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Originally Posted by nachob

I did Italy also after the wife asked that we go to Venice. It was great but a little nerve wracking in Venice when the parking garage guy puts the cars 12 inches apart with pieces of cardboard between cars and then tells me to leave the keys in the car. I was nervous and paused and he looked at me and said, we are insured, if we break it we get you another one. I had a 1M and you can't get another one, it took over a year to get the single allocation so I was nervous but in the end it all worked out. People were very friendly after leaving the more reserved Germany and Austria.

Congrats!

Another tip for you guys who MUST go to Venice(everyone should go at least once in their life!!)... my advice is to stay on a small island/peninsula called: Jesolo (30016 Jesolo VE, Italy) sometimes it's called Lido di Jesolo... its a nice island... tallest buildings are ten stories by local zoning law. Stay at one of the many nice hotels in that area... mostly only German's and Austrian go to Jesolo. When in Italy ALWAYS park in a garage or secure hotel parking area with a GATE!

A nice hotel that I like in Jesolo is "Hotel Lido". lidojesolo.com

Most every hotel in Jesolo has a reserved section on the beach, with table and chairs. This is a family seaside town. At night(7pm) they close the main one way road that runs the four miles along the beach... the stores stay open until 11pm. Its a nice area. At the end of the island of Jesolo is also a water park called Aqualandria. hey have a slide that you can get up to 135 kph going down this water slide!! NOT for the faint of heart!

When you want to go to Venice you can take a boat/ship from the beach or drive to the Southern end of the island (10km's away) pay a few euros(~8) to park your car in a secure area. Take the public water-bus ships(~8 euros for a 24 hour ticket) from Jesolo into Venice. THE only way to enter Venice is taking a boat right into Via San Marco. This is THE way everyone should be introduced to Venice. You can even get off of one of the "other" ship stops on the way. Murano-Burano is a nice island on the water-bus ride into Venice!

here are some pics...