How to get to Venice. There are many ways to reach Venice. You can get there easily by plane, car and train. Venice is connected to the mainland (Venezia Mestre) by the Ponte della Libertà, a bridge 4 km long on which cars and trains travel to the city.
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You can traverse the canals by vaporetto or water bus/ferry (relatively affordable), water taxi (pretty pricey) or gondola (very expensive).
The cheapest way to travel around Venice is on foot. However, to save time and money, you can take the vaporetti, which is perhaps the cheapest public transportation option for travelling long distances.
Venice's best travel months (also its busiest and most expensive) are April, May, June, September, and October. Summer in Venice is more temperate (high 70s and 80s) than in Italy's scorching inland cities.
A cappuccino will run you 10.50 euros and an espresso is 6.50 euros (3 euros if you stand at the bar). The cornetti were around 5 euros each. A full service traditional tea will run you 35 euros and their tramezzini and panini are between 11.50 euros and 18 euros.
The price for a gondola tour is 80 euros if you book it before sunset or 100 euro if you want it after and during sunset. The price isn't per person but per gondola, which means that if you're in Venice with your family, it won't be 80 or 100 euros per person but for the entire family.
The city, a Unesco World Heritage site, is often crammed with tourists in search of special memories. But for the people who actually live there, this level of tourism has become unsustainable. So from 2024, day-trippers will be charged a €5 (£4.31) fee as part of an attempt to better manage the flow of visitors.
It is generally safe to walk around Venice at night, but as with any city, it's always a good idea to be aware of your surroundings and take some basic precautions to protect yourself.
GPS doesn't require cell data so you can always see exactly where you are and which way you are moving in real time. It's not perfect - it takes a second to catch up, you may miss a street. But it's close. In Venice a paper map is good but many streets are tiny and not signed, so GPS data is better.