{"id":14343,"date":"2018-09-18T07:32:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=14343"},"modified":"2019-05-28T17:43:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T07:43:45","slug":"venice-italy-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=14343","title":{"rendered":"Venice (day 1), Italy 2018 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date:  17-18th September 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled:  134 kilometres from Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna to Venice in Veneto, Italy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Venice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed:  Venice, Sosta San Giuliano \u20ac18, all services, electricity extra \u20ac4.  N45.46755, E12.27927<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget:  106 days @ \u20ac93 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We depart Ferrara early, hoping to make our way into Venice early.  Is there a daily traffic grind into Venice every morning ?  We understand there\u2019s very limited parking in Venice, so we hope not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two motorhome parking options close to Venice.  One on the island itself (Santa Marta), basically just a car-park at \u20ac37pd or a sosta, just back across the causeway in San Giuliano at \u20ac18.  We set the GPS at the cheaper option and take our chances.  We stop at a Lidl at Mestre about 5 klms out to stock up, then continue on to San Giuliano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The traffic is heavy for the last couple of kilometres, but it\u2019s moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Skip this bit if your not doing Venice in a motorhome.  Stay in close and pay more to park (with no facilities), no need to catch a ferry or bus into Venice.  However to get around Venice you still need to use the ferries, purchasing tickets for individual ferry trips is both time consuming and expensive, so the cheapest option is a Venezia Citypass for \u20ac20.  With that all tram, bus and ferry travel for 24 hours.  Hence we parked in San Giuliano, walk the 500m to the bus-stop, catch the bus to Roma Station and jumped on and off ferries all day.  Whilst I don\u2019t condone or encourage such behaviour we used the same pass for two days, rather than just the 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sosta San Giulliano has some shade and the proprieter is happy to explain the transport options.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

So the adventure starts…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We walk the 5-600 metres to the bus stop, jump the first passing bus and arrive at the Roma terminal 10 minutes later.  The Lonely Planet recommend the Vaporetto #1 ferry, but the ticket office recommends a #2, so we are on a #2.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Morning traffic on the Grande Canal ?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of the highlights of our visit to Venice is just taking in the view provided by the Grand Canal.  The passage from the terminous at Piazza Roma to San Marco is a feast.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Passing the Ponte del Scalzi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Another scenic spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Entering the gondola zone, we don\u2019t have Rod and Julie to share the cost of a gondola this visit, so we will stick to the ferries.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Venice\u2019s most famous bridge, Ponte di Rialto.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michael and Pam's Photo Sphere (Rialto Bridge Pano)<\/a>
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Just another bit of Venice.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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