Back again in Venice, we ventured onto the Piazza San Marco, but I was sadly disappointed.
The light will resonate with anyone who has crossed the Piazza San Marco early on a summer's evening.
Start at the portico walkways that surround the iconic Piazza San Marco.
In Hangzhou, gondolas glide through the man-made canals of Venice Water Town, which boasts its own Piazza San Marco and Doge's Palace.
Alternatively, take a short gondola or ferry ride from the boat stations in front of the Palazzo Ducale, next to Piazza San Marco, to the Hotel Cipriani on Isola Della Guidecca.
The Piazza San Marco is timeless, but the sociology of its tourist population has changed markedly, a leading indicator for sure as to the health of Euroland if not the world.
He stole the four bronze horses from the basilica of San Marco, destroyed the boat-building capacity of the Arsenale, and demolished a church in Piazza San Marco to build a memorial to himself.
The majestic Basilica di San Marco and its grand Campanile bell tower that rises above Piazza San Marco, call to mind the golden age of the Republic of Venice, which ended in the early 18th Century.
The small hotels off the Piazza San Marco rented for five bucks a day, the rooms so hot in August that you stayed up half the night singing and drinking in the Piazza, jammed with college students shouldering rucksacks, decades before wheeled baggage made the scene.
Continue towards Campo di Santa Maria del Giglio, an area just west of the Piazza San Marco, where Woody Allen stalked Julia Roberts in the light-hearted comedy Everyone Says I Love You, then turn north to the theatre Teatro La Fenice and the nearby Ponte Maria Callas bridge, dedicated to American-born Greek opera singer Maria Callas who debuted at the theatre in 1947.
应用推荐