Gallerie d'Accademia - well it was a wet day in Venice

First day in Venice was going to be wet according to the weather forecast. So I decided it was day for art galleries.

And wet it certainly was. Indeed St Marks Square was flooded. The hotel, being a good one, gave me diposable wellies to wear. I needed them as I would have been up to my ankles in water as soon as I stepped out of the hotel door.

But it does make it quite scenic for photos. See

Calla Larga san Marco, on which my hotel sat. Wellies definitely needed

 St Marks Square very firmly under water

Some brollies just aren't up to the task

Its ok, this is an actual canal; ts supposed to be water filled

Campo St Moise

Palazzo Barbaro

So, after that very scenic walk in rain and flood, I finally got to the Galleria. This is the major art gallery in the city - star work perhaps being  Giorgione's the Tempest, although it is rather lost in the huge room it is in.

Venice on arrival

My first visit to Venice since I was student, and this time I did it in a little more style.

Venice is a very easy place to get to. Booked hotel and flight online, obliviously mid-November is very off peak, airport is nice and simple to navigate and then straight on to the water-bus to St Mark's Square, where I had booked a hotel literally in the street behind it. Perfect.

Stylish even at Marco Polo airport

 St Mark's Square at night on arrival

The Hotel is a very niche spot. 24 hour reception is quite impressive when there are only 12 rooms, all "suites" ie you get a sofa with your bed. But it is a king size bed. So large you could have a purely platonic relationship in it.

 Obviously all marble bathroom

And especially nice as I got breakfast served every morning at the time I requested, wheeled in and set up on my little breakfast table. All a far cry from sharing a room when inter-railing. Although this time I was a sad old man rather than a happy student with young friends.

The other rather neat thing about my room is it had its own balcony overlooking the canal and its little bridge.

A better than average view from your bedroom window don't you think?

 My room is the first floor one on the corner