Venice Review Summary
Viewpoints reviewers say "If you go to Italy, you HAVE to go to Venice!" This "city on stilts", located in Italy, is "a photographer or romantics dream". Those looking for cultural experiences are finding plenty to enjoy in Venice including great shopping, great food, friendly people, and beautiful sites. The only minor complaints reviewers have is that Venice is crowded and a little bit confusing. They warn that you should "be prepared to meander" since you likely will get lost on your first visit to the city. Sound like your kind of place? Then read reviews of hotels in Venice and check out other destinations in Italy and Europe. Can't make it to Venice yet? Then try the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas for a miniaturized version of the city.
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Venice, the ultimate city built upon fantasies. Picture perfect. Incredibly interesting. A photographer or romantics dream. Couples walking around who look like they have just stepped out of a Fellini movie. Stodgy older men wearing cashmere trenchcoats with receding hairlines and sunglasses...
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A visit to Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square) is a great way to start a trip. The people holding the pigeons is a little gross, but the atmosphere is wonderful. If you have lots of money, it is probably nice to sit in the square and people watch (sitting will probably cost you 20 euros for one person). Basilica di San... review »
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Upon my mother's insistence, I reluctantly scheduled Venice into our trip this past summer but now it ranks the top of my list of favourite European cities! By the end of our visit, I felt that the 3 days/2 nights that we spent there was not enough.
We travelled as a family of four, including my two school-age children. It was a challenge finding reasonably-priced accomodation with Quad rooms that could fit the four of us together but I finally did at US$250 per night (that's cheap for a European city Quad room!). The nice thing about tiny Venice is that every accomodation... review »
I got to Venice after a number of other European cities armed with a Eurailpass and only a few bags. The trip into the city was amazing, as gondoliers glided past the train. Most of the time my sister and I were in Venice it poured. I was in a foul mood from travel and bad weather, but I'm so glad I made it to Venice. It is so special. I recall walking the tiny streets, over little bridges, winding around waterways, people selling knock-off luggage and bags on the streets, eating gelato, looking at the gilded walls of old churches. I would recommend the Peggy Guggenheim collection and a trip...
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I would reccommend Venice to everyone, it was better than in all the pictures, easy to get around, I was nervous before going about the maze of side alleys and traveling on thevaporettos - just like a bus or subway. the food was fantastic, all the designer stores were amazing, I loved the Murano glass makers, have enough glass for years now, everyone loves the Murano glass ring and it was only 10 euros. I had to have a real masque, cost almost as much to ship it home as the price itself but it's one of those things you will always remember we took a side trip by train to Verona, saw Juliet's...
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If you love theater, masks and art, Venice is the best place to go. Beautiful site-seeing, gorgeous gondoles, perfect for romantic trip as well as to learn history of this one of the oldest cities in Europe and the world. Great food and delicious wine. The unique Venice activities you'll discover during a walk around town are plentiful. The now-famous watery villages on rafts of wooden posts driven into the soil, laid the foundations for the floating palaces of today.
Kat, NJ
I lived in Italy for 6 months, and this was my favorite city. It is absolutely beautiful. Carnaval was incredible there. I met some of the most amazing people from all over the world. Everything looks completely different after Carnaval is over though.
The only downfall is that it is a little touristy. But I got passed it, and so will you.
Absolutely beautiful, there's no place like it in the world. But, with more dead ins than any place else make sure you bring a good map and a good tour guide or Fodors with you!
