Chioggia in March Day 2
This short break is a bit of a gamble, so I take it easy first thing the next day while Andrea goes out to explore. We are both out again by 10 o’clock and stop for breakfast number two, this time a more Italian version involving a brioche. Then we set out to explore Chioggia in detail. It’s not too large, ideal. We walk along Corso del Popolo admiring some of the palazzi. Chioggia, even this central part, the heart of the historical centre, is not rebuilt, clean and tidy and polished for tourism. There are cars parked, because people actually live in the centre, it hasn’t become just a short stay area for tourists. Signs and cafè chairs and tables and awnings may not please those looking for the perfect photo, but there are many corners which are pretty and the overused word authentic comes to mind, or just a place getting on with business as it has always done without bowing down to tourist stereotypes. At the end of Corso del Popolo I study the timetable for the boats to ...
