Gondolas and ... Vaporettos

Trip Start Apr 17, 2002
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Trip End May 21, 2002


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Flag of Italy  , Veneto,
Thursday, April 18, 2002

To visit Venice we first needed to park the car and ourselves somewhere in Mestre, which is an adjacent town that developed when Venice could not grow any more due to its natural limitations. We knew that there was a campsite in Mestre but finding it gave us a foretaste of what it was going to be like later during the trip.  A surprisingly heavy traffic, road congestion and confusing signage took the pleasure out of the process.  Fortunately, when we eventually found the place it proved to be a perfect base for visiting Venice.  There was a regular city bus from there right to the famous city.  The ride on the bus offers a nice view of Venice as you approach it on the only dry route to it, the causeway.
The price of a night at the campsite was a good indication of of the additional expenses that awaited us.  The night cost about Euro 25 while we expected it to be half that price.
Venice certainly compensated for our troubles, as it was precisely what we expected it to be.
While gondolas are the famous feature of the city, you don't want to use them to move around unless you're on unlimited budget. The cheapest option is a water bus called vaporetto.
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