Venice weekend break

Venice is a town of romance and beauty. Venice magic light and water combine to create wonderful moments.. Sometimes you might ask yourself if youre in a dream or reality, present or past. Today, many travel agents are offering great deals to Venice, or Venetia, as its called in Italian.

Venice is a World Heritage destination. That means UNESCO encourage the protection and preservation of this cultural and historical city, since its seen as a city with outstanding value to humanity.

Further, Venice is famous for its "Grand Canal", considered to be the most beautiful thoroughfare in the world by many tourists. The canal are floating thru the whole city, and the only way to get around is to walk or take a boat (gondola). In fact, there are many various types of public boats, such as vaporetto, motoscafo and motonave. Those are used by both tourists and Venetians to reach all the main parts of the city, the lagoon (Lido of Venice, Murano, Burano, Torcello, the Giudecca) and the mainland. The famous gondola is undoubtly the most elegant way to move about the canals of Venice on romantic moonlite nights.

The clocktower will give you the hours in Roman numerals, the phases of the moon and the Zodiac. This clock are giving signals to sailors about the tides and which months are most favorable for sailing. Below you find some classic photos from Venice.

At the Venetian Carnival, everyone are wearing a mask. Its celebrated from December the 26th and continue to the ash Wednesday. People are dancing, partying, singling and playing games and lot of tourist take weekend breaks to venice this time a year. Take a weekend break to Venice you too!

The one and only square in Venice is called "Piazza S.Marco". Piazza has been the center of many important religious and political activities of the Serenissima. It have also been the center of Venetian social life for the latest 1000 years.

Its easy to find a hotel room in Venice, your can decide if you want a luxury hotel in the central of Venice or a more simple budget room in Venice outer areas. But remember, Venice hotels tend to sell out during peak season, so make sure too book long in advance




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