Hotel Villa Pannonia * Discount Travel Reservations

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WALKING SIGHTSEEING TOURS CAN BE ARRANGED FOR THE FOLLOWING PLACES VENICES GHETTO THE OLDEST GHETTO IN EUROPE HAS FIVE SYNAGOGUES, A JEWISH MUSEUM, AND A KOSHER RESTAURANT. MURANO, THE GLASS ISLAND IN 1296, THE GLASSBLOWERS OF VENICE MOVED TO AN ISLAND CALLED MURANO. SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS LATER, THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE STILL TURNING SAND INTO GOLD. PIAZZA SAN MARCO NAPOLEON CALLED IT THE FINEST DRAWING ROOM IN EUROPE, BUT HOW MANY LIVING ROOMS HAVE PIGEONS AND OUTDOOR CAFFE TABLES ST. MARKS BASIN, SALUTE CHURCH, THE ISLAND OF GIUDECCA, AND OTHER VENICE LANDMARKS. SAN LAZZARO DEGLI ARMENI 35 MONKS, SEMINARIANS, AND ARMENIAN STUDENTS LIVE ON A MONASTERY ISLAND THAT ONCE SERVED AS A LEPER COLONY. THE VENETIAN LAGOON VENICE ISNT JUST PALACES, CHURCHES, AND ART MUSEUMS. THE CITY SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAGOON THAT IS RICH IN WILDLIFE AND TRADITION. VENICE TO CHIOGGIA CHIOGGIA, A BUSY FISHING PORT AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE VENETIAN LAGOON, IS AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM VENICE BY BUS AND FERRY. CHURCHES MADONNA DELLORTO VENICES FINEST GOTHIC CHURCH IS A GREAT STARTING POINT FOR A WALKING TOUR THROUGH ONE OF THE CITYS MOST PLEASANT BUT LEAST TOURISTED NEIGHBORHOODS. SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE CHURCH AS YOU STARE UP AT THE SOARING DOME OF THIS MAGNIFICENT BASILICA, REMEMBER THAT IT OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO PLAGUE-RIDDEN FLEAS. OTHER STRUCTURES BRIDGE OF SIGHS LORD BYRON ROMANTICIZED THIS ELEVATED CORRIDOR FOR CRIMINALS, AND YOU CAN CROSS IT AS A PAYING CUSTOMER RATHER THAN AS A PRISONER. CAMPANILE DI SAN MARCO VENICES 325-FOOT BELL TOWER ISNT WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE, BUT THE VIEW FROM THE TOP IS UNSURPASSED. DOGANA DI MARE VENICES MARITIME CUSTOMS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE 17TH CENTURY. ITS WEDGE-SHAPED PROMENADE OFFERS GREAT VIEWS ACROSS THE GRAND CANAL AND ST. MARKS BASIN. RIALTO BRIDGE IT ISNT JUST A BROOKLYN BRIDGE WITH BOUTIQUES. AFTER 500 YEARS, THE PONTE DI RIALTO IS STILL VENICE*S MAIN TRAFFIC ROUTE ACROSS THE GRAND CANAL.