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'You fall in love with glass, as you fall in love with Venice, as you fall in love with life.'
Eleanora Gardini, Venetian Glass Designer.
Say hello to your new best friend! SoundGuides deliver a heady mix of straight-talking information, drama, history, banter, gossip and a bit of fun thrown in. This comprehensive and self-guided audio tour of Venice is custom made to enhance your experience without getting in your way. It's the next best thing to having a friend in every city.
SoundGuides tracks are split into two categories to maximize your flexibility.
Before You Go
* Planning: What's really going to interest me? What can I fit in?
* Hidden Treasures: Explore Napoleon's isle of the dead.
* Hot Tips: Jump queues and find the best place to eat in Venice.
* Famous Venetians: Discover the life and loves of Signore Casanova!
* Venice and the Arts: How did a ginger priest and an orphanage bring music to your ears?
* History: Find out how a tiny city played such massive part in history?
* Language: Did you know Venetian is a living language?
* Go Native: Discover real Burano lace and take your own Passageata
While You're There
* The Piazza di San Marco: 64 Million visitors a year step off the boat stop here to marvel at the crowning glory of the Lion Republic. What was the Lion Republic?
* The Basilica di San Marco: Discover how East meets West in the Doge's cathedral and find out why St. Mark is so important to Venice.
* The Doge's Palace: Marvel at the lavish palace of the Venetian Dukes and find out who lived here and how they ruled.
* The Campanile: What has Galileo got in common with a squashed cat?
* The Grand Canal: How to get the best out of those glorious water front palaces.
* La Fenice: Discover 'The Phoenix' The Opera house that rose from the ashes.
* The Islands: There's much more to see when you stray from Venice to the islands around her, find out why it's worth the trip.
SoundGuides are absolutely packed with the most romantic, terrible and wonderful tales of how this city came to be the marvel it is to today.
- Price: $ 12.00
- Duration: 4 hours of audio
- Publisher: SoundGuides
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- Subject Type: City walk
- Language: English
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Joshua wrote:
Apart from guiding you around at famous sites, this audio guide also gives you a lot of information about the city of Venice, really clever!
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Alan wrote:
The guide on this tour is a very pleasant story teller, which makes it real worthwile taking this audio guide along on your visit to Venice.
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Elisa wrote:
This audio guide allows you to explore Venice at your own pace, which is a so much better than teaming up with those big group that you see walking around.
