The latest hangout place for the gamblers is probably The Venetian which was only open a couple of months back. Almost every landmark in Venice has been replicated here. If you just look at those landmarks from a distance, you would have thought that you are really in Venice.
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The Campanile (bell tower) was built with all the details intake.
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The scaled-down Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace) also looks like the real structure in Venice.
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The lining up of replicas did not stop at the outdoor structures, it is actually extended to the interior. Oh my! They really want you to have hallucination!
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I was expecting to see the replica of Basilica di San Marco at the St. Mark's Square but unfortunately it wasn't built. Only the clock tower was there.
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There were also 'replicas' of street artistes.
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The washroom was definitely well-worth a visit, as I know now the definition of a 'golden toilet.'
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Even the mosaics on the ceiling were replicated, except that the replica was painted on.
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I almost believed that I was in Venice, if not for the noise of dice rolling and playing cards shuffling.
2 comments:
Opulent! beautiful shots, ck. what about the hotel/casino across frm Venetian, is it opened yet?
Thanks Terri. :) The casino opposite the Venetian was still under construction where we were there.
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