Venice is a top travel destination in Italy, having beautiful scenery, many tourist attractions and countless activities available. Well known as a romantic destination, its small streets are free of traffic, and are excellent for tourists and travellers on foot. Its winding canals and friendly gondoliers make Venice an exquisite travel destination, both for the novelty of the craft, as well as the unique experience of city travel by boat.
Realistically, it’s more appropriate to consider Venice as 117 bodies of land surrounding 150 canals, rather than the traditional island surrounded by water. As such, public transportation is largely by gondola or on foot. It’s important to note however that this type of transportation can quickly become expensive, not unlike a taxi in a major metropolitan area. It’s a good idea for travellers to plot their routes first, and then ride the gondola at the end of the day after they’ve become tired, and the sun begins to set.
As far as accommodation is concerned, there is a wide variety of hotels, bed and breakfasts, and apartment listings. From 1 star to 5 star rated, there is lodging to be found for any holiday budget in Venice. Location is typically irrelevant to pricing in Venice, however locations close to the railway station should be considered by travellers with little alternative transportation.
All in all Venice is a well supported tourist city and the canals and gondolas are world famous, as is the architecture.