Alternative way of seeing Venice?
My wife and I stayed for 7 days in Lido Di Jesolo (for the same price as 3 nights in Venice itself) a few years ago.We liked the fact that we were in a beach resort with a bit of life in the evenings but with easy transport into Venice.We bought tickets for the bus/boat from a tabacconist shop (of course - how logical) for about 16 euros at that time which gave us all day travel on the vaporetti whilst there and a return journey. The buses run frequently and link with the boats. The bus to Punta Sabbioni took about 20 - 25 minutes and the boat to St Marks took about 30 minutes. I bet if you stay outside Venice you would take an hour door-to-door from anywhere. Anyway, the hotel and travel agents in the resort did us a trip to Verona and Lake Garda which was an all-day affair taking in the centre of Verona plus a boat trip in Sermione on the lake.We thought there wasn't much to Venice at...
