Start Packing: See You Soon Venice
This time next week I will be waving from Venice.
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This time next week I will be waving from Venice.
Excited" Overwhelmingly.
The whole family are taking our holiday break in Venice and setting Christmas up at the Palazzo Papadopoli. This hotel, Aman Venice, is one of my most loved destinations.
I don’t repeat travel very often – a handful of cities, a few familiar hotels – but Palazzo Papadopoli is up there. Venice in the winter, luminous and mercurial, is one of my top three cities. I’m excited to show our gang, some have never been and for them to feel the magic. It’s that first Venetian sighting as you speed across the lagoon and enter the Grand Canal that tears me up. Poetry in motion.
The hotel is a beautiful mix of grand and intimate – I am spoilt I have been there several times – so I am starting to think about what to wear. There are the daytime practicalities to work out – Venice means walking, walking and more walking and then there is the opportunity for a little glamour in the evenings.
Traditionally, I am a new-dress-for-the-holidays-kind-of-girl. Why break tradition"
My mother always insisted we dress up, feel the festivity and look the part. I have passed this on to mine.
What to pack for Venice"
Travelling for Christmas isn’t without challenge. How much can a suitcase hold" I need...
The post Start Packing: See You Soon Venice appeared first on Vicki Archer.
This time next week I will be waving from Venice.
Excited" Overwhelmingly.
The whole family are taking our holiday break in Venice and setting Christmas up at the Palazzo Papadopoli. This hotel, Aman Venice, is one of my most loved destinations.
I don’t repeat travel very often – a handful of cities, a few familiar hotels – but Palazzo Papadopoli is up there. Venice in the winter, luminous and mercurial, is one of my top three cities. I’m excited to show our gang, some have never been and for them to feel the magic. It’s that first Venetian sighting as you speed across the lagoon and enter the Grand Canal that tears me up. Poetry in motion.
The hotel is a beautiful mix of grand and intimate – I am spoilt I have been there several times – so I am starting to think about what to wear. There are the daytime practicalities to work out – Venice means walking, walking and more walking and then there is the opportunity for a little glamour in the evenings.
Traditionally, I am a new-dress-for-the-holidays-kind-of-girl. Why break tradition"
My mother always insisted we dress up, feel the festivity and look the part. I have passed this on to mine.
What to pack for Venice"
Travelling for Christmas isn’t without challenge. How much can a suitcase hold" I need...
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