Short: Italy 336x 505 Architecture: generic The Ostello Venezia, Venice. Venice's youth hostel, a converted granary on the southern island of Guidecca, is probably one of the best places to stay cheaply in this most expensive of cities. The people on the quayside are looking across the Guidecca Canal to the stunning view of the San Marco district - St. Mark's, the Campanile, the Doge's Palace and so on. Rather bizarrely, a full-size Chinese terracotta warrior is standing just behind me. (Don't ask why). (Chris Owen - tr95006@sable.ox.ac.uk)