Gondola ~ Venice

Here is just the highlights and photos.pls refer to :
http://summerandsomething.blogspot.com/2013/04/detailed-itinerary-venice-from-paris.html and http://summerandsomething.blogspot.com/2013/04/detailed-budget-15-days-europe-paris.html
for itinerary and budget.

What is in your mind when people mentioned Venice? Gondola? Canal??

Dang Dang Dang... These are how Venice looks like :

Is just so amazing... But please avoid to go to Venice in summer as the water smell not really good. We went during spring, so the weather just nice ..not too hot and not too cold.

The hotel we stayed is San Lio Square (110 euro/nite). Quite a decent place.



From the Piazzale Roma  we have to take the waterbus to our Hotel. Unless you willing to pay for the private water taxi like Angeliona Jolie in 'The Tourist" movie.


Private taxi :

For budget traveller like me, we use the waterbus

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And stop at the 'bus stop' as such:

Bring as little baggage as you can in Venice as you cant really use a trolley bag here. There are a lots of stairs and uneven stone road. Suggest to take a bagpack..

The must visit places:

Rialto Bridge – The most famous bridge over the Grand Canal – and shopping of souvenirs near the market.

Bridge of Sighs – Behind the Doge’s Palace, you can access it only via a tour of the palace; it leads from the palace court straight to the prison

Piazza San Marco – Venice’s most popular square, often full of tourists but clears out beautifully at night

Palazzo Ducale – Next door to St. Mark’s Basilica

St. Mark’s Square

St. Mark’s Basilica –amazing church. It’s free to enter, and free to book the entry time.

Doge’s Palace (right next door to St. Mark’s)

Campanile (bell tower) in front of St. Mark’s

Just walk around the island, you dont need a map. Just walk which ever way you feel like going and you will discover new things and scene in this island.

Food and snacks we prefer in Venice:

delicious gelato

euro $2.50/ piece pizza!



Popular drink in Venice ~ Spritz - white wine, fizzy water, and orange-red aperol, SanBitter or Campari

Do at lease 3 days 2 nites trip in Venice, to enjoy the sunrise and sunset in Venice. 2 days 1 nite is just too rush.





Detailed Itinerary Venice (from Paris)

Date/ Time		Details
Wed 13/4 Venice, Italy	9:00AM 14:00- 15:40 1630 1700	Arrived at Paris Orly South Terminal Paris Orly (Terminal Sud) to Venice Marco Polo(Flight 4295) Dep: 14:00 -1540 Check in opens: 12:00-13:20 Taking a Bus from Venice Airport to Venice and then to Hotel A one-way ticket on the Venice Express is €3 (you can get a round-trip ticket for €5.50), and the trip takes only 20-30 minutes from the airport to the Piazzale Roma. ATVO’s Venice Express buses run roughly every 30 minutes from the Venice Airport starting at 08:20 (the last bus leaves the airport at 00:20). Buses from Piazzale Roma start running at 05:00, and the last bus leaves Venice for the airport at 20:50. You can buy tickets in the baggage area of the arrivals hall at the automatic machines (they’re blue with a yellow ATVO logo), at the ATVO ticket office in the arrivals hall, or at ATVO machines just outside the airport where the buses actually depart from. Shuttle bus (ACTV or ATVO) to the Piazzale Roma and then take the waterbus line 1 or 82 to the RIALTO stop. From RIALTO:walk through S. Bortolomeo Square and S. Lio Square - 10 meters before the San Lio Square you'll find a green door on the right side of the street. (6.50) Hotel check in Rialto Bridge – The most famous bridge over the Grand Canal – and shopping of souvenirs near the market. Bridge of Sighs – Behind the Doge’s Palace, you can access it only via a tour of the palace; it leads from the palace court straight to the prison Piazza San Marco – Venice’s most popular square, often full of tourists but clears out beautifully at night Palazzo Ducale – Next door to St. Mark’s Basilica
Thu 14/4 Venice, Italy		Venice, Italy St. Mark’s Square St. Mark’s Basilica –amazing church. It’s free to enter, and free to book the entry time. Doge’s Palace (right next door to St. Mark’s) Campanile (bell tower) in front of St. Mark’s