We stayed in this hotel (http://www.scottdunn.com/accommodation/bauer-il-palladio-hotel-and-spa.html) on Guidecca, which was incredibly quiet. St Mark's Square was heaving during the day (this was Easter) - I don't know what it would be like at night. Advice from a friend who'd lived there was to walk away from St Mark's once we'd seen it and explore the rest of Venice. Excellent advice. The entire rest of the city is worth seeing and there's no need to stay around St Mark's when there are many beautiful and quieter squares to explore.
We booked to go on the Secret Tour of the Doge's palace (http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=21214), which was a brilliant couple of hours. Other highlights for me were the Frari and the Peggy Guggenheim collection. We didn't get out to Torcello, which I do regret.
But by far the best thing about being there was wandering around, finding a quiet square to sit, drinking coffee, looking at the gorgeous colours...
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We booked to go on the Secret Tour of the Doge's palace (http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=21214), which was a brilliant couple of hours. Other highlights for me were the Frari and the Peggy Guggenheim collection. We didn't get out to Torcello, which I do regret.
But by far the best thing about being there was wandering around, finding a quiet square to sit, drinking coffee, looking at the gorgeous colours...