jk1348

Hello all. Well I have all our hotels booked for our trip to Italy and I am now trying to plan out each days activity. The one I would love to hear from evreyone about would be the day we arrive in Venice. We fly into Rome on Monday, Aug. 29th arriving about 10am and then plan on catching a train down to Venice. We are staying at Aitaglia Pietra about 5-10mins from San Marco Square. I am hoping to arrive in Venice at about 4pm get settled in our room and then head out. Any suggestions? I would love our first dinner in Italy to memorable and somewhere away from all the typical touristy spots. I know we will be exhausted but I really don't want to waste a single second of our time there. So any other first nights spots we should head for? I'm sure it will be an earlier night than our typical but we have great stamina.My daughter and I love good food and wine.
Thanks one and all.

Austin

If possible there is an 11;45 AM train from Rome Termini (up) to Venice Santa Lucia. It takes just under 4 hours to get to Venice. Then u would take the vaporetto to san Marco. If I remember correctly that is the 82. Ask which direction is faster. If you can make the 11:45 then u might be able to be in your hotel by 430 ish

KARIME2

I would definitely do the secret itiniary tour of Doges Palace. Definitely do the Campenile tower to see Venice from high up. As for restaurants we just ate down the block from the hotel. Good food but can't remember the name. Sorry!

madamtrashheap

For restaurant ideas, do a search for Peter_S_Aus and his Venice trip report. He lived there for a few months and has some great notes in the report about Trattorie dotted around Venice in different areas. Otherwise, there have been a few recent posts about places to eat in Venice, so a quick search will throw up those too. Happy eating and drinking!

bobthenavigator

I would check your timing---I doubt if you will be at your hotel before 18:00 and you will be exhausted. Actually, I would fly to Venice, at least from Rome.

nytraveler

Assuming you nap on the train from Rome to Venice you may be fairly perky when you arrive. In that case I would go out for a nice walk around to stretch your legs and get some fresh air. then you can go for an easily dinner at 7 or 7:30 and have an early night.

If not, you may just crash when you get to Venice. If you do - don;t force yourself to go out - but follow you bodies' instincts - and start fresh early in the am.

Chanphan

It is good idea for taking a trip from Rome to Venice by train. It takes about 4 hours. There is a busiet market in Venice. You can go from the bus station P.le ROMA, just follow the ocean with the words Per Rialto is the place. There is concentrated most restaurants and shops in Venice. you can purchase anything sold in Venice. In the morning, the boats will be on the market to dump seafood. From about 7am , you can buy fresh seafood quite cheaply.

Peter_S_Aus

My suggestion would be:

Arrive, check into hotel, freshen up. Try and sort out the geography of Venice as soon as you can. While everyone says that “getting lost” is part of the Venetian experience, it’s not all that much fun if you are tired, hungry, and can’t locate yourself on the map.

Take a stroll around the Piazza San Marco, maybe have a drink at one of the cafes facing the Piazza – which will not be cheap. Two spritzes at Quadris will cost youabout 30 euro, but you can sit at the table as long as you like.

Then head to a bar, have a glass of wine and nibble bar food. This article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/201...ne?INTCMP=SRCH has sopme ideas.

Next morning, get up very early. Ignore the hotel breakfast and head to the Rioalto (easy – follow the “per Rialto” signs). Have a coffee and brioche near the market, and watch the fish being unloaded.