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LIDO DI VENEZIA
Another pleasant excursion especially in the spring / summer is a trip to the Venice Lido, a long thin island about 11Km. between the lagoon and the Adriatic Sea and connected to the city and the mainland only by steamboat and ferry for cars.
Off the boat you are in Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta from where, on to the Gran Viale you get to the beaches where you can see the typical "huts", large cabins with curtain added to the structure carrying the colors of its plant in to which they belong.
Following the promenade Marconi you can see the Palazzo del Cinema, where every year is held the International Film Festival, Palazzo del Casino, the Excelsior Palace Hotel one of the famous hotels on the island.
For lovers of cycling, the Lido you can rent a bike and follow the cycle path of "sea walls", Istrian stone embankments to defend the coast from storm surges, and get up to Alberoni through the picturesque village of Malamocco.
If you are not too tired, arrived in the Alberoni to the Faro Rocchetta, with the ferry you can reach the island of Pellestrina, narrow strip of land at the southern end of the Venice Lagoon, includes three villages: San Pietro in Volta , Portosecco and Pellestrina. Among the places of interest is the church of St. Anthony, the Santa Maria church and the church of the Apparition of the Saints.
As an alternative to cycling, from the Lido you can take the 11 bus to Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta. This bus after crossing the island, will be boarded a ferry boat to the island of Pellestrina. Returning to our B&B in Marghera.