Castillo and Doge’s Palace

Today we left San Servolo and spent our last day in Venice. We first did a VoiceMap tour leading from St Mark’s to the Castillo area, a tour concentrated on the theme of power, analyzing why a small swampy area like Venice became one of the major empires in the medieval times. It was very interesting. The day was quite foggy - apparently a famous crawling fog of Venice, which resulted in dreamy and magical views and fotos. We quickly got very cold and decided to go for an indoor tour of the Doge’s palace. The bad news was that it was even colder inside of the stone palace. But the good news was that it was stunning and very interesting with the palace audio guide. We last visited it 20 years ago and it was great to look at all the stunning rooms with new eyes. The palace was home to the Doges or Dukes who were the governing bodies of Venice over the centuries. Afterwards, we went to our warm hotel and spent the last afternoon of our trip inside.Read more