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weekend in venice

unreg123456 · 2007-03-21 14:37:36

hi im going to venice for the weekend and was wondering if anyone had any good tips on things to do and places to see etc.

21-03-2007 2:37pm

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unreg123456

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hi im going to venice for the weekend and was wondering if anyone had any good tips on things to do and places to see etc.

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#2 21-03-2007 3:49pm

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I am going also in may and have got good tips from these web sites www.ricksteves.com www.veniceby.com www.veniceforvisitors.com and www.tripadvisor.com they have a very good venice forum where you can get the answers to lots of questions. I am giong on the May bank hoilday weekend. When do you go let us know how you get on. enjoy

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#3 21-03-2007 3:54pm

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I went there myself in Feburary, lovely spot -
Heres the advice I was given by fellow boardsie's before I left
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055040061

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#4 21-03-2007 4:11pm

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The best way to see Venice is to just walk around it and get lost in the alleyways. Obviously the Doge's palace is worth checking out and a trip up the Campanile. The water buses are quite expensive to use, 5 euro a trip, so if you plan on using them buy a day pass for 12 euro. Saturday mornings are good at the Rialto, the fruit and fish markets are amazing. What ever you do take a Traghetto across the grand canal. These are gondolas that take you across the canal when there are no bridges. At 50 cent a go it's the best and cheapest way to have a trip in a gondola. They are mainly used by Venitans, in fact they're probably Venice's best kept secret. You'll see the green signs for them.

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#5 23-03-2007 9:40am

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thanks for your resposes

coleen i will tell you all when i get back heading on sunday cant wait

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#6 03-04-2007 11:04am

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well im back from venice and back to work venice was really nice and quaint. lovely little streets and the accomadation we booked was a 30 second walk to st marcos sqaure. it was only a B&B but did the job perfectly.

was a little on a high after the second day things a little hazy as my boyfriend (now finance) popped the question. was on cloud 9 for the rest of the trip.

defo recommend venice (not just cos i got engaged) but it is a lovely city so differnet than other places. not as expensive as i thought either. although you can find very expensive places but they are avoidable

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#7 03-04-2007 11:07am

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Congrats!!

Heading there on Thursday, really looking forward to it now.:cool:

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