We woke up pretty early to try to see the very touristy spots before too many tourists woke up and the tours arrived. First we headed to the Ponte Rialto, a beautiful white marble bridge over the busy Rialto. This bridge gets soooo busy later on in the day, but we had it mostly to ourselves.  We then walked to the Piazza de San Marco THE most touristy spot in Venice by far, but there were relatively few people there! […]

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