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Venice Italy
Venice is built on one hundred
and seventeen small islands, and holds one hundred and fifty canals, connected
by an amazing four hundred and nine bridges, of which only three cross
the main canal. The area it covers is a mere 458 kilometers.
Although the city appears
small, it is really quite extensive for its size. While most tour guides
don’t recommend getting lost in the majority of cities, Venice is the place
to get hopelessly lost for a day; it is certainly more advisable than getting
lost in a shopping centre and hiding out in the frozen foods section. Venice
isn’t all cities and crowded streets: through the mysterious alleyways
leading off from the city, endless mazes of backstreets and deserted squares,
the ‘real’ Venice. And a perfect place to walk for hours on end, pretending
to know where you are.
Probably the only ways of getting
around Venice are walking and paying up for the 'expensive-but-worth-it'
gondola, water
bus/taxi or a regular taxi
is officially banned in the lagoon city – a bicycle won’t help you much. |
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The islands of the Venetian
lagoon were first settled during the barbarian invasions of the 5th and
6th centuries AD, when the people of the Veneto mainland sought refuge
in the marshy region.
The refugees built the now-famous
watery villages on rafts of wooden posts driven into the soil, laying the
foundations for the floating palaces of today. The traditional date of
Venice 's birth is given as 25 March 421, but there is little evidence
to support this belief. The population is roughly 63, 000 people, but there
is belief that Venice will, over time, lose most of its population and
become merely a large theme park, purely for the entertainment of camera-clad
tourists.
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It's nearly always the festive
season in Venice , although the city is particularly busy in the flourishing
months of spring, especially surrounding Easter. Accommodation is one of
the most difficult things to find around that time zone, as well as around
Christmas, New Year and festival Carnevale (Which is in February). Like
Italy 's other great tourist areas , Venice is not at its worst in summer
(Months such as June-August): although it's crowded, there are many other
special activities on offer. |
The most pleasant time of year
to visit is late March into May, with clear spring days and fewer crowds.
September is
the next best in terms of
weather, but October is quieter. Flooding occurs in November and December,
and winter can be
unpleasantly cold - although
seeing Venice under a layer of snow can cast the aura of a fairy tale.
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