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Venice;
I would have visited Venice many times but for the (relatively) high cost of
the accommodation. Can anyone recommend or rent me (+wife) a place resembling clean cheap and comfortable? We're prepared to self cater but B&B or hotel should be ok. I'm celebrating 50 years of being alive in March (Friday 25th) hence the search for a venue - although it may be impossible to go cheaply at that time due to the Easter demand - I'd consider a week either side though and any other time of year for future trips. Anyway, I'd be pleased to hear any advice. We are responsible adults if you are worried about recommending us to a personal friend! Doug |
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My then fiance (now wife) and I went to Venice in the summer of 2003.
Rather than staying in the city we stayed out on Lido island. It is about a 20 minute ride by water bus to St. Marks square, but the hotels are much cheaper and the area is much quieter. Another advantage is that Lido borders onto the Adriatic so you can go lie on the beach for an hour in the morning before catching the boat for a day in the city. I highly recommend it. We stayed in a 2-star, but the room was good size and the staff very friendly. Here is a link with another quick review I did of Lido along with a map reference to show you where it is in relation to the city: http://worldbeachlist.com/town.php?id=61590 Good luck and enjoy your 50th! Beach Comber http://worldbeachlist.com/ |
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Besides Lido another choice is downtown Venice, not the tourist part
but the modern city. Places are far cheaper and you can catch the local bus/train/taxi to tourist Venice. |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:56:02 GMT, "Douglas Brown"
wrote: I would have visited Venice many times but for the (relatively) high cost of the accommodation. Can anyone recommend or rent me (+wife) a place resembling clean cheap and comfortable? We're prepared to self cater but B&B or hotel should be ok. I'm celebrating 50 years of being alive in March (Friday 25th) hence the search for a venue - although it may be impossible to go cheaply at that time due to the Easter demand - I'd consider a week either side though and any other time of year for future trips. Anyway, I'd be pleased to hear any advice. We are responsible adults if you are worried about recommending us to a personal friend! There are plenty of inexpensive hotels in Venice; I would prefer to stay right in Venice not in outlying areas. I found some inexpensive hotels in Let's Go, Italy a few years ago. Some of them might be too basic for your tastes, but the descriptions in Let's Go are reliable so you can guess if it's something acceptable. Another reliable source of inexpensive hotels, a bit more upscale than Let's Go, and without the detailed description, is www.fodors.com. Click the city you're interested in under "Destinations". (For Venice, you have to click "more" and scroll down on the next page.) This will take you to the "Venice miniguide", which has lots of good advice, including about hotels. For hotels, you can sort of various criteria, including price. With regard to Lido, another poster suggested that you could sun on the beach. Believe me, around Easter you won't want to sun on the beach. Especially this year, when it's in March. -- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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Perhaps you should be less responsible and spend some money.
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:56:02 GMT, "Douglas Brown"
wrote: I would have visited Venice many times but for the (relatively) high cost of the accommodation. Can anyone recommend or rent me (+wife) a place resembling clean cheap and comfortable? We're prepared to self cater but B&B or hotel should be ok. I'm celebrating 50 years of being alive in March (Friday 25th) hence the search for a venue - although it may be impossible to go cheaply at that time due to the Easter demand - I'd consider a week either side though and any other time of year for future trips. Anyway, I'd be pleased to hear any advice. We are responsible adults if you are worried about recommending us to a personal friend! You can stay outside of Venice if you like, but realistically you might as well just stay in a middle of the range place in Venice, as it will only cost you maybe €30 - €40 more than if you stay elsewhere, and it's nice to have a place close by so that if you get sick of wandering around you can have a bit of a rest in your room mid afternoon for example. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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http://www.geocities.com/petelory/
"Douglas Brown" wrote in message ... I would have visited Venice many times but for the (relatively) high cost of the accommodation. Can anyone recommend or rent me (+wife) a place resembling clean cheap and comfortable? We're prepared to self cater but B&B or hotel should be ok. I'm celebrating 50 years of being alive in March (Friday 25th) hence the search for a venue - although it may be impossible to go cheaply at that time due to the Easter demand - I'd consider a week either side though and any other time of year for future trips. Anyway, I'd be pleased to hear any advice. We are responsible adults if you are worried about recommending us to a personal friend! Doug |
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I suppose the question is what do you mean by cheap and comfortable. Do
you want a bath or will down the hall do? Will $200/night be cheap (easy) or are you looking for $50 (unlikely)? Douglas Brown wrote: I would have visited Venice many times but for the (relatively) high cost of the accommodation. Can anyone recommend or rent me (+wife) a place resembling clean cheap and comfortable? We're prepared to self cater but B&B or hotel should be ok. I'm celebrating 50 years of being alive in March (Friday 25th) hence the search for a venue - although it may be impossible to go cheaply at that time due to the Easter demand - I'd consider a week either side though and any other time of year for future trips. Anyway, I'd be pleased to hear any advice. We are responsible adults if you are worried about recommending us to a personal friend! Doug |
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Douglas Brown typed: I would have visited Venice many times but for the (relatively) high cost of the accommodation. Can anyone recommend or rent me (+wife) a place resembling clean cheap and comfortable? The question, as always when people ask for such recommendations, is what do *you* mean by "cheap and comfortable"? We all have different standards of what we consider cheap, and you also need to define what comforts (for example, a private bath? an elevator?) you require. So you'll get more and better recommendations if you can define those terms. Beware the advice of those who will recommend accomodations on the Lido , or worse, in Mestre. Although you can find cheaper accomodations in either of those places, I think it makes no sense to travel that far from home and become a commuter. Besides all the inconvenience of not staying in the heart of Venice, calculate how much your total vacation will cost you per hour you're awake in Venice. Then multiply the number of hours you'd spend commuting by that rate, and you'll see that the supposed savings is actually a cost. Personally, the location of a hotel is always the most important criterion for me in choosing a hotel. I would much rather stay in a simple modest hotel in the heart of Venice than in a grand palatial suite in a hotel on the Lido or in Mestre, even if the suite were cheaper. -- Ken Blake Please reply to the newsgroup |
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"Wierd Travelers" wrote in message oups.com... Besides Lido another choice is downtown Venice, not the tourist part but the modern city. Places are far cheaper and you can catch the local bus/train/taxi to tourist Venice. I think you will find that most people here are talking about Venice in Italy. Not the one in either Louisiana or Illinois or Florida or even Los Angeles. As you may not be aware, it is difficult to catch a taxi in Venice, Italy, because the streets are full of water. |
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