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Venice Travel Guide

General planning:

Introducing Venice
(for first-time visitors)

Planning Your Trip

Where to Stay in Venice

Hotel Recommendations
by Area

Our No. 1 Warning!

Top 11 Tourist Mistakes

Venice for Cruisers

Transportation:

Arriving in Venice

Marco Polo Airport
Airport Boat (Alilaguna)
Airport Buses

Venice Railroad Station

Water Buses
Water Taxis
Parking
All Local Transportation

Enjoying Venice:

Sights & Sightseeing
Top 11 Free Sights
Tours and Day Trips

Gondolas
Murano/Glass

Walking in Venice
(without getting lost)

On the mainland:

Mestre
Treviso

San Giorgio Maggiore photo by Matthew Dixon

Aerial Venice
Explore Venice from the air, with explanatory text.

More resources:

Venice Videos
Fisheye Venice
Venice Links
Weather
Map

From Viator:

Viator

Venice Carnival -
Carnevale di Venezia

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Carnival photo

Practical advice

No great preparations need to be made for Carnival, except to book a room or apartment well in advance (see Venice hotels and accommodations) and bring enough money for high-season prices and a costume or mask. It's unwise to stay outside the city and commute to the festivities, since traffic is heavy and the police have been known to block the causeway from the mainland as a deterrent to overcrowding.

Web links

Venice Travel Blog: Carnival
Maggie in Venice: Carnival
These sections of our Venice Travel Blog and Maggie in Venice dog blog have captioned photos, obervations, and first-hand reports from the Carnevale di Venezia.

Carnevale di Venezia
The official Carnival site has a calendar of events and other useful information. (Note: This site is most useful immediately before and during Carnevale.)

Back to: Venice Carnival - Introduction

In this article:
Carnevale: Introduction
Today's Venice Carnival
Practical advice, Web links
Articles about the Carnevale di Venezia:
Venice Carnival
Venice Carnival Dates
Carnival Masks
Carnival coverage from our blogs:
Venice Travel Blog: Carnevale di Venezia
Maggie in Venice dog blog: Carnevale di Venezia

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Hotel Advice:

Location can be important in a car-free city with 400+ bridges, especially when you're walking with luggage. Before you book, see:

  • Aerial Venice Hotels
    Read our tips on choosing the right sestiere or district. Then view individual hotels and their surroundings in large satellite photos and aerial close-ups.

MSC cruise ship in Venice

Venice for Cruisers:

Venice canal reflections

From our Venice Travel Blog:

A water taxi ride to Venice Airport
A warning about water taxis
Venice Railroad Station: a vaporetto view
Long lines at Venice Airport
Free boat trips to Murano
Need to pee? Prepare to pay
Crime in Venice
The perils of overpacking
Venetian daily life

Maggie in Venice

From Maggie in Venice:

A dog's life in Venice
A Beagle boards a water bus
Maggie in Venice video clips


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