Visit Venice: Five Things You Will Love & Hate about Visiting Venice, Italy Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Daniele
Venezia is facing a massive and steady depopulation, due to increasing tourist flows. In the 50s residents were around 17000, in the 80s 100. 000, nowadays around 52. 000. New and super cheap hotels are being built in the mainland by the day; the airport will be extended with a new terminal and the low cost flights are getting more and more frequent. Houses prices and rentals are crazy, facilities for residents are disappearing and the only one means of transport (public vaporetto) is always overcrowded. Even taking a simple stroll in the city centre is impossible for almost the whole year, unless u want to face a solid mass of people resembling a sardine can. Residents can't stand it anymore and escape to mainland. In a couple of decades venice is bound to be nothing more than a theme park. Too bad this park will be paid and mainteined by public purse.
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Venezia is facing a massive and steady depopulation, due to increasing tourist flows. In the 50s residents were around 17000, in the 80s 100. 000, nowadays around 52. 000. New and super cheap hotels are being built in the mainland by the day; the airport will be extended with a new terminal and the low cost flights are getting more and more frequent. Houses prices and rentals are crazy, facilities for residents are disappearing and the only one means of transport (public vaporetto) is always overcrowded. Even taking a simple stroll in the city centre is impossible for almost the whole year, unless u want to face a solid mass of people resembling a sardine can. Residents can't stand it anymore and escape to mainland. In a couple of decades venice is bound to be nothing more than a theme park. Too bad this park will be paid and mainteined by public purse.
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Jean
I was yesterday in Venice, and I absolutely agree wiith everything you said. I didn't get the best italian food there, I got lost many times, but I actually liked the city and its sightseeing.
You absolutely don't need to stay in Venice to visit the city, there are many beautiful villages or cities around where you can stay and then do a daytrip to venice from there, I would recomend: Vicenza, Padua or Verona. Another thing I would recommend would be trying to plannify your trip so that you don't have to take your hand luggage there, I did it and It took me like an hour to leave it in the storage section in the station Santa Lucia because of the line, unless you don't care going through Venice with your luggage in hand: .
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I was yesterday in Venice, and I absolutely agree wiith everything you said. I didn't get the best italian food there, I got lost many times, but I actually liked the city and its sightseeing.
You absolutely don't need to stay in Venice to visit the city, there are many beautiful villages or cities around where you can stay and then do a daytrip to venice from there, I would recomend: Vicenza, Padua or Verona. Another thing I would recommend would be trying to plannify your trip so that you don't have to take your hand luggage there, I did it and It took me like an hour to leave it in the storage section in the station Santa Lucia because of the line, unless you don't care going through Venice with your luggage in hand: .
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Sylvie
I live in Vicenza and as soon as we where allowed to go out our 200 meter (because of covid) I took the train for Venice. Almost no one on the Rialto and San Mark! nice for me but terrible for shop and restaurant owners. I was able to talk with Venetians and that was a treat. Went back 5 days later with a friend to visit Lido beach, again almost no one. Now that all regions are open for Italian I went back, more people but no tourists. It was really nice to have people that respect the city which we do not always see usually. On the last day trip I ate in a restaurant and I knew better. I got so sick. Be careful with tourists place that offer so many choices, it will not be fresh.
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I live in Vicenza and as soon as we where allowed to go out our 200 meter (because of covid) I took the train for Venice. Almost no one on the Rialto and San Mark! nice for me but terrible for shop and restaurant owners. I was able to talk with Venetians and that was a treat. Went back 5 days later with a friend to visit Lido beach, again almost no one. Now that all regions are open for Italian I went back, more people but no tourists. It was really nice to have people that respect the city which we do not always see usually. On the last day trip I ate in a restaurant and I knew better. I got so sick. Be careful with tourists place that offer so many choices, it will not be fresh.
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Simona
if you really know Italy you would know that Italian food is not what foreigners think. The food in Italy is regional. Pizza is not Venetian, people come to Venice for the seafood and the traditional Venetian food. If you are coming here for spaghetti with meatballs, I am afraid you are in the wrong place (actually you would be wrong in any city in Italy because it's not Italian! lol. I lived here all my life and I can assure that if you look for the places where locals eat you will be surprised.
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if you really know Italy you would know that Italian food is not what foreigners think. The food in Italy is regional. Pizza is not Venetian, people come to Venice for the seafood and the traditional Venetian food. If you are coming here for spaghetti with meatballs, I am afraid you are in the wrong place (actually you would be wrong in any city in Italy because it's not Italian! lol. I lived here all my life and I can assure that if you look for the places where locals eat you will be surprised.
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travel
Yes, the Aqua Alta (high tides) are in the fall. Avoid. Stay in Mestre and it is just one 5-minute train hop away. Reserve any major tours in advance and be certain to take any enhanced or secret options because they are more than worth it. Visit Murano to see the glass works and enjoy time on the water. See Burano as well, just because.
Unless you are filthy rich, do not eat at any place within Piazza San Marco!
Guys, every special lady deserves to be taken to Venice. Enough said!
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Yes, the Aqua Alta (high tides) are in the fall. Avoid. Stay in Mestre and it is just one 5-minute train hop away. Reserve any major tours in advance and be certain to take any enhanced or secret options because they are more than worth it. Visit Murano to see the glass works and enjoy time on the water. See Burano as well, just because.
Unless you are filthy rich, do not eat at any place within Piazza San Marco!
Guys, every special lady deserves to be taken to Venice. Enough said!
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Thomas
Wolter: get rid of your American glasses! There is NO ITALIAN food in Italy, there are hundreds of them. Pizza has NOTHING to do with Venezia! Staying on the island? You're ignoring Venezia is on more than 100 islands! Spritz exists many variations (the word comes from spritzen (german for spraying ), Aperol is just ONE of them (more or less a ladies drink ). You're sounding like a American-2 hrs Venezia-tourist.
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Wolter: get rid of your American glasses! There is NO ITALIAN food in Italy, there are hundreds of them. Pizza has NOTHING to do with Venezia! Staying on the island? You're ignoring Venezia is on more than 100 islands! Spritz exists many variations (the word comes from spritzen (german for spraying ), Aperol is just ONE of them (more or less a ladies drink ). You're sounding like a American-2 hrs Venezia-tourist.
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Brad
The getting lost part is definitely misleading. Every corner throughout the city has a street sign 8 feet or so up the wall with two arrows. one pointing in the direction of the Rialto bridge, the other towards San Marco. If you're on the side of the Rialto closest to the main train station, you'll also see directions to it as well. You might wander around a bit, but you'll never be lost
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The getting lost part is definitely misleading. Every corner throughout the city has a street sign 8 feet or so up the wall with two arrows. one pointing in the direction of the Rialto bridge, the other towards San Marco. If you're on the side of the Rialto closest to the main train station, you'll also see directions to it as well. You might wander around a bit, but you'll never be lost
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Brad
I love when they put those planks up to walk across the flooded areas - definitely S. Marco. What is really great are those who don't want to deal with that ordeal of slow walkers and just insert each leg separately into a large garbage bag and then wrap it up with masking or strapping tape. Make-shift hip waders.
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I love when they put those planks up to walk across the flooded areas - definitely S. Marco. What is really great are those who don't want to deal with that ordeal of slow walkers and just insert each leg separately into a large garbage bag and then wrap it up with masking or strapping tape. Make-shift hip waders.
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travel
Thanks for your videos. They have been really helpful to me. I saw the first one when I was preparing my trip to Iceland and I really followed your advice. Now Im going to Paris, Rome, Venice, Amsterdam and Florence and Im definitely listen to your videos and taking notes. Keep it up! Thanks again.
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Thanks for your videos. They have been really helpful to me. I saw the first one when I was preparing my trip to Iceland and I really followed your advice. Now Im going to Paris, Rome, Venice, Amsterdam and Florence and Im definitely listen to your videos and taking notes. Keep it up! Thanks again.
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Gisa
Venice is wonderful and magical in the evening, when all the day trippers who never even buy some mineral water in the city (they bring it with them, leave. Then is the time to stroll around and have a glass of wine and relax. Daytime, especially spring and summer is to be avoided.
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Venice is wonderful and magical in the evening, when all the day trippers who never even buy some mineral water in the city (they bring it with them, leave. Then is the time to stroll around and have a glass of wine and relax. Daytime, especially spring and summer is to be avoided.
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