I have to tell you, Betty’s reactions mirror my own, when I went to Venice for the 1st time, 2 yrs ago, as an emphatically middle-aged person. I was as giddy as a 5 yr-old at the circus.
Just to say – if you go to Venice for any length of time, and you’re on a budget, definitely consider investing in a suitable-length travel card for the vaporetti (water buses). Venice itself is pretty compact if you’re on foot, but main tourist routes though it can get incredibly crowded – the crowd to get over the Rialto bridge ranks with any city rush hour you’ve ever experienced – so being able to hop on and off the vaporetti whenever and wherever you feel like it is extremely useful. Plus (a) they’re the way to get to the various outlying locations (it’s improbable you’ll go to Venice without making a trip to one or more of the islands around it, such as Morano and Burano), and (b) casual tourist fares are huge compared to what the locals pay [and don’t even get me STARTED on the prices of the water taxis]. And seeing Venice from the water, both in the day and at night, is definitely something worth doing for its own sake – my wife and I killed one very pleasant evening just cruising up and down the canals after dark on the vaporetti, for example.
Tesla Roadster 181 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Keep an eye out for them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPbQcM4k1Ys
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
Woof. Calm down there, Rube.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 6 years ago
Not only a gondola, but a gondola going in REVERSE
Sheila411 Premium Member over 6 years ago
I have to tell you, Betty’s reactions mirror my own, when I went to Venice for the 1st time, 2 yrs ago, as an emphatically middle-aged person. I was as giddy as a 5 yr-old at the circus.
fredd13 over 6 years ago
Just to say – if you go to Venice for any length of time, and you’re on a budget, definitely consider investing in a suitable-length travel card for the vaporetti (water buses). Venice itself is pretty compact if you’re on foot, but main tourist routes though it can get incredibly crowded – the crowd to get over the Rialto bridge ranks with any city rush hour you’ve ever experienced – so being able to hop on and off the vaporetti whenever and wherever you feel like it is extremely useful. Plus (a) they’re the way to get to the various outlying locations (it’s improbable you’ll go to Venice without making a trip to one or more of the islands around it, such as Morano and Burano), and (b) casual tourist fares are huge compared to what the locals pay [and don’t even get me STARTED on the prices of the water taxis]. And seeing Venice from the water, both in the day and at night, is definitely something worth doing for its own sake – my wife and I killed one very pleasant evening just cruising up and down the canals after dark on the vaporetti, for example.