Let's Get Lost

Venice is the perfect place to walk around without a map. Even when you’re lost, everywhere you look it’s beautiful. Beyond that, it’s always easy to find your way back because it’s an island.

Today we went to St. Mark’s Square which is surrounded by several beautiful buildings on three sides, and water on the other. As with every other tourist place we’ve been, there were long lines to get into places, and I can’t get into churches wearing shorts, so we opted for the shortest line – the line for the tower.

St. Marks' Basilica

 

 

St. Mark's Square

 

We were pleasantly surprised to find an elevator inside, rather than having to walk up several flights of stairs. The view from the top is simply breathtaking. We could see the surrounding smaller islands, the road/tracks to cross back over to the mainland, and all of Venice. The buildings are all built so closely together, though, that you can’t even see any canals other than the part of the Grand Canal that ends right by the Square.

 

The tower we went up

View from the top!

Looking back at Venice

 

From there we found the Bridge of Sighs which is only accessible through a paid tour – therefore we only saw it from the outside. It’s a covered bridge that is connected to an old prison and is said to have caused the condemned to “sigh” at their last glimpse of sky and sea. 

Bridge of Sighs

 

After that we meandered back to our hotel, getting “lost” on the narrow, winding sidewalks along the beautiful canals and buildings.