- Had breakfast at the hotel.
- Meandered through San Marco to meet our pre-booked walking tour. For two hours, our guide led us through the neighborhood of San Marco. One interesting thing she told us was that Venice now has only 70,000 residents, but 22 million tourists came through the city last year. Understandably, some Venetians aren’t thrilled about this situation.
- After the tour, we had lunch in the San Polo neighborhood. Brad got panino mortadella; Jill got foccacia with prosciutto, pomodoro, mozzarella, and arugula.
- Walked to the boardwalk on Fondamente Zattere on the south edge of Dorsoduro.
- Took a traghetto across the Grand Canal to meet our boat tour. Traghettos are gondolas that go back and forth across the Grand Canal in areas where there isn’t a bridge nearby. It’s only 50 Euro cents for a ride.
- The boat tour took us all way around the Grand Canal. We sat up front and enjoyed the cool breeze and the prosecco they served.
- After this tour, we just wandered around for a while until our ghost tour began. The ghost tour led us down narrow passageways and into the lesser-known courtyards of Venice. The tour guide told us legends about dead babies haunting the Rialto Bridge, a man kidnapping babies from orphanages and cooking them into the beef stew in his restaurant, and secret high-class brothels for Venetian elites.
- After the tour we had dinner at Osteria Sora al Ponte, which was right beside the fish market, so we figured it was a good bet they’d have great seafood. We ordered from the fixed price menu and got seafood lasagne, calamari fritti, stewed squid with polenta, potate fritti (French fries), insalata misto, and a half liter of delicious prosecco.
- Headed back to the hotel to rest up for our early flight the next morning.
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