Venice - a unique pearl of Italy

Leaving the building of the railway station (from the mainland of Venice, the train brought us to this island part of it along the dam), I found myself on the pier in front of the ticket office. I found a ticket office where they sold tickets for ships traveling along the Grand Canal to St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco). Soon we sailed past the houses standing in the water, among which it was impossible to find a single identical one: they were all completely different, each with its own zest! The facades of some houses were decorated with ancient mosaics depicting mythical characters or scenes from the life of the nobility. In addition to a string of endlessly varied facades, we met gondoliers everywhere, gracefully steering their water transport, in which contented travelers sat decorously. And these gondoliers reminded me of our taxi drivers, crowding in crowded places in search of customers.

An indispensable assistant for tourists in Italy is the online car booking service. In Venice, the average cost of renting a compact car will be around 20 euros per day, while in Rimini it will be 18 euros per day.

Heading towards St. Mark's Square, we sailed under the Rialto Bridge (Ponte Rialto), which is considered one of the symbols of Venice. From the pier to the square, I walked through the corridor from the stalls selling the famous carnival masks, which seem to emanate some kind of mystery, as well as from those who put them on to participate in the Venetian carnivals.

And here is the famous St. Mark's Cathedral, a building dating back to the 11th century. It is famous for its golden mosaics and golden altarpiece studded with precious stones. On the right is the Doge's Palace, which for many centuries served as the residence of the rulers of Venice.

And here is the square itself, famous for its large number of pigeons and, according to the celebrities who sang here, for its excellent acoustics. Along the entire perimeter of Piazza San Marco, shopping malls stretched, offering a large selection of goods: Murano glass souvenirs, a huge variety of ties, lingerie and much more.

After exploring this famous part of Venice, I went to wander through its narrow streets, which sometimes narrowed so much that it was not easy for two people to disperse in them.