The Campanile tower in the Piazza San Marco beside the Doges Palace

The Campanile tower in the Piazza San Marco beside the Doges Palace

The Campanile tower in the Piazza San Marco seen through an arch of the Doges Palace

Ca Foscari on the Grand Canal built for Doge Francesco Foscari in 1437 with boat mooring wooden pillars in the foreground. Now part of the University of Venice

The Campanile in Piazza San Marco with the Doges Palace in the foreground seen from the Basin of St Mark

Brightly painted colourful houses in a narrow alley on the lagoon island of Burano

Carvings of female faces on columns of the Doges Palace

The Rialto Bridge crowded with tourists spanning the Grand Canal with boats moored by the quayside and a gondola crossing the canal

Gondolas moored at wooden posts in front of a Palazzo on the Grand Canal

The Rialto Bridge at sunset spanning the Grand Canal busy with water traffic of gondolas and water taxis

Gondolas with tourists passing on a canal beneath the Bridge of Sighs

Souvenirs of T-shirts hats and lace umbrellas for sale in Piazza San Marco