| dick patterson |
May 29th, 2001 08:55 AM |
I agree with m. I've been to Venice three times, and did a day trip to the Lido on one of them. It was nice, and I guess if you want to do the beach and swim thing then it might be good to stay there. But you will have to take the vaporetto back and forth to Venice, though I don't think this is too big a deal. But I don't think you need the Lido to relax; Venice itself is conducive to relaxation. It's not a fast paced big city like Rome or Milan, and even when it's crowded, you can still take your time. You don't have to rush around to see everything because it's so different from every place else that just being there is a great experience. For me, the most stressful part of an Italian vacation is always dealing with the traffic. Even walking on the street, you're constantly aware of the traffic all around, and this includes the allegedly car-free districts of places like Lucca or Cortona (well, you don't have traffic all around in Lucca or Cortona, but you still have to be alert, and every once in a while, people have to move to the sides of the street to let a car go through). Venice is truly car-free, and this is part of what makes it special, but the Lido is not car-free -- there are plenty of cars and traffic on the Lido.
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