Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Arrivederci Bucintoro!

It’s arrivederci not ciao or all’anno prossimo. The Pensione Bucintoro will close its doors for the last time in November this year.

It is unlikely there is a better-located Pensione in Venice. It’s just far enough away from St Mark’s Square to spend a quiet few days, yet it’s close enough to get to most of the sights any tourist or traveller would wish to see.

It’s “Location, Location, Location”. All of its rooms have a view over the island of San Giorgio, the Lido or the Bacino of St. Marks.

Two of Venice’s finest trattorias, a la Rivetta next to the Ponte San Provolo

and one of Commissario Brunetti’s favourites, Da Remigio, on the Salizzada dei Greci are within walking distance. But perhaps the most attractive features of all, is its proximity to an area of Venice- the Via Garibaldi.

The “via” was a canal. It was filled in by Napoleon to form a wide “boulevard”. And 19th Century tenements, whose occupants use its marvellous variety of shops, now surround it. About 4p.m., sit down at one of its many cafes, order a spritz, and watch Venetian life pass by. Wonderful. Cheers t

posted by Tony @ Wednesday, March 30, 2005