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Vaporetto ride
to Murano
March 2012 trip to Madrid,
Venice,
Verona,
Milan
and Paris.
Venice: Water taxi,
Sestiere
di Castello, San Marco in the morning,
Murano, Ristorante
A Beccafico, Secret Itinerary Tour, Campanile,
Cathedral Basilica, Osteria
Ae Sconte, Rialto Markets, Jewish
Ghetto,
San Giorgio Maggiore, Santa
Maria della Salute, Gondola Ride
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San Marco and the Campanile
Tuesday, day 4
After breakfast, we walked out to the nearby vaporetto
stop and caught waterbus #5.1 around to the far side of Venice, where we
switched to waterbus #4.2 to Murano.
The 5.1 route took us around the south shore of the Dorsoduro
sestieri, which includes the highest land areas of Venice. This route then
took us past the shipping area, up the Canale Scomenzera through an industrial
area including the cruise terminal and ferry port. Eventually we went a
short distance on the Grand Canal (Canal Grande), past the Santa Lucia,
and took the Canale di Cannaregio out to the north shore of the Cannaregio
sestiere. Where the Cannaeregio and Grand canals met, we saw a police officer
in a booth, checking boat speeds with radar.
The Basilica of St. Mary of Health (Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute)
with the Punta della Dogana art museum in the foreground
San Marco with the Campanile tower, the Doge's Palace (at right) and
the Procuratie Nuove (at the left)
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer (The Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore)
is commonly known as Il Redentore (1577 - 1592)
Police booth with radar checking speeds on the canals
Canale di Cannaregio, just north of the Grand Canal
Wine boat with the Isola di San Michele (Island of the Dead) cemetery
in the distance
"Dante's Barge" by Russian sculptor Georgy Frangulyan
Isola di San Michele
San Michele in Isola church & monastery at the left with the cemetery
behind the wall
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