Oh my, the 290th travel post since I have been here! Who would believe I would make it that far? Definitely not me, lol.
When I first started my journey as a travel blogger, I was so excited writing about my experiences and learning how to improve them that in some cases I enjoyed this activity more than the trips themselves. However, I never stopped wondering if I'll travel enough and won't face the situation of not having subjects to write about anymore, but based on this post which is the number 290th, and having a full notepad with long lists of places I still haven't written about, makes me thing that I did a good job overall!
Not trying to be cheesy here, but I can't hide my excitement for still keeping up with everything and even though lots of things are under continuous change in my life, the travel articles are never missing from my activity.
So how could I celebrate my 290th travel post? With a 3 in 1 for sure! No, I don't speak about the 3in1 instant coffee drink, but about a post with three different places we've seen on the same day, which were also quite close to each other.
Still very early in our Venetian trip and after a late at night landing, on the 2nd day of our city break we made it to Venice which was just a few kilometers away from Treviso where it was both the airport and also our booked accommodation.
We did have quite a few tourist attractions written on a notepad that we really wanted to see, but we decided to go with the flow and for now only focus on the train tickets we had to purchase in advance, where, as soon as we made it to Venice and its train station, we started walking around.
We were only following the shoreline when exiting the train station when we noticed this big bridge full of people that seemed a bit different from the others we noticed till then. So we decided to make it to the other side by crossing it.
No doubt the view was the first one stealing our hearts, still being at the beginning of our trip exploring a city that remarks itself through unicity and a complete world built on the water level, with lots of normal businesses that involve a car, being replaced by boats, either if it's Ambulance, Police, Taxi, Courier Services and so on.
But along with all these aspects that made our hearts fall in love with Venice from the first moments of being around, there was also the bridge that made us get from one side of the water to the other side of it. Namely, Constitution Bridge locally known as Ponte della Costituzione.
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If you remember my post about Rialto Bridge then maybe it sounds familiar when I mentioned back then that Rialto is just one of the four main bridges in town that make the connection between San Marco and San Polo possible. Well, Constitution Bridge is the fourth such bridge crossing Canal Grande which dates since 2007 and which had a completely different name at first. But it ended up being called Ponte della Costituzione as a sign of celebrating the 60 years that passed since the Italian Constitution.
But even if it's a newer construction in comparison with Rialto Bridge which was the first one out of the four that was built with this purpose, the architecture of the Constitution Bridge managed to mix both the modern times with the old ones, including the famous Istrian stone which is used on most of the Venetian constructions as a tradition, and completed with illuminated glass steps and parapets, and a bronze bar that very few pay attention to it.
Being built in the modern style also brought a lot of criticism such as being a bit too futuristic for the overall look of Venice, as well as not being adapted for people in wheelchairs, but personally, I feel like the last one is a general problem in Venice from what I noticed during my stay.
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Not too long after crossing Ponte della Costituzione, we had one more quick cross this time on a pretty basic bridge, which brought us in front of a building that looked very interesting to me. In fact, a lot of buildings in Venice look absolutely stunning but it's hard to figure out what they actually represent since the same style is also used for common buildings and businesses and there is no sense in marking them in one way or another on the map.
The same situation was also with the building from the top which even if for me it looked like some sort of fortification, it turned out that it was just a hotel, namely Hotel Santa Chiara that only maintained the old look of the building on just one side, while the rest is looking closer to the current times.
Still here, we also found Giardini Papadopoli which even if it wasn't part of our to-visit list, we would have loved to enter and explore as we always seek nature during our trips. Sadly, this one was closed during our visit, so we were only able to admire it from the distance and through the fence.
This might be caused by our visit off-season, but if you make it to Venice and find this one open, then do visit it, I have a feeling that you won't regret it.
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And last but not least, even if I know I mentioned a 3in1 post, it will turn into a 4in1 as I can't miss the opportunity of sharing pictures with Papadopoli Hotel as well.
This one was actually, a bit further than expected from the garden we wanted to visit, but there must be a connection between the two, especially since they share the same name and the placement was also very close to some really interesting sightseeing attractions that will make future subjects for my blog posts.
The full address of the Constitution Bridge is Ponte de la Constituzione, 30135 Venezia VE, Italy and you can reach it by foot no matter the side of Venice you are coming from. You might opt for a water Taxi as well, but there are not many options available not being public transport for this kind of destination, but only for the islands nearby. We reached the bridge very quickly and easily from dropping off at the train station and simply walking around the shore until meeting it.
Other places I've seen during my trip in Venice:
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