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Start in Chioggia a Bike Tour Around Venice by vidpogacnik
Chioggia is a nice town, all like Venice, but smaller and less crowdy. It's a great idea to do first a sightseeing - we did it by bike. Then take a boat over to the nearest island of Pellestrina. There your real biking tour starts. You can drive over the long islands of Pellestrina and Lido and continue biking on the continental side on the other side of lagoons.
If possible (being in a group), take a family ticket, valuable for all boats in Venice lagoons. It's cheaper and less complicated than buying tickets again and again.It's a bustling, lively town, with nice channels, boats and picturesque houses. Like a small Venice, but less crowdy with tourists.