La Bella Vita Barge Cruise Photos

From: La Bella Vita Barge Cruise Review

Text by Durant Imboden
Most photos by Cheryl Imboden

COSTA MAGICA from LA BELLA VITA

ABOVE: A view of Venice, Italy from cabin no. 2, "Canaletto," while La Bella Vita was moored above the Piazza San Marco near the Naval History Museum. A passing cruise ship, Costa Magica, is on the left. (The boat in the foreground is an ACTV public water bus.) In the distance, you can see the Campanile di San Marco and the Doge's Palace.

In the following pages, you can enjoy a day-by-day photo diary of a cruise from Venice to Mantua on a European Waterways hotel barge, La Bella Vita. (See our illustrated cruise review if you haven't already read it.)

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In this day-by-day photo diary:

Day 1 - Embarkation and Venice

Day 2 - Venice, Alberoni

Day 3 - Chioggia, Ca' Zen

Day 4 - Adria, Bagnoli Estate

Day 5 - Ferrara

Day 6 - Mantua

Day 7 - Disembarkation

Also see:

La Bella Vita cruise review (8 pages)

Satellite map of cruising region and high points

Venice for Visitors