The Venetian

In Macau we stayed at The Venetian resort and casino on the Cotai strip.    Granddad got us a special deal through his political connections with the owner and the John Birch society.

Granny and Granddad outside the Dodge's palace.

The Venetaian is a massive and surprisingly authentic recreation of Venice, Italy, with a few thoughtful improvements, most notably building it above sea-level.    And also dispensing with the cathedral and churches, and putting clean water in the canals, and putting the streets and canals inside  the 6th biggest building in the world, in a giant shopping mall.

Above:  the Rialto bridge over the main entrance rather than the Grand Canal

View from our hotel room over the Campamile towards the other casinos of the Cotai strip.  You can see the mini-gold course on the roof of the mall.   In the evening we went to the City of Dreams  casino to see the House of Dancing Water.  We had front-row seats for one of the most impressive and silliest shows I've ever seen.

The interior of the vast shopping mall with one of the 6 or so canals.

Canal with Gondola in the mall.   The buildings are amazingly accurate reproductions but you always know its not the real thing because the water in the canals is blue and doesn't smell of drains.

Gondolas, gondolas, gondolas....   The gondliers even sing in italian...

The roof of one of the atriums

 Granny and Grandad with Hannah

St Marks square in twilight.   But no St Marks cathedral.  

Hannah enjoying the kids club.  She chose this instead of the gondola ride.