The Rialto Bridge

Here is the famous Rialto Bridge; this picture was taken from end of the street that led to our B&B. You can see one of the private water taxis in the foreground. There is no motorized traffic anywhere in Venice, so you get where you are going either on foot or by boat. They have boats for everything! We saw produce boat, garbage boats, recycling boats. And the traffic on the Grand Canal (this is what the Rialto spans and it is the equivalent of Venice's major highway through the city).

Venice in October

What a lovely first sight to catch of Venice! This picture was taken from the water taxi we took to ferry us from the airport on the mainland to the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal. On the right is the Campenile (kamp-e-NIHL-ay) or bell tower. Just to the right of that is the profile of St. Mark's Basilica. You can just make out the intricate onion top domes with their pointy spires. It was foggy and damp all 3 days that were were there, but we never had to deal with any real rain.