stacey_furni Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Anyone been to Venice, would love to go but heard mixed reports! Anywhere near by where we could go and go to venice for a day trip maybe, heard tuscany is really nice. Is it really as romantic as they say? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsalleh Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Went a long time ago,Venice is very expensive.We stayed in Rimini just went for 1 Day,San Marino is ok. I think it is like Istanbul go and see what you want see and get out.Florence is not too far away either. But go and enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancingDave Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Yes its a beautiful romantic place, you could get a flight to Pisa from Doncaster airport, with Ryanair, for 1p and take a train to Venice, Italy's trains are miles better than ours, its definately worth visiting, or you can get a direct flight from East Midlands to Venice. . . hotels around £ 40 per night. Great food in Italy too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacey_furni Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 That sounds cool, is Pisa nice? Any hotels that u reccomend? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 If you do go don't just visit the tourist places, walk the back streets and take a long trip on a Vaporetti down the Grand Canal. It is mayhem and blooming hot in the summer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffacake Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 went last summer, absolutely packed and really dirty, rubbish overflowing the bins everywhere. Nothing like i expected, really disappointing, definately don't go in the middle of summer, way too busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul52 Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 We went in November, beautiful, romantic, ghostly, absolutely fab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bago Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 I think I backpacked through Venice, and stayed one night only. It is overrated in a way. Cos the scale of the place is definitely much bigger in post cards !! lol. Maybe cos I went in June time too, which made it a little bit worst. I remember we just missed the Venetian festival. It's expensive. We stayed in a dorm for under 20 per night. Yet, I had the most amazing pizza in my my whole life there ! >.< (It blew me away so much that I can still remember it. Sigh....) Maybe it's best to avoid the peak season, and the summer months. Cos the canal smells a little bit too. lol. Not what you'd expect. Plus towards sunset, all gondola would be booked up already. So you can't take advantage of a beautiful sunset ride through the canals. (I think this would be amazing, only if you don't clash with another gondola near by. lol.) We managed to do a lot staying one night. I think it's definitely a place to go for relaxing and people watching only. As the place is only very small. Definitely a good weekend break. I wouldn't use Venice to base myself for travelling around Italy though, cos it's pretty expensive to do that in. Agreed with the above comment about Italian trains. Efficient, easy to use, and frequent. You can stay in Florence and do Venice in a day trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haddockman Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 I've heard it's very overated and although the main part of it is very nice, there's not much to do outside of the centre. More of one for a daytrip or 2day trip rather than a holiday so i've been told! Always fancied going though!! Let us know what it's like if you do go!! I've just visited Vienna which was lovely place, want to go back in spring because got a relative there who's ill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwish Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Went a few years ago in October it was lovely not to busy and not to hot. I think Venice is lovely I actually didnt expect to like it so was pleasently surprised. It is very expensive though so dont expect to go for a cheap hol. What ever you do if you eat or drink dont do it in the main square a cup of coffee was about £5 and thats about 15 years ago so hate to think how much now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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