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for Venice (Italy)

Rating Summary based on 78 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		56
  • 4 Stars
    		19
  • 3 Stars
    		2
  • 2 Stars
    		1
  • 1 Star
    		0

Detailed rating

  • Ease of getting around
  • Family Friendly
  • Nightlife
  • Shopping
  • Sightseeing
  		• 4.3
  		• 4.0
  		• 3.5
  		• 4.2
  		• 4.8
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  • 72 of 72 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 labellavita1992

    Member since 02/03/2011

    Reviews written: 192

    5 Stars My Venezia Review with images 21/09/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to get around, lots of street signs, lots of shops/tourist shops, beautiful sights/views

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be really busy especially at the main sights and some things can be quite expensive

    Venice - Venezia - A very brief history of venice (sorry this section is a bit choppy, Venice has a very long and complex history!) Venice was inhabited in the 5th century by refuges from nearby cities. This original population lived on small islands and marshland which protected the inhabitants from invasion. In the 6th century the inhabitants formed a type of federation which would later become the foundations for the city of Venice. Jumping forward in time a bit to 726, the inhabitants of Venice elected their first Doge - ‘Leader’. During the 11th century Venice had become a great maritime ... more
  • 56 of 56 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 BNibbles

    Member since 08/10/2000

    Reviews written: 564

    4 Stars Venice In Peril? What About My Wallet?! Diamond review Review with images 24/02/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Beautiful, unique, hasn't disappeared yet

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Daily budget - ouch

    CINQUE GIORNI A VENEZIA I’ve not previously spent long in Italy, apart from brief forays into the north whilst ‘doing the passes’ from Switzerland, and a couple of docking manoeuvres courtesy of a cheapo-cruise in the Med. (I’m the person who took one look at the queue for the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and went and had a beer instead) It is therefore fitting, that in the year I start to add Italian to my list of “languages of wine-growing nations” to which I can lay at least some claim to speak, that I should actually go there too. It was school half-term last week, and Mrs. Nibbles had been ... more
  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 garymarsh86

    Member since 11/09/2004

    Reviews written: 124

    5 Stars Venice the city of Sighs! Review with images 24/09/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Absolutely breath taking views around every corner.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very expensive packed during the day with day trippers.

    Venice. I was under strict instructions to make sure I was off duty for my birthday but unfortunately I was unable to arrange to have the time off until the following week for what was supposed to be a special birthday surprise. Unfortunately due to a couple of circumstances beyond our control I actually found out that my birthday treat was to be a trip to Venice. I couldn’t believe it as I have always wanted to go there but never imagined it would happen this way. I would have probably gone into heart failure had I found out about it at the airport so it was probably for the best I found out ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    JocelynDJ

    5 Stars Venice - a magical experience (even on a budget!) 18/03/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Absolutely stunning and romantic

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None for me!

    TRAVEL If you are coming from mainland Europe, you may be able to get a train straight into Venice to Ferrovia (the main station) which is right in the hub of Venice. We arrived into Venice Airport in January 2007. There are lots of methods to get into Venice from the Airport including Water Taxi, Train and bus. We intended to use our budget wisely, and so opted for the cheapest method - bus. We got on an ATVO blue bus which took us direct to San Roma (the cities bus station) for 3 euros' each. The station at San Roma is located very close to the River, and it is from here at one of the water ... more
  • 62 of 62 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    teacherofhooch

    5 Stars Venus in Venice. 18/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lively, interesting and different.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A bit expensive

    There is so much written about Venice so I thought I would write about the practical things which I thought about or affected me rather than an in depth history of any place or building I visited. If you are interested in visiting Venice I am sure you will have your favourite attractions. The guide books say there are about 400 bridges; they are not as tiring on the legs as you might imagine. There was a lack of children walking and in pushchairs and I had to resist the urge to help the workmen dragging, single handed, large boxes and allsorts on barrows up and down the stairs; that is part of ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    womble

    5 Stars La Serenissima 11/11/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Beautiful, unique

    Disadvantages Disadvantages a bit smelly in the summer, tourists

    Venice is both everything and nothing as you expect it to be. It is a city that it is impossible to visit 'blind' with no previous ideas or imaginings, but it still manages both to charm and to surprise. Venice was the last of the quintessential 'must-see' Italian cities that I visited. Somehow, I was never really so interested in her, I thought, as friends had told me, she would be a kind of majestic disney-world type place, a ghost city, full of the echoes of a wonderful, decadent past, with no heed to the future, and she didn't interest me the way that Rome, Naples or Florence did. So when ... more
  • 91 of 91 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    emmorticia

    5 Stars So much to see, so little time... 07/10/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages lots to see, unusual with the canals, interesting place to visit

    Disadvantages Disadvantages water can smell in summer, money vanishes too quickly, not good for a long holiday

    Another year, another holiday. Some of you will know that this year's holiday was a sailing trip around the coast of Croatia, but that story will come another time! I was also fortunate enough to spend a few days in Venice at the end of the holiday, and had a fantastic (if expensive!) time. Think "Venice"...what comes to mind? No doubt canals, a rich history, gondolas and a terrible stench in summer...well, this may sum Venice up briefly, but the city has plenty more to offer. Read on for a brief guide to one of Europe's most fascinating cities. THINGS TO SEE: I'm guessing people have heard ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    coolchanty

    5 Stars Nice for a short break 13/12/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages cheap food, free transport

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not much to do, the smell of the sewers

    Me and my boyfriend took a short break last month to Venice. We got our flight cheap with Ryanair, £20.00 return each, including taxes which was amazing and we booked our hotel separately. We stayed in a hotel just outside Venice actually in a place called Mestre which was a nice place, plenty of shops. However I did find them quite expensive compared to what we have here in Britain.Mind you I find that when I go to most clothes shops abroad. Anyway we got to Venice ok and asked for some help to find our hotel and got there. We had a nice and warm welcome from the receptionist and she even ... more
  • 29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    julietta

    5 Stars Venice in a tourist's microbubble eyes 22/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Wonderful touch of the old world in a unique city

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None (ok I'm sure there must be!)

    Let me tell you something old and new. I just love Venice. I really do. The first time I visited, I was sixteen years old, but what can you appreciate at that age. Maybe just the ice cream, if that, and let’s face it there are other ice creams (now who told me that men were like ice cream? – someone). I decided to rediscover the city about three years ago and right there and then when I did, I just fell in love with that place. I mean, eleven years on sixteen and you know just what to look for in an ice cream, right? Getting there and staying there – Jules’ ideas: On a ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 gard

    Member since 26/06/2003

    Reviews written: 51

    4 Stars The escape of Casanova Review with images 25/07/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace), walking around in a unique city

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Expensive accommodation, the city is a bit small

    A short summary This is a travelogue about the trip that my wife, Nikki, and I took to Italy (Milan and Venice) in the period from June 7th to June 14th 2003. We spent the first 3 nights in Milan and then we took the train to Venice - where we stayed for 4 nights before returning home to Norway (via Milan). The trip report is divided into two. This report will focus on our stay in Venice. If you want to read about our stay in Milan please check a separate review. Arriving in Venice The train ride from Milan to Santa Lucia railway station in Venice gave me another chance to read the guidebook ... more
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