Venice

[udance2]

We will be on the beautiful Emerald Sept. 21st for 30 glorious days with a few days in Venice. I understand you can get a 36 hour Vaporetto Pass, would anyone know the cost?

 

Also any suggestions on where to go for a nice dinner?

 

Thanks

[San Diego Ellie]

You can get all the information you want on Venice if you go to the ports of call section, click on europe, and then on mediterranean. If you do not find what you want, I would suggest you post your question there.

[lauriecca]

We were in Venice in March...the 3 day pass was wonderful. I believe it was 21 euro per person. It's a wonderful local transportation system. Includes boats to neighboring islands like Murano and Lido, as well. Really enjoyed it. Ah, Venezia! I miss it.

[shellbeachjim]

Here's the link to the tariff page on the ACTV website. If you scroll down a bit you'll find the cost of the multi-day fares.

 

http://www.actv.it/english/navigazione.php?pagina=tariffe_vaporetto

[Shoalwater]

We will be on the beautiful Emerald Sept. 21st for 30 glorious days with a few days in Venice. I understand you can get a 36 hour Vaporetto Pass, would anyone know the cost?

 

Also any suggestions on where to go for a nice dinner?

 

Thanks

 

Good for the Vaporetto, admissions to many museums and magnificent churches where much of the art still resides (free or discount) AND....municipal toilets. Believe me, you'll appreciate this more than you can ever expect. As for a "nice" dinner, I would go to one of the islands or the neighborhoods between the Grand Canal and Guidecca. Restaurants in and around St. Mark's Square are pricey to say the least. We enjoyed two lovely al fresco meals in restaurants NW of the square, past the canal with the Bridge of Tears. Look for small narrow passageways and you'll find some good reasonable places with buckets of local atmosphere, not the "plastic" tourist stuff that you come to expect. Venice is perhaps the most interesting and enjoyable city we have visited, and my DW cried during our sail-away after we had spent 5 days pre-cruise crawling all over it. We are plotting a return

[udance2]

Thanks to all for the great information, very much appreciated!

[chipmaster]

We will be on the beautiful Emerald Sept. 21st for 30 glorious days with a few days in Venice. I understand you can get a 36 hour Vaporetto Pass, would anyone know the cost?

 

Also any suggestions on where to go for a nice dinner?

 

Thanks

 

Sounds like a grand cruise! As to places to dine, both times we have visited Venice we've broken down and eating at one of the resturants right along the Grand Canal. There are I think three of them on the right hand side of the Canal when you look down from Rialto. I don't remember the name, but you can see them in the picture attached. They are the outdoor seating with the red umbrella's. This time we ate at the one furthest from Rialto. Yes it looks like the ultimate tourist trap affair, but each time we found the price and the food to be reasonable, and the atmosphere is PRICELESS. We did wander a bit in the back alleys looking for one of Rick Steve's recommendations, but took atmosphere over authentic local food :rolleyes:

 

Enjoy the cruise and Venice!

[coiran]

Sounds like a grand cruise! As to places to dine, both times we have visited Venice we've broken down and eating at one of the resturants right along the Grand Canal. There are I think three of them on the right hand side of the Canal when you look down from Rialto. I don't remember the name, but you can see them in the picture attached. They are the outdoor seating with the red umbrella's. This time we ate at the one furthest from Rialto. Yes it looks like the ultimate tourist trap affair, but each time we found the price and the food to be reasonable, and the atmosphere is PRICELESS. We did wander a bit in the back alleys looking for one of Rick Steve's recommendations, but took atmosphere over authentic local food :rolleyes:

 

Enjoy the cruise and Venice!

 

What was the name of the restaurant??

Ron

[Ethel5]

What was the name of the restaurant??

Ron

 

Me too! I'm keeping a notebook with all this good information in it for our Oct 2009 cruise.

[chipmaster]

What was the name of the restaurant??

 

Ron

 

The Rick Steve's recommendation was a couple streets behind Rialto and the food market. If you glance the places to eat in his book he has numerous recommendations. Sorry, I didn't buy the book and lug it on the trip. I made a copy of the page and it went out with the garbage as we left Venice.