Is venice italy expensive?

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Is venice italy expensive?

Answer 1

It is always expensive.  More so from April through September.  Don't even think about going in August.  

If you want to see it, stay outside of the city and save a lot.  You can commute in via train for the day and save.

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Answer 2

We visited Venice from the UK and found it very expensive. This was a few years back but I still think its the same.

Answer 3

There's no avoiding the fact that Venice is expensive.  Europe for Visitors website has suggestions for family accommodation; also check Cheap Sleeps in Venice for places with character, charm, and reasonable price.

water taxi (expensive) or road taxi (not quite so expensive). Car drivers must leave their vehicle either on mainland or one of the big car parks: Piazzale Roma, Tronchetto, Mestre or Fusina.

The classic gondola ride with the “O Sole Mio” warbling gondolier is pretty touristy and very expensive but a unique, not to be missed, experience. The traghetto is a commuter gondola used by Venice’s residents to cross the Grand Canal at strategic points.

Answer 4

I found it a bit pricey compared to other places, but i got some decent deals on accommodation....i was trying all types of accommoidation on my italian adventure so had a night in a central backpackers/hostel...i got bitten by something in the night but i had booked a 2* hotel which i really enjoyed as i had some great views of a canal outside my window and its not much to get the ferry across to st marcos square...or walk the other way round...the place is not huge.....thinking of the name.....hotel messiner..its was just decent and clean, with its own resterraunt....but no lift!

There are some markets where you can buy cheap things/souveniers and buying pizza from the windows is decent food for cheaper that eating in the resteraunt.

Answer 5

yes!

Answer 6

Yes, Venice is expensive.... If you are looking for hotels, I would recommend you stay in Mestre  

It would be cheaper to stay in Mestre as hotels are very expensive in Venice.. You can take the train from Mestre to Venice...

http://veniceitaly.ca/transportation/tra...

Here is the hotel that we use all the time.. It is a 5 minute walk from the Mestre Station. It depends on what you are looking for.

Hotel Piave

Via Col Moschin, 10

30171 Venezia (VE), Italy

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http://hotelpiavevenice.com

You can read reviews on this site

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF...

You can also find other hotels in Mestre at this site ..

http://www.virtualtourist.com/hotels/Eur...

http://www.virtualtourist.com/hotels/Eur...

Other hotels outside of Venice

Villa Graziella --Marghera, near Mestre

http://www.villagraziella.com/en/

Review about  the hotel http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1...



Finding reasonable priced hotels outside of Venice

http://en.reserver.it/

I think that the prices of the hotels are too high, I suggest you to look for hotels in the pretty Mestre just outside Venice - the town is connected very well with Venice you could easily take a ferry to San Marco square and save yourself a bit of cash. .

Eating Venice on a budget

http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/places/ita...

The area around the Rialto is the best place to eat in, away from the menu turistico of the restaurants in the central areas. The most tempting food shops and bars are here. Cantina Do Mori is a city legend, dark and secret. It serves the best cichetti, a bit like Spanish Tapas, and cheap wine that is drunk by the market traders. Eat in this area and it’s unlikely that you will go hungry or be disappointed.

Food of course is the highlight of each day, and one of the best ways to enjoy it is to take an apartment and shop in the market. If eating out, it can be expensive as can everything in Venice. Remember if you want to sit outside to see and be seen, it may cost you twice as much as sitting inside. Order a panini or tramezzini at the bar and either stand while you eat or take it out to eat at the edge of a little canal or on the steps of a bridge, even cheaper still.

This far north, pasta tends to give way to risotto and with so much seafood from the lagoon, the choice is large. Most menus have a zuppa di pesce, or fish soup, again with an infinity of ingredients. Specifically Venetian is carpaccio, thin slices of beef served in mayonnaise, or bigoli in salsa, noodles in an anchovy or sardine sauce.

Cantina Do Mori: San Polo 429, with entrances on Calle Galiazza and Calle Do Mori, In San Polo;

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Directions: Go to the San Polo side of the Rialto Bridge, walk to the end of the market stalls, turn left, then immediately right, and look for small wooden cantina sign on left.

-Take an ombra (a glass of wine) in a bar at mealtimes, and eat the delicious snacks on offer (whose special name I've forgotten) - all classic Italian antipasti. There are good cheap bars everywhere, each with their own ambience

-Buy a slice of pizza and a bottle of wine, then sit on the steps looking down towards the shimmering moonlit cathedral and watch everyone come and go, the couples slow dancing to the string quartets dotted around the bars and restaurants. It's wonderful, and as good as free. Be prepared, however, to fend off approximately 400 rose sellers an hour.

Ae Oche

A pizzeria in the back streets of San Polo that has an enormous range, great staff and even better prices if you're trying to do Venice on a budget. Used by a mix of locals and lucky tourists, so you get a good atmosphere, but also an English language menu if your Italian isn't up to scratch but want to try one of their more interesting pizzas.

Santa Croce, 1552/a; Go out of Campo San Polo to the north-west, and follow the calle straight, over a little cross-roads, and Ae Oche wil be on your left. Not easy to find, but worth it

Al Nono Risorto

Only a few minutes from Rialto Bridge it must be hard to find better value in this area. A garden that must be lovely in sunny weather and a very lively trattoria. On a damp Sunday the very friendly staff were almost overwhelmed with diners but kept it all going well. Quite a wide choice of pizzas (all around 8 Euros) and an extremely good value for money set lunch for either 14 or 16 Euros. It's all the traditional courses that you would expect (spaghetti al ragu, brescaiola, spaghetti with mussels and clams, squid) but each course cooked well and very tasty. Half a litre of good wine for 8 Euros. Unhesitatingly recommended - and as almost always in Venice restaurants, perfect for children too.

Sottoportico di Siora Bettina, Santa Croce 2338. Phone [phone]

Osteria al Garanghelo

Basic, no-frills Italian cooking and all the better for it — pasta, risotto, minestrone are all superb. And the owners make you feel more than welcome.

Possibly the best, and cheapest, dining in Venice.

Calle dei Boteri 1570-1571,

San Polo,

30125 Venice.

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www.algaranghelo.it

Ristorante Giorgione

A really good honest and simple restaurant in one of Venice's most interesting out-of-the-way areas down near Giardini. We were given a warm welcome and enjoyed everything about our lunch. A set meal of this quality for 14 Euros is really a rare event in Venice. On the set menu there's either 'fish' (spaghetti al vongole followed by fritura) or 'meat' (spaghetti al pomodoro with veal as the main course). It's a genuine, very large plateful and extremely well-cooked and tasty. Half a litre of wine costs only 5 Euros. At the end they added on 12% for service - exceptionally, I wasn't bothered to check back whether it was mentioned on the menu because it had been such an enjoyable meal. A warm recommendation for both the restaurant and the area if you're in Venice for more than a couple of days.

Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, Castello 1533. Phone [phone]

Eating at snack bars and osterias

Snack bars sell pizza slices for €2, paninis for €3, while osterias sell various cichetti such as clams and crab claws

You can find them all over the city.

Other budget Restaurants in Venice

http://www.hostelworld.com/cityinfo/eati...

http://goitaly.about.com/od/veniceitaly/...

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/city/132...

Answer 7

Venice is one of the most expensive cities in Italy, but, IMHO, it is worth it.  It is one of the most unique cities in the world.

There are ways to reduce your expenses, however.  You can stay at one of the cities nearby.  Compared with Venice, they are more reasonable.  There is also good public transportation that will take you to Venice.

I can recommend a hotel in Spinea called the Hotel Raffaello.  It is very close to Venice and there is a bus that will take you to the main station from where you can get a water taxi (vaporetto) to Venice.

Also, restaurants tend to be a bit expensive, but there are alternatives.  Much to my chagrin, there is one McDonald's near Piazza San Marco.  There are also pizzerias.

Answer 8

It is expensive to stay there in a Hotel, and to eat a full meal there as well.

But you could stay 1/2 hour away or even 1 hr away in Padova for at least half the price. And take the train to Venice...It's quite convenient, since it runs every 1/2 hour.

You could also eat in smaller places far from the Piazza San Marcos and The Rialto Bridge (those are turist traps)....and take the vaporettos and traghettos instead of the gondolas.

But believe me...the expense is quite worth it...it's quite a magical city....you might want to be there really early morning...to avoid the big crowds at the main turistic spots.

If you have enough time...say..3 days..a trip to the Islands, Burano, Murano and Torcello is a good option as well.