Surviving Venice Tips: 9 Top Travel Tips for Venice (VIDEO)
In this video I share my Venice Tips for Travellers. The 9 things you need to know before you go to Venice with essential Venice survival tips and watch outs.
The city has around 60,000 residents in the old city and receives the same number of visitors every day. It makes the city busy and crowded and so these 9 things you need to know before going to Venice will ensure you get the most of your trip there.
Gary Bembridge, a published travel author, writer, podcaster and blogger at Tips For Travellers ( http://www.TipsForTravellers.com ) shares travel inspiration, tips and advice to help you to make the most of your precious travel and vacation time and money.
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When I went to Venice, more so after I went to Venice, I went into a sort of phase where I was always thirsty, because I am from Bristol, UK where you don’t usually walk further then Tesco’s. Moral: drink lots in Venice if youre not used to walking far.
P.S: To anyone who lives in Venice; be proud of your city. It is absolutely gorgeous.
Heading to Venice the September. I am hoping the crowds will be starting to thin out by then. Any know if this might be the case? We will be doing 8 days on land(Venice, Florence, Rome, plus other areas, then an 11 day cruise. Hoping to maybe find some local guides for all the good not so touristy areas and food. Love to see the big attractions but really enjoy the smaller Mom and Pop things. Any pointers…drop me a note. I Thank You, in advance. ..Oh, and thank you for the video. Good tips.
I agree, my wife and I have been to Venice twice, if you go back one or two street from St Mark or Rilto or any popular area the crowds disappear. We are going back again late September can't wait.
thanks a lot for your tips!
Haha. I'm regularly in Venice in winter, and I always get a cold no matter how warm my clothes are. I guess the rain and the poorly heated hotels get me every time.
What is the weather/crowds like in mid-May? We went in October once, and it was not bad at all, crisp, but nice.
I went in November 2017 and had a great time. I stayed in a nine room hotel that was half the price of the summer rates, on the canal and around the corner from the Rialto bridge. The Bienniale was wrapping up and I spent all day alternating between seeing old and new art. I only saw one cruise ship while I was there, and experienced the Acqua Alta as well. I didn't feel like I got ripped off anywhere, it helps to just use the same common sense that should be used anytime one is travelling abroad. I'm not sure if I would go back for various reasons, but I'm glad I went! Absolutely go off season!
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As Venetian tip 10: Never booking in Venezia Mestre / Marghera for cheap prices lol
It doesnt happen so often (I just meet some tourists outside a squat,that's why im sayin' it) but be aware about booking in Mestre/Marghera (it's like the workers/hood "ground" side of Venice.)
Great video! Very informative 🙂
Great tips
Thanks man great video, heading to Venice in December i heard it's a great time of year to avoid the massive crowds. Will follow all your great tips :-).
V helpful thanks mate
Venice is not Disneyland. It' s a city. A real city! Respect Venice.
No cruises please. the environnement impact is really bad. Save the Venice laguna.
The best thing to do is stay on the mainland and take public transport to Venice.
Thank you for the tips. Do you have any for Rome, Florence and Barcelona?
Thanks for your tips. We recently returned from our trip to Italy and we LOVED VENICE! Yes, we did pay 10 euros just to sit and have a coke on St. Mark's Square. We found places to eat off of the tourist locations, and shopped way off the beaten path, in the shops way in the back. The prices were better. The gondola ride was priceless. We took the water taxi to the island of Lido, where we stayed at the Hotel Venezia.
How is the month of April for Venice . I was thinking first week of April . Thank you
Also italy in general is year long tourist country. So in general its always touristy. That said ive been in winter and rain season and it can be romantic and fun. Lots of things close by 5pm then so you get an almost quiet romantic walk around by yourselves and really experience the venice life. Something to consider. Other that yeah march is great time to come.