Venice - Piazza San Macro

St. Mark's Square:
Here we are!! the St. Mark's square!  We almost missed this part, so glad we found this.  We basically just followed the street signs and then after turning out from a narrow street's corner...we were like wow.... nice view....and lots of pigeons flying around :)

Tips to avoid lining up at St. Mark's Basilica:
I booked a time slot to the St. Mark's Basilica for 10:45am, but we decided to sleep in instead, so we missed the reservation time.  If you want to avoid the line up, you can go to their website and pay 1Euro/person to select a time slot to visit.  That way you can save up some time from lining up.
Information: web site; Tel. (0039) 041-270-8311

Admission: Admission to the Basilica is free, but visitors should expect to pay entrance fees during holidays or to special parts of the basilica complex, such as the St. Mark's museum, Pala d'Oro, and the Treasury. You can book your free reservation (for a 1 euro service fee) on the website venetoinside.com.

The ambience was quite amazing and romantic.  There were live bands performing for the outdoor tables.  But you gotta pay for what you get.  Menu was quite expensive and there was a cover charge for 6 Euro per person for the live band.  But I'm telling you that it was well worth it :)

World known piazza + live classy music + good singer + ok food + pigeons flying around + waiting for sunset.................munching on the olives .....taking a sip of the white wine....How much more could I ask for?..........Gosh I miss that moment.

I mean when the bill came, it wasn't that bad: We ordered two glasses of wine and we shared ONE dish of panini...Chips and olives were "complimentary".  The bill included a 18% gratitude...so it ended up to be approximately 46 Euro in total?  

On the right hand side of the photo is the Doge's palace, this is located beside the St. Mark's Basilica.

It was quite remarkable to chill around the Piazza San Macro :) so memorable... Hope I would come back some day.