, (they had to be to keep warm.) People promenade every afternoon in St. Mark's Square then onto the stage and winners are chosen, how and who votes we never found out.

People come from all over the world to wear their costumes and to see and be seen, just have their photo taken and are very pleased to let you if you stop them and ask. We spoke to people from Canada, Germany, U.S.A. and Japan

. How they came through customs or how much baggage allowance they had is unknown as the costumes where large.

The Carnival is early this year, the end of January as it coincides with Shrove Tuesday.

Our only draw back in visiting this year is that the restaurant that we visit was sold last year. It was the "Tre Spiedi" and it had been owned by two brothers married to two sisters and they had owned it for 25 years. Our visit to Venice was never complete without visiting there.

Whilst in Venice if it is your only trip then we would advise you to visit the island of Murano and Burano, both enjoyable and so different to each other, one for glass and one for lace. We tend to go to Murano (glass) first and then onto Burano and stay there for lunch usually in the sunshine. If you have time there is always Torchello to visit but it is a long walk to the tower and back and that is all there is to see on that island.

Wander the streets of Venice and take a trip across the Grand Canal on a trajetta, a gondola which you stand up in……………only 50 cents to cross the canal, but a little frightening the first crossing and you can go home and say you had a trip on a gondola. The Venetians travel that way all the time.

We would recommend a visit to Venice.