October 2015 - I'm Shin May | The Travel & Lifestyle Girl

Venice 威尼斯 | Rome 羅馬 | Milan 米籣 Ciao !! Walk Into the Italian City 走到”意“境

by Travellover23 - October 14, 2015

Station 1:

Venice 威尼斯 --The Water City--

A movie "The Tourist" casts by Angelina Jolie brings me to Venice. Venice is a beautiful city in Italy and it looks quite mystery as it has a lot of canals and alley. We may easily get lost in this city. After visit this place, I liked the culture and the way they enjoyed their life. You may see some people sitting beside the waterside drawing the water city. When you come here, you can have a small sweet escape from the hustle and bustle city life. I seriously love the ambiance of Venice and it was like a xanadu for me. Let me show you my journey...

He is enjoying his art

--The Places--

1. Ponte Rialto 里亞托桥

--The symbol of the Venice

--Standing on the bridge, you may see both sides of the buildings along the waterside

2. Grand Canal 大运河

--suitable for watching sunset

--there is a lot of gondola waiting you there

--perfect time for sitting gondola is before sunset time

3. Piazza San Marco 圣马可广场

--you will get fascinated by the music orchestra show

--you may have a cup of tea/coffee sitting the side of plaza and enjoy the night view

Although the picture was a not clear, but I can say that the view at San Marco Plaza was very nice!!

The Music performance

4. Rialto Market 里亞托桥市场

--you may find some assorted types of local fresh seafood

--Give a like for the fresh and tasty local seafood

**I only have 2days to spend in Venice, so I have no chance to visit the other small island around the Venice such as Lido丽都岛， Burano彩色岛，Murano 玻璃岛. And I have not visit the bridge of sigh 叹息桥. So, Venice I will be back here soon. :) :)

Transport 交通:

1. From Paris to Venice --Ryan Air (around RM219 per pax)

2. From Venice Airport to Venice Island --Shuttle Bus (€10 -one way €18 -two-way)

3. Inside the island: Gondola (around €20 per pax [can negotiate])

**P.S: you must ask tell the person where you want to pass by, because i was not passed by the bridge of sigh. Seem like got cheated by the gondolier (Liar...) Ish~~

4. Foot

The Gondola

Accommodation 住宿：

1. Hotel Graspo De Ua

S. Marco 5094,San Marco, 30124 Venice , Italy

**I'm using booking.com to book this hotel

Price: around RM161/pax
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2. Camping Village Jolly

via 30175, Via Giuseppe de Marchi, 7, Venezia VE, Italy

**you may book from booking.com or hostelworld.com

Price: around RM33/pax

Food 食物：

1. Breakfast provide by the hotel

Rate: 4 star

2. Riva Rialto [it located along the Grand Canal]

Riva Del Vin 18 | Ponte Di Rialto, 30125 Venice, Italy

Rate: 4 Star

**must try the seafood platter and the wine (White and Red)

**You will served by the funny waiter

**Overall, it has great food, service and also the atmosphere.

3. Caffe Del Doge

Venezia Rialto, Calle dei Cinque, San Polo, 609, Venezia, Italy

**You may try the espresso if you was the fan of coffee

**Dessert: Tiramisu (quite nice)

4. Trattoria Rialto Novo

518 S. POLO, Venezia, VE 30125, 30125, Italy

Rate: 2 Star

** The food is not as good as Riva Rialto

** The location is not easily find as it was at alley

Local Snacks of Venice

1. Tramezzini

--is a sandwich with the tuna and egg fillings, etc

2. Spritz

--is the Venice official local drink

--ingredient: 1/3 white wine, 1/3 bitter and 1/3 sparkling water served with Aperol or Campari

**It may not suit to my taste, but is a nice try!!

**It needs to queue up to buy this drink near the Rialto Market. [Beside handmade postcard shop]

Photosss

The gondolier

The Alley

The handmade mask

Shopping 购物：
1. Handmade Mask
2 .Handmade Triangel
3. Handmade necklace, bracelet and earrings

-END for Venezia journey-

Station 2

Rome 罗馬--The Italian Capital--

From Venice, I had travel to the capital of Italy- Rome. This trip is quite disappointing because the famous architecture such as the Colosseo and Trevi Fountains were under construction(currently there are reopen with a gorgeous look). Therefore, I will come for it next time. Besides, I had the great opportunity to visit the smallest city in the world -- The Vatican City. I was taking the local tour to the Vatican City. It was a good experience to explore this city and I'll recommend you all to visit this city when you travel to Rome.

1. Colosseo 罗馬斗兽场

--Half part of the building was under construction and the entrance was closed.

--It was too bad that I only have the view of outer part of the Colosseo

--The view at night quite spectacular

2. Arco Di Constantino 君士坦丁凯旋门

--You may find it beside the Colosseo

--it symbolizes victory

--you may meet a lot people selling selfie stick there...haha

3. Piazza Navona 纳沃纳广场

--it was known as the most beautiful piazza in Rome

--you may find 3 fountain in the piazza

--is a good place to date

--a lot stalls along the piazza

**Memory: I have met a seller who has sold the rubber soft toys and he show me when he had thrown the soft toy to the ground, then it will have baby's crying sound. But actually the sound is control by him and not from the rubber soft toys. Therefore, it was quite funny when you know the trick of the seller.

4. Fontana Di Trevi 特莱维喷泉

--it was so unfortunate that it was under construction (now is reopen and looks damn beautiful)

--they provide a fake fountain for people to throw coins

--The TVB drama "Triumph in the skies" was shooting here before.

Memory: **Although it was under construction, it still attracts a lot of people. So, please take care of your belongings.

5. Pantheon 万神殿

--I didn't go into the building and just take some photos outside

--Is quite big and you may see a lot street performance in front of the pantheon

6. Piazza Di Spagna 西班牙广场

--it was different from what I'm thinking

--it was crowded with people

--there were a lot of branded shops opposite the Piazza

View from Via del Condotti Street

7. Vatican City 梵蒂冈

-the smallest internationally recognized independent state

-I was taking the local tour as it got special gate for tour group [so we no need wait for long queue]

**recommend taking tour as the queue is damn long

View of Rome from the Vatican City

Must send postcard from this smallest city..^^

Transport 交通：

1. from Venice to Rome: ItaliaRail (around RM124)

2. within Rome: LRT

3. Foot

Accomodation 住宿：

Rome My Sweet Home Forever

Piazza Vittorio, 70 Rome, Italy 00185

Price: around RM80/pax

Food 食物：

Royal Art Cafe Ristorante ed Eventi a Roma-Colosseo

Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

Rate : 3 Star

Must Try Risotto and pizza

Alice Pizza

Via delle Grazie, 7/9, Roma, Italy

Rate: 4 Star

Pizzeria da Baffetto

Via del Governo Vecchio, 114, 00186 Roma, Italy

Rate：4 Star

Giolitti

Via degli Uffici del Vicario, 40, 00186 Roma, Italy

Rate: 3 Star

Shopping 购物：

1. La Casa Del Caffe Al Pantheon (Tazza D'oro) 金杯咖啡

2. Pocket Coffee

Photoss..

Try lightning effect in front of Piazza Venezia, but fail...haha

Spray Art when I'm on the way going Fontana Fountain

--END for ROME journey--

Station 3

Milan 米蘭--The Fashion City—

From Rome to Milan, I felt that Milan is more like a city and it look cleaner than

Rome. When I went to Milan, coincidently Milan Expo 2015 is held at there. And I pay a second visit to Milan only for Milan Expo. Fortunately when I went to the Milan main station, I had met a group of Milano footballer and they are all good looking. Haha…I found that there was little attraction to visit and most of the tourist was mainly came for shopping.

1. Piazza Duomo

--got a spectacular view from the outside as Milan Cathedral is located there

--be careful of people selling colourful bracelet and dry corn

--the interior view of cathedral is quite big and classic

2. Castello Sforzesco

--Castle in Milan

--located at quiet place

--There got a fountain in front of the castle

3. Arco Della Pace

--located near the Milan castle

--almost same like the Rome

**I didn’t go to the San Siro stadium as I just have 1 day to spend in Milan.

Transport

1. From Rome to Milan: ItaliaRail ( around RM217)

2. within Milan: Milan Metro

3. Foot

Accomodation 住宿

Youth Hostel California

Via Lambrate, 18, 20131 Milano, Italy

Price: around RM78/pax

I using Youth Hostel to book

Food 食物

Pizzeria Spontini

Viale Papiniano, 43, 20123 Milano, Italy

Rate: 4 Star

www.pizzeriaspontini.it/history

**Must try their traditional pizza and lasagna

Fortunately, this pizza shop was interviewed by a TV programme

Luini Panzerotti

Via Santa Radegonda, 16, Milano, Italy

Rate: 2 Star

http://www.luini.it/

**You may try their local snack—panzerotti which is fried sandwich

The Kitchen

Via Domenico Scarlatti, 7, angolo via Alessandro Tadino, 20124 Milano, Italy

Rate: 4 Star

http://www.thekitchenmilano.it/gallery

** You should try their seafood platter

** This restaurant was opened by a Taiwanese people, so is easy to let them recommend you their dishes if you know to speak Chinese or otherwise you need to speak Italian.