Perhaps without exception everyone visiting Venice heads for the Piazza San Marco, St. Mark’s Square. It’s the only space to be called Piazza in Venice and is literally, the ‘heart of the city’. For every important occasion in the life of their city, Venetians converge on the square. One of the most astounding urban spaces of Europe, Napoleon is said to have called it ‘The drawing room of Europe’. Getting to Venice was a very important occasion of my life too and so first thing in the morning my sister and I headed to the quayside. After some confusion that was sure to ensue due to our Italian and their English, we finally got on to an anchored vaporetti ready to leave for stations along the Grand Canal, one of which was definitely the Piazza San Marco.
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“On the first Saturday of carnival, there are more photographers in Piazza San Marco than there are people in masks,” says my guide, Franca Zanchi. 
The three Mario Batali restaurants at The Venetian and Palazzo -- Carnevino Italian Steakhouse, B&B Ristorante and Enoteca San Marco -- played host to a 
giovedì 25 febbraio al Palasport di Padova, in via San Marco n.25 (tel.049.8644888). Informazioni e prevendite GreenTicket e TicketOne. 
