Top Tips to Know Before Your Holiday to Venice

Planning the perfect holiday to Venice can be a joy but it can also be something of a worry. After all, you're probably going to be spending a lot of your hard-earned cash and want to make sure you're going to get the best experience you can for it. So, here are a few tips on planning your holiday to Venice that you might find helpful.

1. Think about your real interests. If you want beach and sea interspersed with a little culture then you might be better off further around the lagoon and close to the beaches (Venice Lido). Make sure your destination has Vaporetti connections (water buses) that run regularly to the city itself.

2. If you don't like a lot going on around your hotel instead preferring a little more peace and quiet, then avoid hotels that are close to the major tourist centres like St Mark's. The city can be very busy in the peak summer weeks and the streets in the very centre are crowded for much of the day and night.

3. Try to select a hotel that has some water frontage in close proximity. That's because if you take a water taxi from the airport (note - that can be expensive) it will be able to drop you and your bags that bit closer to your final destination.

4. Similarly, also look at the Vaporetti dropping off points in the tourist web sites. Once again, selecting a hotel relatively close by might mean you avoid needing to drag your suitcases longer distances across the town once you've got off the bus from the airport.

5. A holiday to Venice can be magnificent at any time of the year but in spite of sea breezes, the city can be hot at peak summer times with an average temperature of around 28C. That's not scorching, but if you don't like heat when you're exploring a city then try to visit in spring or autumn.

6. Be clear on your budget. City-centre holidays in any major European city are going to cost a considerable sum of money. If you are on a very tight budget, consider staying somewhere on the outskirts of town or a few kilometres away. You may save a lot of money in accommodation costs, though that will be offset a little by public transport costs. However, providing you can tolerate a little bit of commuting at the start and end of day, you may still save some serious money by doing so.

This is truly one of the world's greatest and most beautiful cities. It's somewhere everyone should see. Just a little thought and care when selecting your actual destination in the city could add to your enjoyment of your holiday to Venice.

Lukas Johannes is a driver for Shuttle Direct. If you're heading off on a holiday to Venice, Shuttle Direct can provide pre-booked shuttles to this and all major destinations all over Europe. Wherever you travel, Shuttle Direct can make sure that you don't miss your car on your holiday abroad.

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