We board our water-taxi to our hotel
Hilton Molino Stuckey - formerly a Flower Mill/Pasta Factory
St Marie of the Rosary, a Baroque design church. One of many beautiful buildings on the northern side of Canala della Guidecca.
The Coast Guard cruise the Guidecca Canal.
Molino Stucky dominates the background, formerly a Pasta Factory now a luxury hotel, Hilton Molino Stuckey.
Promade along Fondenenta San Biagio towards the Hilton Molino Stuckey
Molino Stucky - impressive craftmanship and detail of one of Italy’s iconic pieces of industrial architecture.
Molino Stuckey's industrial architecture restored to its former glory.
Molino Stuckey - Canale dei Lavraneri
Molino Stuckey - contemporary sculpture
Lighting adjacent the Giudecca Canal
Piazzeta San Marco - The Doge's Palace and Saint Mark's Bascilliac behind. In the far background the Clocktower and entrance to the Merceria.
The Doge's Palace, an imposing Venetian Gothic building.
St Mark's Clocktower on the eastern side of the Piazza, entrance to the Merceria.
St Mark's Bascilicia, the most famous of churches in Venice, the best example of Italo-Byzantine architecture.
St Mark's Bascilica - intricate craftmanship.
St Mark's Bascilica - marble relief carvings.
Piazza San Marco looking towards Bascilica San Marco with the Campanile in front.
Bridge of Sighs - The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone over the Rio di Palazzo, connnecting the Prigioni Nuove to the Doge's Palace.
Merceria district on the way to the Rialto Bridge.
The famous Realto Bridge, crowds line the railings and canal banks as the Vogalonga Regatta participants pass.
Relief detail on the Rialto Bridge
Rialto Bridge's lions head.
Grand Canal - Vogalonga Regatta participants come in all sort of rowing craft - Whalers, Gondolas, Eights skins and Dragon boats, even kayacks.
Looking west down the Grand Canal from the Realto Bridge.
Flowers on balconies above.
Riva dei Schiavoni, a memorial to Vittorio Emanuele II, first King of unified Italy in 1861.
Vittorio Emanuele II monument -Battle Queen and Lion at the base.
Riva dei Schiavoni waterfront gondola station.
Piazetta San Marco looking towards the Guidecca Canal. Columns of San Marco (left) and Column of San Teodoro.
A statue of San Teodoro stands atop the column.
Doge's Palace - The ground floor arcade, one of the oldest parts decorated with 14th- and 15th-century capitals.
Doge's Palace, carved relief of the 15th century capitals tell a story....
Doge's Palace, carved relief of the 15th century capitals.
Canals of the Merceria district.
Bridges across the canals connecting laneways in the Merceria.
Colourful plants highlighted in the morning sunlight.
Campiello dei Orbi - Square of Light
A private villa entrance leading off Campiello dei Orbi piazza.
Campio dei Orbi piazza, filtered morning light on ancient whitewashed walls.
Antiques for sale - Medico della Pesto ......Doctor of the Plague, a bizzare souvineer.
Sala di Lettura, library or bookshop?
An ancient well. each community had its well, church and piazza. This in the Castello sestiere of Venice.
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, known in Venetian as San Zanipolo, a church in the Castello Sestiere.
Scuola Grande di San Marco
Canals, bridges and grand Villa entrances.
Venetian Villa entrance onto a canal, rarely in use in modern times.
Fontana d'acqua comunale - a communal drinking fountain.
The Doge's Palace from the basin as we begin our gondola tour of the canals.
Gondolas queue in front of Hotel Danieli
The Bridge of Sighs.
Doge's Palace, textured walls align the canal.
A splash of colour from the window planter above.
Canal reflections .
