We arrived at St. Mark´s by boat from the airport and found Andrea at the agreed meeting point. We were well received by Andrea.

We booked a 3 hour private walking tour of Venice with Andrea who also works as a tour guide. The tour was a good introduction to Venice and some of the city neighbourhoods.

The apartment was in an a very good location for exploring Venice and it served me, my wife and our son well during our 4 night stay.

Looking out from the apartment window we were looking down at a busy channel with gondolas and other boats passing by. On the bridge a few meters away we saw lots of tourists taking photoes of the channel and 3 bridges ahead. Tourist guides were stopping at the bridge telling about the Bridge of Sigh (3rd bridge from where they were standing).

50 Steps from St. Mark´s? With my short feet it turned out to be a bit more, but St. Mark´s was close enough for us to go there repeatedly.

Going to St. Mark´s Square during the evening was quite entertaining with musicians in front of 3 cafeterias having a kind of competition. Tourist were running back and forth across the square depending on what piece that was played and how much applause the artists received.