Another post about Venie, St. Marks and Murano: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...nd-murano.html

Beautiful !!
Thanks for posting them ;)

LOVED your bellagio food link- hope to see one for venice?? we will be in both bellagio and venice in less than 1 month so bookmarking your food reviews.

Stunning photos =D>

We stayed right across the lake from Belliago at the Grand Tremezzo Hotel, next door to Villa Carlotta and you brought back some wonderful memories of the area. We could climb the hill behind the Tremezzo at sunset when Belliago had a golden glow across the lake---fantastic. Taking the boats to the small towns, like Varenna, on the lake was a perfect way to spend the days.

We've been going to Europe in Sept. for many years and it's usually on my birthday so I've had some fantastic birthday dinners.

Lake Como and my birthday dinner at Al Veluu, near Tremezzo is right up there with my all time favorites. The view across the lake is outstanding and the food was exceptional. They grow much of the food right on the property.

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...alveluu.com%2f

As I look at your photos, Lake Como is calling me back.

Wonderful! And the chef drove you home?! Only in Italy.

TheBevitts - you will see one for Venice very soon, although we were there for less time so it will just have two restaurants, but they are good ones! And we also took an amazing cooking class I will write about when I have a chance.

TPAYT - sounds marvelous!!

Venice restaurants: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...ting-well.html

Great meals! We were always steered right by our hotel clerks. Glad to read there's an app for that too!

How much is an entree and a glass of wine at Oliva Nero?

We are not big eaters, well, at least I am not but my husband will not get fat on this trip if I can help it.

I could never eat an antipasto, primo, secondo e dolci.

In fact, I would be happy with a bread roll and a litre of wine.

Thin

Pepper, perhaps a little good olive oil to go with the bread roll? Sounds like the perfect dinner to me!

Oh, olive oil has too many calories. Can't stay thin and gorgeous dipping bread in olive oil.

I just did some research on that Olivia Nera restaurant and it looks like a tourist trap--many bad reviews about the trickster husband and wife con-artist owners.

Oh, well. We have plenty of restaurants to choose from.

We have heard that there are some good places along the Lista di Bari in San Polo.

16 days and counting to Venice.........

Thin

I'm sorry to hear that some people had that experience...we found it to be anything but a tourist trap, which I am usually very much on the lookout for. So all I can say is from my own experience it was really great, not only the food but the owners. It's hard to imagine them being referred to as con-artists?? But who knows..

The bad reviews of ON were not all about the owners.

Many of the bad reviews had to do with the expense of the food in relation to the quality and service.

I would assume that it is a very expensive restaurant, which is not surprising considering it is near St. Mark's Square.

Thin

Ah...I didn't pay the bill, my dad did remark that it was more expensive than the restaurants in Bellagio, but we all loved our food so he seemed ok with it. I was under the impression that most restaurants in Venice are relatively expensive, and to me, the food and service were of very high quality. But as you said, there are a lot of restaurants in Venice!

Gorgeous pictures, great report... Thank you!

Pepper, please share your restaurant discoveries when you return. Although I don't know if I trust a person who eats a bread roll without olive oil!

And my last Venice post: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...best-meal.html

From now on, I'll be posting about Bologna, where we are based for the next few weeks, so I'll start a new thread!

Again, nice shots and how ironic that US sends fish to Venice! May US standards be "up" to those of Venetians.

Looking forward to Bologna.

Wonderful pictures....These could be my pictures from a few years ago, and I am sad to say I never did a trip report, but your pictures are worth a thousand of my words.....Thank you again.

Thank you...that is very nice to hear. I have been experimenting lately with more pictures and fewer words, usually I am a words person myself, but some things are better in pictures.