Venice Italy 4 days
Aug 26th, 2019 | 04:56 PM
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Best way = private water taxi, where the criteria for best is most memorable.
If your criteria for best is something else please let us know.
I agree with mm. wandering around it my #1 highlight.
- step one. look for crowds
- step two. turn around and wander the other way.
- step three, return to where all the tourists were after they've left & returned to their bus/cruise ship/etc.
If your criteria for best is something else please let us know.
I agree with mm. wandering around it my #1 highlight.
- step one. look for crowds
- step two. turn around and wander the other way.
- step three, return to where all the tourists were after they've left & returned to their bus/cruise ship/etc.
Aug 26th, 2019 | 08:55 PM
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"Best " is subjective. What matters most to you, time, cost, something else? If time is the most important and not cost, private taxi is 120 euro and 25-30 minutes. If cost matters,Alilaguna boats take longer but costs much less, 15 euro per person one way. There is also a bus that for 6 euro will take you to Piazzale Roma from where you would need to take a water taxi..
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Aug 27th, 2019 | 09:25 AM
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Why not the art? No one says you have to spend 20 minutes in front of each piece or even that you have to like it, but go ahead and walk past a Jackson Pollock and just look at it... the Calder metal sculpture headboard is interesting. If you never expose yourself to different things you miss out in life. You might see something you appreciate. Just a thought.
Aug 27th, 2019 | 10:18 AM
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Why not the art? No one says you have to spend 20 minutes in front of each piece or even that you have to like it, but go ahead and walk past a Jackson Pollock and just look at it... the Calder metal sculpture headboard is interesting. If you never expose yourself to different things you miss out in life. You might see something you appreciate. Just a thought.
Aug 27th, 2019 | 02:20 PM
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I figured you had been, MM, but re. the OP, who knows? Once s/he's paid, walk through the darned place. Seems silly not to.
Aug 27th, 2019 | 02:36 PM
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well, yeah, I didn’t mean literally avoid. I just meant I wouldn’t pay admission for the art. And usually, I love museums like that.to be fair, though, I felt that way about most of the museums in Venice. Less that they don’t have interesting exhibits, and more that there’s a whole free, seemingly endless “museum” surrounding you.
geez, and now I’m considering passing up Prague/Vienna/Budapest for Italy. I told myself I didn’t need to return to Venice but obviously, didn’t mean it.
