Venice has two interlocking
street systems - the canals and
the pavements - and contrary to
what you might expect, you'll be
using the latter for most of the
time. Apart from services #1 and
the #82, which cut through the
city along the Canal Grande, the
water-buses skirt the city
centre, connecting points on the
periphery and the outer islands.
In many cases the speediest way
of getting around is
on foot
. Distances between major sights
are sometimes tortuous but
extremely short (you can cross
the whole city in an hour), and
once you've got your general
bearings you'll find that
navigation is not as daunting as
it seems at first.
Water-buses
A water-bus is the quickest way
of getting between far-flung
points, and even in cases where
it might be quicker to walk, a
canal trip is sometimes the more
pleasant way of covering the
distance. The lack of clear
numbering on many of the...
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Traghetti
There are only three bridges
along the Canal Grande - at the
train station, Rialto and
Accademia - so the traghetti
(gondola ferries) that cross it
can be useful time-savers.
Costing just L700, they are also
the only cheap way of getting
a...
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Gondolas
The gondola , once Venice's
chief form of transport, has
become an adjunct of the tourist
industry and the city's biggest
clich้. That said, the gondola
is an astonishingly graceful
craft, perfectly designed for
negotiating the tortuous
canals,...
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Taxis
Venice's water-taxis are sleek
and speedy vehicles that can
penetrate all but the shallowest
of the city's canals.
Unfortunately their use is
confined to all but the owners
of the deepest pockets, for they
are possibly the most expensive
form...
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