A room for two at the Riva costs $190. Canadian per night.Right in the heart of Venice, a block and a half from Piazza San Marco, where the pigeons amass in thousands, waiting for you to buy them some seeds ( but don't let them sit on you, ick.) Where the Lion of Venice stands bold upon his pillar looking over the Adriatic sea. Where the gondolas bob waiting, where you'll see men and machines working hard to raise the level of the walkway in this first to flood area.
The songs
of the gondoliers
waft in through
the windows...
The buildings are being worked on all the time....
This is a drained canal, where the workers have placed pieces of green hose at intervals into the fragile wall. They will then pump cement into the wall through the hoses to firm up the building for a while longer. When they are done they will fill the canal again to the level of the step on the right. Note the bars across the arched doorway and the black bolt on the wall at the upper left of the same. That bolt runs right through the floor of the building to the other side to help prevent sagging.
