Venice

Venice is best experienced by foot (and also by gondola at night :) ). As you make your way up and down the numerous bridges, you may discover shops selling interesting stuff.

(Top left) The Grand Canal is a busy waterway where market produce was sold. (Top right) This is called the "Bridge of Sighs". It was said people who were convicted were led through this bridge. Middle picture shows the famous "Ponte di Rialto"(Rialto Bridge), which was actually a marketplace selling daily produce. (Bottom left) are gondolas which were popular both during day and night times. (Bottom right) is a top-end hotel entrance fronting the Grand Canal.

Top left showed 2 columns, bearing the statues of the Lion of St Mark and St Theodore, the city's 2 patron saints. (Middle left) is the "Basilica di San Marco", a roman church. (Bottom left) This is "Piazza San Marco", which played host to flocks of pigeons and tourists.

(Top right) Masks on sale for a major Venice festival, Carnevale (also known as "mardi gras"). Below that were performers walking around, urging the tourists to return again for the festive celebration. Visit below site to find out the Carnevale months up to year 2020 (http://goitaly.about.com/od/carnevale/qt/carnevale_dates.htm).

Venice (bottom pic, landmark building) is featured prominently in the 2010/2011 movie, "The Tourist", starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie and Timothy Dalton.NESCO - Venice is in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
See: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/394