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Trips and Travels » Honeymoon

Italian Honeymoon Day 2: Venice

Published: May 12, 2015 by Morgan · As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. This site contains affiliate links. ·

On Tuesday, we woke up in Venice! Our apartment provided a great breakfast spread - we had fresh fruit, juice, coffee, yogurt, and pastries. It was great to not have to go out and hunt for breakfast. We packed our day bag and headed to St. Marco's Square. This is the big tourist-y area in Venice.

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

We started by going into St. Marco's Basilica. It was free to get into this amazing church. We were blown away by the details in the architecture. It's crazy to think that they made this hundreds of years ago without modern technology!

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Next, we crossed the square to Correr's Museum. This appears (to us) to be one of the less-popular attractions on the square. However, the ticket that you buy here is a combination ticket that also includes Doge's Palace, which is a really popular attraction. Having the ticket allowed us to skip the really long line at Doge's, so we are really glad that we did it! Correr's Museaum was  preserved palace that used to house Italian royalty. I loved seeing the decor.

There was also a museum with art, statues, coins, and other artifacts. It was interesting to see it all.

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Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Next, we headed across the square towards Doge's Palace. Of course, we stopped for a nutella crepe for a snack.

Doge's Palace was where the government was housed. There were huge chambers for council meetings and courts. We also saw the armory, where there were tons of swords, armor, guns, arrows, and more.

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

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Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

We also went down into the basement, which was the old prison. It was very spooky and eerie down there. We walked across the Bridge of Sighs, which is where the prisoners were able to look out at Venice for the last time before being locked away.

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

After leaving Doge's Palace, we were starving. We decided to grab a quick slice of pizza. Most of the pizza by the slice restaurants had no seating, so we just ate them while we walked. You also can't get tap water for free in Italy (at least, not in our experience), so we were thankful that we had packed re-fillable water bottles.

We walked across the Rialto Bridge and walked through a shopping market. There were lots of booths of goods for sale, including leather good and murano glass. We had to carry everything that we bought, so we didn't want to buy much. I purchased a small glass figurine as my souvenir.

After the market, we just wandered and explored Venice. There were so many alley ways and small bridges. It was very romantic and fun just to wander! We sat on the edge of a pier on the Grand Canal and just looked over the water and relaxed.

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

By this time, it was about 2 o'clock and I was hungry again! We popped into Cantina du Mori - a really small restaurant that served tiny bites of food. We got a sampler of parmesan, salami, tuna crusting, artichoke paste, and fried carne. Oh, and vino bianca della casa (white house wine), of course! It was great to relax and have some authentic eats.

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Next, we walked more. We were near the market so we went to see the fish and produce, but it had closed up for the day. We ended up on the Grand Canal. We debated it and decided to splurge on an (80 Euro, 30 minute) Gondola ride! I am so glad that we did - it was one of the highlights of Venice for me. We started on the Grand Canal but were mostly on smaller canals. It was beautiful, relaxing, and romantic.

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

Italian Honeymoon - Venice - Charleston Crafted

After that, we were pretty much out of cash, so we headed back to the apartment. We sat on our rooftop piazza and read and napped until about 6pm.

Then, we decided to go ahead and go on a walk. We wanted to walk to the train station and time it to see if we could do that in the morning instead of taking a taxi boat. It only took us 20 minutes and we pre-bought our tickets for the next morning. We finally got the hang of the Venice streets and started to recognize landmarks.

We headed back to our apartment, dropped off our stuff, and headed out to dinner. We ate at Osteria al Mascaron for dinner, which was very close to our apartment. One thing that was new for us was that they seat you at a table with strangers. So, if most of the tables were tables for 4 and there were lots of reservations for 2, they would pair you up with strangers. It was different, but not a problem. Most of the people that we sat with at restaurants weren't speaking English, so we just kind of politely ignored each other.

We had bianca della casa, a caprese appetizer, and a seafood medley pasta. It was so fresh and delicious. We really stuffed our faces!

After dinner, we walked for about 30 minutes. We saw a group of students wearing Clemson gear and spoke to them - they were studying abroad and one girl was from about ten minutes from us! It's a very small world. We grabbed our nightly gelato and headed back to the apartment to go to sleep.

Tomorrow, we head to Lake Como!

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Hello, I'm Morgan, half of the creative force behind CharlestonCrafted.com! With a passion for DIY that dates back to 2012, I've transformed three homes and now I'm dedicated to helping others craft their dream spaces. Let's turn your house into a home together!

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