The city break guide to Venice

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計画（する） your perfect trip to the beautiful city of Venice
Find out how to get there and where’s good to stay
調査する the sights of Piazza San Marco and try dishes like squid 署名／調印する pasta?

Published: 18:02 BST, 5 February 2018 | Updated: 16:36 BST, 19 February 2018

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長，率いるing to Venice for a city break? Here’s all the （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） you need to 計画（する） the perfect 逃亡 in this magical watery wonderland.

Whether it's your first time or fifth time, this guide has everything you need to know?

Venice: A city of islands

Few cities are as 平易な to conjure in the mind as Venice. The very 指名する evokes a stream of cinematic images, from singing gondoliers and grand marble palaces to the dreamy ドームs and arches of the Cathedral Basilica of St. 示す.

Venice is 始める，決める within a lagoon and is made up of more than 100 small islands, all of which are criss-crossed by a 網状組織 of canals, 橋（渡しをする）s and labyrinthine backstreets. Its ability to 失望させる the most competent of 地図／計画する readers is 伝説の, yet there is nothing better than 受託するing 敗北・負かす and losing yourself within its 崩壊するing beauty. Yes, it’s often （人が）群がるd ? いつかs unbearably so ? but if you 計画（する） your trip 井戸／弁護士席, you’ll still be rewarded with one of the most jaw-dropping plac es on the 惑星.

It’s a city of architectural splendour and exquisite art. It has one-of-a-肉親，親類d sights like the Grand Canal, the Gothic Doge’s Palace and the 橋（渡しをする） of Sighs built in 1600. It’s home to 伝統的な artisans who still work by 手渡す, from glass blowers and bookbinders to silk weavers and mask 製造者s. No wonder Byron called it a ‘fairy city of the heart’. It doesn’t 事柄 how many times you’ve seen it 描写するd on film or in print, the reality is more 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の than you could ever be 用意が出来ている for.

Bellissimo! A gondolier punting though the canal waters in Venice

How to get there

Venice is served by two airports. Marco Polo is the closest to the city centre, while the much smaller Treviso airport is around 20 miles north and mostly used by the 予算航空機による Ryanair. Treviso is also a good choice if you’re looking to 連合させる a city break in Venice with a wider 探検 of the Veneto 地域.

Marco Polo airport is 据えるd on the 本土／大陸 four miles from Venice. An ATVO coach, or the number 5 ACTV Aerobus 申し込む／申し出 direct 関係s to the city. 旅行 time is around 20?25 minutes and both buses 終結させる at Piazzale Roma, の近くに to the vaporetto piers and main 鉄道駅／配置する. Alternatively, you can take an Alilaguna airport boat to different points in the city such as the Piazza San Marco, which may be a better 選択 depending on where your accommodation is 位置を示すd. If you’re 飛行機で行くing into Treviso airport, Barzi or ATVO buses are timed with arrivals and will take you into central Venice.

Travelling by train is a 本物の代案／選択肢 to 飛行機で行くing, and you could even fork out for a once-in-a-lifetime trip on the Venice Simplon-Orient 表明する. This 高級な rail 旅行 takes around 24 hours and will 始める，決める you 支援する more than ￡2,000, but you’ll be 扱う／治療するd to one of the most glamorous travel experiences imaginable.

Where to stay

The entire city of Venice is a tourist attraction, so it’s unsurprisingly crammed with hotels, 迎賓館s and B&Bs. Many of these are richly 伝統的な in style, but more 同時代の design is beginning to take 持つ／拘留する, 特に at the pricier end of the market. But if you’re after Baroque-style rooms 冒険的な Murano chandeliers and rococo fabrics, you’re in luck. Even some of the cheaper 選択s are 始める，決める within antique-filled palazzos, while the 高級な遺産所有物／資産／財産s lining the Grand Canal are 前向きに／確かに洪水ing with old world Venetian charm.

It’s 価値（がある） remembering that space is at a 賞与金 in Venice, whatever 肉親，親類d of price 範囲 you’re looking at. Room sizes can be modest, 特に in the very old buildings of the city centre. It’s best to embrace this as part of the 全体にわたる規模 and cosiness of the city, and prioritise other factors like the 場所 and the 見解（をとる） when making your final choice.

If you� �re on a tight 予算 but still want to stay in the central historic 地区, look at the more 居住の neighbourhoods like Castello or Dorsoduro. Alternatively, if you’re visiting Venice for a special occasion you could splurge on any number of five-星／主役にする hotels. 最高潮の場面s 含む the Philippe Starck-designed Palazzina G; the 15th century, Grand Canal-直面するing Gritti Palace and the ultra-luxurious Aman Venice, which received the Clooneys’ stamp of 是認 after their wedding there in 2014.?

Stay at one of the best hotels in Venice at?Gritti Palace

Don’t 行方不明になる

Venice 申し込む／申し出s some experiences many would consider 必須の: a night at the オペラ, 存在 serenaded by a gondolier, enjoying a perfectly （手先の）技術d Bellini at Harry’s 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業. But in this magical city, even a simple vaporetto ride is enough to give you a sense of occasion. These public boats ply all the 水路s of the lag oon and are a 広大な／多数の／重要な way to get a quick sense of the place when you first arrive. For example, if you board the number 1 vaporetto line at Piazzale Roma, you’ll essentially get a relaxed 小旅行する of the entire Grand Canal に向かって Piazza San Marco, passing under the Rialto 橋（渡しをする） along the way ? and it will only 始める，決める you 支援する a few euros.

The historic 核心’s 最高潮の場面s are の近くに together, so a city break should give you time to see them all. Most unforgettable are the Byzantine St. 示す’s Basilica, with its amazing golden mosaics, and the 見解（をとる）s from the 318 feet-high (97m) San Marco Campanile across the square. The Doge’s Palace sits と一緒に, 直面するing the Grand Canal. Other palaces in Venice that shouldn’t be 行方不明になるd 含む the Accademia Galleries, with their Titian and Tintoretto masterpieces, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection of modern art, which 含むs 作品 by Picasso and Dali.

But in Venice, there’s much 楽しみ to be had in 簡単に wandering away from the main thoroughfares, without worrying where you’ll 結局最後にはーなる. Beyond the （人が）群がるs you’ll find 平和的な squares and pavement caf?s, where you can sit and soak up the spirit of this fascinating 目的地.

Find yourself in awe as you 調査する the 古代の columns??

Eating and drinking away from the （人が）群がるs

Venice has long been known for mediocre restaurants service lacklustre ‘tourist’ menus, often at disproportionate prices. But it’s no longer the 事例／患者 that you must search far and wide for 質 and value. While these tourist 罠（にかける）s do still 支配する in 確かな areas of the city, there are plenty of 発生地s just off the beaten path where you can enjoy decent food and drink in an authentic setting. This could be a typical Venetian bacaro serving simple stand-up 軽食s, or ciccheti, or a feast of lagoon fish and polenta in an upmarket canal-味方する trattoria.

Venetian dishes to try 含む delicious fried sardines, or マグロ or meat polpette (meatballs), or a piled-high plate of 伝統的な squid 署名／調印する pasta. A sweeter speciality are the pastry fritters 深い fried with candied fruit, raisins and pine nuts known as fritole, which are 一般に served around Carnevale time.

Venice is one of the most romantic cities in the world and it's also one of the most touristy?

A Venice for every occasion

Venice is a city that 満足させるs on every level. Take a romantic break and enjoy the soft chug of the water taxis from your enchanting canal-味方する guest room. Come for the history and you’ll find it not just in the museums but oozing from the doorways of every faded palazzo. Or 簡単に come on a last-minute whim and discover why Venice is 愛称d La Serenissima, or ‘most serene’. Whatever 肉親，親類d of trip you’re 利益／興味d in, this city is sure to 配達する.

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