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Backpacks are the best to store and transport your stuff in, believe me. I use my trekking backpack for all trips, not only hiking ones, but also for city trips. Remember that you’d have to transport your luggage from a boat stop to your hotel and you need to walk over many bridges. I saw so many travellers who had problems in dragging their suitcases (even with rolls) through the narrow calles.
Ladies: bring (hand) bags for your belongings, if you intend to visit San Marco Basilica ! Without any discussion, visitors (who have queued for hours) arriving at the entrance of San Marco Basilica, will be sent back by the guards to drop their backpacks at a specific place, and must start queuing again = see photo 3.
Pack shoes where you can walk miles with and won’t feel them at any time (the shoes that is). You’ll need them, and even with good shoes your feet will be happy to have a rest in the evening. Bring some good foot cream as well, to prepare your poor feet for the next days’ marathon.
Bring appropriate clothes, and try to leave shorts and spaghetti tops at home, or in your luggage, if Venice is only part of your travel in Europe. Remember, you are in Italy and the people are very much religious; too much flesh (arms and legs) is insulting Italian church habits . Without any discussion, you will be rejected if you intend to visit a church in spaghetti tops or shorts !
Bring a Raincoat (instead of umbrella), as you will be better protected and won’t kill people or pricking out others’ eyes if you are with umbrella among the masses on Piazza San Marco. Plus, if there is rain and wind, your umbrella will be destroyed within seconds (and not mentioning the eyes of other visitors).
There are enough supermarkets and beauty shops to stock up whatever you need to buy or forgot back home. Thanks to Chiara, I now know that a nice shop to buy beauty stuff is Bottega Verde, something like the Italian version of Body Shop. It is located in Strada Nuova, in Canaregio, north of Ponte Rialto (see photo). I didn’t use up my stuff, so I only did window shopping, but it looks like a great shop to satisfy your needs.
Venezia has a lot of pharmacies, so you can get any OTC stuff. If you need personal prescription medication, it is always better to bring these from home.
Bring sunsreen in summer and mosquito repellent as well.
Oh yes…. this is maybe the most important item to fill your luggage with. Bring enough cards or a possibility to store your photos. You will end up with more photos than you ever can imagine (I took around 3000 or 5 GB in 12 days). There is no problem to buy cards in Venezia, and also no problem get your photos downloaded on a CD. I didn’t try this, as I had my notebook with me, but this is my own personal attitude. Do not forget your wide angle and tele lenses. You will need them ! Wide angle is a must when driving along Canal Grande, and tele lens to zoom in the magnificent details. Fish eye lens, however, is something that won’t work here, as it completely destroys the fine lines of this incredible buildings.
If you intend to stay on Lido on one of the camping, yes, you’ll need to bring these. If you intend to come to Lido for some swimming, yes, you also need to bring beach stuff.
Bring binoculars, if you intend to do wildlfe watching in the laguna.
Books… yes, you will need them, as it is very much magic to read books about Venezia, sitting on a campo and sipping wine, Spritz or a coffee. I brought some guide books and some books to read while there. As a fan o Donna Leon and her Commissario Brunetti, I brought her newest paperbacks “Blood from a stone” and “Through a glass, darkly”. The latter is about Murano’s glass industry, and I have already written about why this is an important book to bring on Murano Leave a Comment
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| | | | How to Pack Light - Women | Tip Rating:  | | | | |
Always pack a fold-up bag in your suitcase that you can use for purchases when your suitcase get over filled. Also try and take expandable suitcase
1. Decide what you will wear to travel in.
2. 1 long skirt of scrunchy, naturally wrinkly fabric OR one simple long dress
3. 1 pair light-colored heavyweight pants, jeans type but preferably not blue
4. 1-2 pairs shorts or ¾ pants
5. 1 long-sleeved blouse
6. 4 light tops
7. 1 - 2 bathing suits. Take two if you know you will be changing locations a lot; depending on the heat and humidity, they may not dry overnight (ditto underwear).
8. 3-5 pair’s underwear, 1-2 bras depending on how often you expect to be able to wash items and have them dry by your departure time.
9. 1 oversized T-shirt (for sleeping, beach cover up, etc.)
10. 2 pair’s shoes - 1 pair good walking shoes, already broken in, and one "nice" (but still very comfortable and well-soled!) pair for enjoying the nightlife. Tuck socks into the shoes to save space.
11. 1 windbreaker or other light, waterproof jacket
12. 1 big scarf or square, tie-able sarong - suitable as emergency skirt for monastery and church sightseeing.
14. Small-size toiletries and makeup (often, lodgings don't provide things like shampoo) –
15. necessary medications in original bottles, tampons, toilet paper, Imodium tablets, sun-block, plasters, sun glasses, sun hat, sun tan lotion mosquito repellent, multi-purpose anti-biotic
13. Camera, extra rolls of film, batteries, chargers etc.
16. daypack, money belt
17. washing powder, pocket knives
18. needle & treat, clothes line, plug for bath/basin, whistle, flashlight, calculator, pen & notebook, Travel adaptor
19. passport, ticket, money, purse Leave a Comment
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| | | | Carry Plastic...not paper | Tip Rating: | | | | |
We chose Cash Passport cards, also known as Visa TravelMoney cards, issued by our local CAA club, rather than carry cash. We didn't wish to use our credit cards (easier to negotiate prices with cash in Europe), and DEBIT cards were tied to our bank accounts, allowing us too easy access to funds we didn't wish to spend. Cash passport cards are prepaid, up to $15,000, and are accepted by all ATM machines. We felt that using a prepaid card would help to maintain our travel budget, plus we could access our balance online. We have used these cards exclusively for eight months, and have never been denied funds anywhere in Italy. Check them out.....$3 CDN per transaction.
Also great for younger family members to carry, safer (and not as scary) than providing a credit card for 'emergency' use. Leave a Comment
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| | | | A few things to make life easier. | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Bring rolling suitcases. Yes, I know everyone says that you have to carry the suitcases up and down bridges. You do, but in between bridges, you get to pull them. Most importantly, if you are traveling via train in Italy, you have to be able to pick up your suitcases/packs, run up and down a flight of stairs, run out the front door down the driveway and back and up and down the stairs again. If you can do that (and not have a heart attack) you are ready to go.
I saw people in flip flops. I couldn't walk down my driveway in flipflops! We wore brown walking shoes. I had New Balance. Mmy husband had Merrill's. We both had hysterically happy feet. We walked on average 7 hours a day in Venice and the CT.
Anti-itch stuff of choice for bug bites.
Flashlight- the alleys are REALLY dark at night. All the scary things one has been taught about not going into dark alleys has to be abandoned in Venice. After sun down, all the alleys are dark. The street signs which are mounted 10+ feet up on the sides of a building are nearly impossible to see after dark without some illumination. I took a tiny flashlight which clipped to my fleece zipper pull- convenient and effective. A compass is fun but certainly not necessary. It would be good for kids (or doubting husbands). Mosquito repellant, Tide pen (especially for gelato eaters), a good map (like streetwise) and day pack. Leave a Comment
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Perhaps your plan was to take small bag with neccessery things and make shopping in Venice.
Well, Venice isn't an ideal place for shopping, especially to those who use to go round in between shops.
There are excellent clothing and shoe shops in Venice but scattered all over the town and it is almost impossible to make a comparations between the two items. It looks like a game, "now you see me, now you not." Besides, the prices in Venice are much higher then in other places.
Some of the shops are well equiped, some not. When you see what you need, just go in and buy, if not you may have problem to locate where the shop was. Leave a Comment
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As many had pointed on VT and everywhere else – the only way to see the Venice is to walk, walk, walk… all over it. It could be very nice to get lost in the labyrinth of narrow Venetian streets, but sometimes is good to know the exact location or something great, important, interesting… just around the corner, could be missed. Therefore the map is needed and the bigger map, the better. Actually, map should be wider than some of Venetian streets :)
Venice de Agostini Street Map is an excellent pick. Leave a Comment
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