Venice hotel?

hugh_jarse · 11 January 2006 at 5:08PM

just to widen this discussion slightly, I am visiting friends in Croatia (Istria)next summer and at the moment I plan to get a cheap flight to Venice and then a catamaran to Porec in Croatia. Has anybody done anything similar before - was just wondering about costs/timescale etc as the ferry/catamaran company web sites were not operating last time I looked. Or if anyone has a cheaper/better idea.....
Cheers

goldentouch · 11 January 2006 at 5:16PM

hugh_jarse wrote:

just to widen this discussion slightly, I am visiting friends in Croatia (Istria)next summer and at the moment I plan to get a cheap flight to Venice and then a catamaran to Porec in Croatia. Has anybody done anything similar before - was just wondering about costs/timescale etc as the ferry/catamaran company web sites were not operating last time I looked. Or if anyone has a cheaper/better idea.....
Cheers

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dk143 · 12 January 2006 at 9:23AM

Thanks for all the help guys.... Venere.com is an excellent website!

Am considering staying in Giudecca.... any opinions about that area?

We're arriving at Treviso and are going to get the bus to Piazzale Roma (the Ryanair bus!)... can you get the waterbus from here to whereever we decide to stay, and can we get a 2-day pass?

Cheers,
K x

davidlizard · 12 January 2006 at 3:40PM

Piazzale Roma is at the top end of the Grand Canal (and at the end of the causeway that links Venice to the mainland). Just about every vaporetti route passes through there. (Recommend make a note of the bus times back when you get dropped off).

If I am thinking where Giudecca is (the "island" a few hundred metres out from St Marks if you look to the right out to sea - sort of come out of the Grand Canal and turn right crossing over the water to the nearby island) then the #82 boats (and probably #1 and maybe some others) go there. Some boat routes run both directions, so its probably easier going in the docks direction (left from PR rather than right as you face the canal) rather than down the Grand Canal and changing near St Marks - the routes are all clearly marked at the boat stops anyway. The hotel should be able to advise on the closest boat stop. Suggest have a dig through the ACTV website (google will find it). Don't bother with the water taxis - they cost a fortune.

(Of course, if that not Guidecca then forget my directions !)

I think the passes are either 1 day (10 euros) or 3 day (22 euros) - buy them at PR (also available elsewhere) and get them validated before you get on the boat. And don't lose them !

Have fun.

Dave

teddie2003 · 12 January 2006 at 11:45PM

David

Guidecca is where you think it is. Think passes are only 24hr or 72hr, but they start from when you buy them, rather than calendar days. I think vaporetti trip around the docks route would be the quicker and easiest route from P Roma. Waterbus at P Roma is to the left of where the bus will enter P Roma & easy to find.

DK
There are a couple of waterbus stops on the south side of Dorsoduro which connect to the two or three stops on Guidecca and these are only a few minutes walk from the Ponte deil Accademia bridge on the Grand Canal, closest bridge across the canal to St Marks. Didn't get to Guidecca last year, but nice bars/cafes in Dorsoduro around Campo S Barnaba.

If you are feeling brave you can also use the "traghetto" to get across the Grand Canal, these are "standing up" gondolas, that you can use as a sort cut between the three bridges on the canal, great fun!!

Have a good time.

Steve

Patmanuk · 13 January 2006 at 12:10AM

Hi

My girlfriend and I went to Venice a acouple of months ago..loved it.

Stayed in this cool little hotel called Hotel Gardena, near the Piazzla Roma (is that how u spell it??), booked it on hotels.co.uk for just over £60 a night, nice breakfast included, opposite train station which is really handy if u coming from Treviso, which we did (flew with RyanAir). Great location, right on side canal, would definitlely recommend! Staff friendly and rooms spotless, great for 3*

Patrick

Markfd · 13 January 2006 at 12:36AM

http://www.veniceonline.it/principale.asp

loads of useful venice info on this site.

And don't forget to look at the b&b section of Venere, they are pretty cheap, generally well placed and, at least the one we were in, everything we needed.

http://en.venere.com/bed_and_breakfasts_venice/castello_ovest/bed_and_breakfast_campiello_s_giustina.html

Take some good walking shoes, it's a small place but it's difficult to stop exploring it!

dk143 · 13 January 2006 at 3:06PM

Is Venice so big that you'd need to get a water-bus to go anywhere?

Out of curiousity, how much is a single/return journey, rather than getting a day pass?

jaymac_2 · 13 January 2006 at 4:52PM

Singles on the Grand Canal are about 2.5 Euros, less on the smaller canals. The centre of Venice is quite small. From the Rialto bridge to St Marks is about a 10 minute walk but if you want to go out to Murano, Burano, Guidecca or the Lido you'd be looking to go in a vaporetto. We got our 72 hour pass at the airport and used it on the airport bus to Piazzala Roma where the vaporetto all stop. We went out to Murano and used it to go all the way round on the No 1 route as well as hoping on and off all the time. Excellent value.

dk143 · 13 January 2006 at 5:18PM

You can use a water-bus pass on the airport bus???

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