Another hour of walking and we re-emerged into Piazzo San Marcos. We had too short a time in Venice.

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With map in hand we made our way to Piazzo San Marcos. Of course, we had a few thousand "friends" amongst us. And yes, people to intentionally attract the pigeons to land upon them, or their hapless kids. Those with more time were in line to enter St. Mark s Basilica as well as the Doge s Palace and Campanile Bell Tower. warwick hotel nyc Not having that luxury off we went down a narrow "street" hoping to make our way to the Rialto Bridge. After an hour of meandering the maze of streets past small shops, warwick hotel nyc stores, restaurants, and apartments, we emerged onto the Grand Canal right at the Rialto Bridge! The bridge was actually a shopping "mall". The entire area was bustling with restuarants, really just 4-5 table establishments, tourist shops, small hotels, gondola warwick hotel nyc rentals, commericial transport, and of course hundreds of us......tourists!
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