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Friday, 24 October 2008

*Last minute*Venice* at  Christmas*
5 Night offer
Piccola Perla in Castello romantic apartment
Monday 22 to Saturday 27 Dec
*£600*
www.ourveniceapartment.co
(check offers for January & Carnival)

• A wonderful way to spend Christmas Eve is to attend midnight mass at St. Mark's Basilica. But remember, midnight mass starts at 10:30 p.m. and you should get there early to get a seat (no tickets are needed). Try to enter through the north entrance and not the west entrance often used by tourists.
  
• Venice's main Christmas market is at Campo San Stefano and ends on Christmas Eve.
  
• Even though December 26th is a national holiday (St. Stephen's Day), most of Venice's museums and sites will be open.
  
• MANY Venice restaurants are closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and even on the 23rd and 26th. Most hotel restaurants and Harry's Bar are open. Be sure to do your homework and make reservations ahead of time for Christmas meals. We hear Caffe Florian - Piazza San Marco's famous cafe - is open on Christmas Day. Good place for Christmas breakfast and coffee!

Remember that the vaparetto (boat) schedule changes on major holidays. Check the signs posted on the platforms for schedule information.

• Each year on December 26, the Frari Church in San Polo (in the Campo dei Frari) offers a free concert at 4:00 p.m. The church is filled with magnificent art, including Titian's Assumption of the Virgin, Canova's Tomb and a carved monk's chair from 1468. Get there early and dress warmly.

Thursday, 09 October 2008

at *Piccola Perla*

Venice holds a magical atmosphere at this time of year
 People visit
who have a special relationship with this exquisite city 

They may be returning and know the quieter times in winter  when they can call Venice their own.
 Still warm at midday, but night creeping in early, the cafes full of laughter.
Mysterious mist shows this city as a Turner painting and  Venetians hurry to the opera now at the restored Fenice.
Soon the sparkling days and frosty nights will glitter as the wonderful shops sell their beautiful clothes  and fabulous
leather boots,
 so much cheaper than the UK.
Thankfully there is not the Christmas pressure we find at home
The country side has a special romance from glittering snow capped mountains, 
wine tastings on the Veneto or hunting for mushrooms in the foothills
Skiing in the Dolomites
Everyone returns to enjoy their native city.
The restaurant crowded with Italian families
At Christmas and New Year 
* A quiet lull, before the Carnival from  February 13 to 24 2009 *

A bright firework in the depths of winter

*Piccola Perla *
 becomes a cozy nest in winter,
  still it is tempting to take the ten minute stroll at midnight to enjoy the square virtually empty at San Marco
The clock tower beginning a cacophony of bells which
resonate all over the city.
Then Venice really is a special place.

Friday, 12 September 2008

*Last minute*  * Venice Biennale of Architecture *
Availability for the final ten days from 14 to 23 November 2009
Minimum 3 nights
Piccola Perla, Castello Venice
www.ourveniceapartment.com

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Venice in August beautiful sunny and HOT.
Spending days at Alberoni Beach on the Lido
Fabulous exhibition at Peggy Guggenheim

Thursday, 10 July 2008

Piccola Perla -architecture Biennale 2008
Some availalbility: catch the end of the exhibition at Arsenale and Giardini.

Monday, 02 June 2008

Monday, 26 May 2008

Thursday, 13 March 2008

Saturday, 08 March 2008

Monday, 04 February 2008

Venice Romantic apartment *Piccola Perla*

  Romance and Venice are seamless.

Regarding availability there are spaces in March and May
 (April and June almost full)

*Wonderful news *from a visitor who has  twice stayed at Piccola Perla
 She  would like to stay next year as she will be married in Venice
 I have had  a few honeymoons but this is the first wedding ***

This may be the year you first visit Venice or realising your promise to return.

 Valerie
www.ourveniceapartment.com                                      enquiries@ourveniceapartment.com
For any one wanting to visit at short notice please call for availability 01242 243693.
 Can I remind everyone to check Piccola Perla  availability before booking their flight.
 I know its very disappointing when I have to say no.