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DollarYen

Hi, i would like to visit Venice on my next trip. I have never been to Italy, always gone to France and Iberia. Can anyone offer any advice on where to stay and how to get into Venice. Has anyone ever used the waterbuses/taxis and what's the score with tickets etc. I am told you need at least 3 days to get a feel for the place, is that about right. I hear it's very cold and damp until about march, is that so ?. Any advice on where to stay, quite happy to either wildcamp or use a site. I prefer to have a meal and a drink out in the evenings so any advice on that would be much appreciated.

Don Madge

Invicta

Have stayed on two different sites at Punta Sabbioni and visited Venice from there by catching the ferry. We also enjoyed the excellent sandy beaches adjacent to the camping sites as well as seeing the sights of Venice.

Can't recall the costs as it was over 17 years since the last trip the first one being in 1984.

Grizzly

Camping Fusina is not cheap but could not be more convenient for Venice and is very well situated across the lagoon. If you go go to the edge of the site and park right beside the lagoon with wonderful views. It is very easy to find (see database) There is a bar and restaurant on site or you can come back safely on a ferry or bus

The Fusina ferry is frequent and outside the gates of the site and goes to Zattere. There is also a bus stop outside.

Buy a 12 hour ACTV transport pass in Venice at one of the water bus stops and you can then use it all day to go up and down the Grand Canal, to Murano and Burano and to the Lido, getting off as and when you want. The system is very straightforward to use. It is about the only thing you can buy in Venice that is real value for money !

GerryD

The ferry from Punta Sabbioni is great as it takes you into Venice via the picture book waterway.
The sites around Punta Sabbioni are good and very lively. Very busy in season and pitches are very tight. When they are busy they are inclined to accept you without regard to the size of unit and then leave you to your own devices.
Unless you are a devout romantic, avoid the bars in St Marks Square. half the price just around the corner.

eddied

Buon giorno,
can't add much to the excellent advice you've already been given re camping/soste for Venice. Can just add that yes, in the winter months Venice, like most of Northern Italy, can become very wet and cold and miserable. But you can also get a series of warmer drier spells. In whatever weather, Venice is a totally romantic and fascinating city, so you will enjoy it. Mid November 2006 was there with very cold ( 3-5C) nights, but sunny days at around 16C.
saluti,
eddied

peejay

Hi;

We visited camping fusina a few years back and had a great time although it is expensive. There have been some reports of noisy revellers/backpackers but perhaps we were just lucky. Can't fault the location though with spectacular views over the lagoon.

Pusser

It is my view that the water buses are disasters waiting to happen. Being absurdly overcrowed and should one of them be in a collision, there are simply not enought life jackets to go around and that is assuming you can find any in the bit you are in. I would only use the launche type boats for serious travel.

grumpyman

As stated in previous post most covered. Last October I was there with friends one of whom has a relation who is a Opera singer living there for the past 16 years.They took us out one evening and showed us where to get a good priced meal which is almost everywhere.If you go into the Square be prepared to pay £5 per Coffee keep to the side streets no problem. Water Buses are the only form of travel so you get used to them.