Venice

Pros: Necessary Transportation
Cons: Risky

My Bus Has a Rudder...

Vaporettos, the most evil and useful of Venetian institutions. Necessary and efficient for transportation, but expensive and packed with inconsiderate tourists. What's a savvy traveler to do?

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Pros: Great food on Monday nights
Cons: Madonna can be pricey.

The Journal Entry

All restaurants in Venice suffer under the same curse, the obligatory day of closing. Everyone establishment must pick a day off, and for some reason the vast majority have elected to close shop on Mondays...which...

Pros: The most beautiful city in the world!
Cons: Very, very expensive.

Ciao Venezia, Ciao Ciao...

I was gifted enough to spend a semester abroad in Venice back in early 1998 with a Wake Forest University program. Our house was in the Dorsoduro region of the city, right on the Canale Grande next to the...

Pros: Romantic, extremely safe, no cars or motorized vehicles of any type
Cons: Too many tourists, excessive commercialization, high water, maps are useless for the most part

As it presently stands, I have been to Venice 4 times and plan to return a minimum of 4 more times in the near future!! Though all of my trips were solo ones, I've never felt lonely and always managed to find a bit of romance along the way. My first t ...

Pros: exciting, historical, entertaining, great food
Cons: can be pretty cold in the winter

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 ...

Pros: History, some nice monuments
Cons: General lack of proper public management to live up to its reputation.

Last week I went to Italy for business. My meetings were held in the Padova region in the North at about 25 miles from Venice. On Sunday I had a few hours free before catching my evening plane back home. I decided I would take a train to Venice and visit...

Pros: A Truly Venetian Experience
Cons: None

The History

Il Redentore is a celebration of health and salvation, a thoroughly Venetian holiday if there ever was one (Carnivale being considered for tourists and kids only). It is a memorial to the survival of the Venetian people,...

Pros: Great art and architecture. A gem in a wonderful setting.
Cons: Can be expensive ( but worth the cost).

Venice September /October 97 Trip

First let me say that I was not really looking forward to visiting Venice. I had heard all the horror stories about the crowds, the smells, the heat and the high prices and I’m not really big on medieval /...

Pros: Place is beautiful by night
Cons: Expensive... and buildings are a little worn down

Growing up, almost everyone hears about the city of Venice... wonderfully romantic, very beautiful. Although as in most places I've travelled, the dream doesn't completely match reality, but by night, this place does come close.

I arrived...

Pros: A beautiful city with a rich history
Cons: Touristy, hot, expensive

This summer, my twin sister and I traveled across Europe on our backpacking tour. We hit many countries and many cities, but Venice was one of the most memorable.

We had been told many times that housing was hard to find as well as expensive,...

Pros: So many things to do and see, Great atmosphere
Cons: I've heard that in the late summer it can be stinky smelling

I’m not going to write an entire guide to Venice in this epinion. In fact, since I only spent four days there I couldn’t do that if I wanted. What I can do, however, is tell you about some of the experiences I had that made Venice my favorite place in...

Pros: Churches, canals, palaces... everything
Cons: American tourists

Writing about Venice is an ungrateful affair Everything has already been written about hundreds of times, every single church, scuola, palace, galleria, piazza, canal - all have been described, mostly in superlative tones, by authors from 500 years ago...

Pros: Beautiful and unique surroundings, a variety of fun or romantic things to do.
Cons: The weather and prices can catch you off guard.

The Atmosphere of Venice
In Venice, you always feel like you're in a movie, or a dream. Everything seems too unreal, the gondolas, the outdoor restaurants, or the water filled streets. That is probably one of the reasons why Venice is my favourite...

Pros: Its a quaint, romantic and unique city.
Cons: Street peddlers everywhere

Venice is one of the most amazing cities I have ever been in. It is so refreshingly different from any other city on earth. The lack of cars alone makes traveling through the streets a breeze. I say streets but I suppose they are more like walking...

Pros: Stunningly gorgeous
Cons: Typical tourist glitz/its beauty is polluted by the street vendors

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

I have been told time and time again that Venice is dirty and smelly and to be avoided. People have informed me that it could never, never live up to my expectations. They were right on the second...