People watching is a national pastime in Europe. Café’s, steps, fountains all stage tourists, writers and artists from all over the world who love to people watch.
Venice being 100% tourism boats some of the best people watching around. As I am a guide and take my clients through Italy several times per year I have discovered some great people watching locations and I think I may have found the perfect one.
The Gondola station named Bacino Orseolo which sits between the front of the new Hard Rock Café and the landmark Hotel Cavalletto is by far one of the best spots in the city.
The trick is to go into the Hotel Cavalletto into the bar where you have comfortable chairs and large windows that open at almost water level.
There you can sit in comfort sipping a cocktail and watching the world float by your window. The sounds of accordions echo through the small bay as hundreds of people line up to go on the typical Gondola ride in Venice.
A bonus is to see the throngs of people who line up to go into the new Hard Rock Café which opened here in 2009. Together these two major spots located just one street from St. Mark’s Square give the people watcher hours of enjoyment.
When you come to Venice make sure you take the time to cool off and rest your feet at one of the most prominent people watching spots in the city at the Bacino Orseolo Gondola Station.
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