We disembark and set of along the foreshore past the tied up gondalas and stop at an outdoor market seller where I buy some bags and t’shirts with ‘Venetia’ in gold lettering on the front.
What now, ahhhh yes of course, we must go up the Campanile (the bell tower) for a birds eye view over Venice.
The Campanile is a 98.5 metre-high tower with a sturdy brick shaft, an observation platform, a section housing the five bells, and a pyramidal spire, topped by a golden angel weather vane.
So off we go up to the top to look out over this beautiful city of Venice.
We look out over to the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore which lies across the canale de San Marco.
There has been a monastary on the island since 982, however the current buildings date from the 16th century.
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