Two Days In Venice In Locanda Casa Querini

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After our stay in Bologna, we headed over to Venice and I was so excited about it – I think since I was a child it was my dream to visit this magnificent city. What can I say – I was not disappointed at all!

Venice is incredible, in fact, you feel even overwhelmed by the amount of surrounding beauty. Each and every corner is full of history, charm and always photogenic. I probably took a thousand of photos but still felt like it was not enough – I wanted to collect with me all those amazing things that I have seen. This place can’t be described with a simple “must-see” – in fact, I had a feeling that I somehow I turned up in a parallel universe.

We rented a car in Bologna and were wondering where we could leave it – if you are following the same route, bear in mind that parking is the most problematic thing in Venice. You can’t arrive in the center and will have to leave the car outside of the city – for example, we left it in Garage san Marco and then took the ferry boat to take us to the center. Actually, it is a nice 30-minutes tour where you can enjoy the panoramic views of Venice and get the first taste of it.

Photography: Philippe Reifenrath

There are two options of water transport in Venice – one is public (it’s called vaporetto and the station is just in front of garage parking) where the one-way ticket will cost you around 7 Euros and the other is private “taxi” and it will be ten times more expensive. And of course, inside the historic center, you would be offered to take a tour on their famous gondolas.

Where to stay

We stayed in a charming family hotel called Locanda Casa Querini which is just 5 minutes walking distance from San Marco square.

The hotel is very small and cute – for those who appreciate personality, family-style service and privacy.

We started our day with breakfast outdoors in a lovely hidden Venetian courtyard.

The rooms are decorated in classic Venetian style – very romantic and cozy. For me Venice was always full of mystery, intrigue and temptations – all those stories about carnivals and masks trigger imagination and make you feel as a character in some medieval novel.

Going around

After two days spent in Venice I really want to come back here for at least two weeks to fully enjoy its lifestyle, visit all of its amazing attractions without any rush and feel like I a citizen here, not a tourist. By the way, the amount of tourists here is just unbelievable, so if you want to make a nice picture in front of San Marco with only you and San Marco, you better get up early (around sunrise), otherwise you will have to share the background with few hundreds of other people.

The San Marco Square is full of pigeons so if you are not suffering from Ornithophobia you can make some really cool shots as the birds will be literally ready to sit on your head.

If you do not limit yourself to Piazza San Marco, Ponte di Rialto and Ponte della Academia and walk a couple of hundred meters away from the city center, you will discover a completely different Venice – almost without tourists, surprisingly sweet and “homely”.

I think partially Venice looks so romantic because of the amount of pink color you can find here: pink roses in pots, pink facades of the building and its tremendous pink sunsets.

The sunsets in Venezia are perhaps the most picturesque in the world – every photo looks like a postcard. And probably the most amazing views are from Ponte Di Rialto:

When night falls Venice acquires totally different colours and spirit – you can spend hours just rambling around the city and looking at romantically lit channels:

The taxi boats with lacquered wood finish look so luxurious that I couldn’t resist temptation to make a picture in front of one of them:

When being in Venice don’t miss the opportunity to see how they make their famous Murano glass. In Locanda Casa Querini they have a shop just next corner where they organize free excursions to see the whole process of glassblowing – spectacular show!

Food experience

Well, all those places we randomly picked for snack and meals were pretty good – just avoid the most touristic routes – like for example, Aperol Spritz that we took next to Ponte di Rialto was quite bad. The typical snacks of Venice are called ciccheti and are made of baquette with different tops – it could be tomato with mozzarella, tuna or ham: