Staying in Venice
While visiting Venice is an experience of a lifetime, you should prepare well for your trip to ensure that it is a pleasant experience.
Hotel accommodation is something that you should carefully plan for.
There is a well defined tourist season in Venice when the rates of hotel rooms and dormitories are highest.
But, let me tell you, room rates are not low any time of the year.
A simple way to figure out the hotel rates is to see how close your hotel is to the piazza San Marco.
If it is a comfortable walking distance, you can expect the hotel rates to reflect this! Let me tell you a secret that many travelers do not know - if you stay on the mainland, you pay much lower hotel rates than what you otherwise would.
Staying in Mestre - as the mainland is called - gives you better accommodation at lower hotel rates, smaller crowds and improved service.
Mestre is connected to Venice by train and there is a train every ten minutes.
Staying on the mainland can cut your hotel accommodation budget by half! Since you are out walking throughout the day anyway, it does not matter much whether your room is in Venice proper or in Mestre.
Another way to get low cost hotel accommodation is by looking for last minute bookings.
If you are traveling alone or with a companion who doesn't mind a little wait, go to a cybercafé, search the net for last minute bookings in hotels and be pleasantly surprised as the much discounted rates tumble out of your screen.
With the large numbers of hotels that Venice has, there are invariable cancellations and you can easily get hotel accommodation at low prices.
Even in Venice there are a number of very nice families that provide you with bed and breakfast.
Check out a few websites and you may strike a bargain and make a friend for life! Food on the move is no problem in Venice.
The city has a very large number of roadside eateries where you can pick up a pizza, a glass of wine and continue on your journey of exploration.
Just remember that if you occupy a table and get waited upon, your food bill will much higher than if you helped yourself and stood at the counter.
As Venice has become cosmopolitan, you have a huge choice in food.
You can get practically any cuisine in Venice.
It is best to stick to Italian food though because the prices of Italian food in Venice are more reasonable as compared to other types of food.
Hotel accommodation is something that you should carefully plan for.
There is a well defined tourist season in Venice when the rates of hotel rooms and dormitories are highest.
But, let me tell you, room rates are not low any time of the year.
A simple way to figure out the hotel rates is to see how close your hotel is to the piazza San Marco.
If it is a comfortable walking distance, you can expect the hotel rates to reflect this! Let me tell you a secret that many travelers do not know - if you stay on the mainland, you pay much lower hotel rates than what you otherwise would.
Staying in Mestre - as the mainland is called - gives you better accommodation at lower hotel rates, smaller crowds and improved service.
Mestre is connected to Venice by train and there is a train every ten minutes.
Staying on the mainland can cut your hotel accommodation budget by half! Since you are out walking throughout the day anyway, it does not matter much whether your room is in Venice proper or in Mestre.
Another way to get low cost hotel accommodation is by looking for last minute bookings.
If you are traveling alone or with a companion who doesn't mind a little wait, go to a cybercafé, search the net for last minute bookings in hotels and be pleasantly surprised as the much discounted rates tumble out of your screen.
With the large numbers of hotels that Venice has, there are invariable cancellations and you can easily get hotel accommodation at low prices.
Even in Venice there are a number of very nice families that provide you with bed and breakfast.
Check out a few websites and you may strike a bargain and make a friend for life! Food on the move is no problem in Venice.
The city has a very large number of roadside eateries where you can pick up a pizza, a glass of wine and continue on your journey of exploration.
Just remember that if you occupy a table and get waited upon, your food bill will much higher than if you helped yourself and stood at the counter.
As Venice has become cosmopolitan, you have a huge choice in food.
You can get practically any cuisine in Venice.
It is best to stick to Italian food though because the prices of Italian food in Venice are more reasonable as compared to other types of food.
