No biking today, instead it was a walk of a couple of hundred metres from our hotel to the bus stop then straight in to Venice itself. Our hotel receptionist had given us plenty of information on how to get in to Venice but as we queued for the tickets for the water bus it was obvious that a lot of other people were totally confused which meant that it took a while to get our tickets. The No1 (slow) water bus is a great way to travel down the Grand Canal, stopping every few hundred metres for passengers to get on and off, whilst dodging water taxis, gondolas and aquatic scaffy carts!
We took the water bus right down to St Marks square then spent the rest of the day wandering about on foot along with the thousands of other tourists, we've heard more English spoken today (usually with an American accent) than we have in the last three weeks.
Venice was a spectacular destination to end our trip and definitely one of those "must see" places, but it was no more spectacular than some of the small mountain villages we rolled through which generally seemed much more real.
Tomorrow we just need to find a way to the Airport!
Well done both of you,looks as though you had a great holiday now it back for a rest.
ReplyDeleteNice blog, did a similar ride 5 years ago. Wondered how you got your bikes back .
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