The Grand Canal Venice, Italy Russell Haddock July 6, 2014 Our next destination was Venice, Italy for a few days. It was quite the experience taking the water taxi to our hotel. The Hilton rooftop pool was awesome! And the girls even got in a little swim practice. My travel points paid off at the Hilton in Venice and we got upgraded to a pretty cool hotel room! Ashlyn may have gotten a little "freaked" out by the gondola... La Zucca - awesome restaurant! The Hilton Molino Stucky