Venice Archive

  • Just thought that I'd put all of the restaurants and bars listed in my Venice Restaurant post into a Google Map for everyone.

    Google Map: How to Find a Good Restaurant in Venice

    Just thought that I'd put all of the restaurants and bars listed in my Venice Restaurant post into a Google Map for everyone.

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  • The following table lists the restaurant/bar name, where the recommendation came from, any pricing indication, and the Trip Advisor review ranking. As you can see there was very little overlap between lists. Some restaurants that were highly recommended by the professionals ranked very low in Trip Advisor, although that could be attributed to the fact that some places have very few Trip Advisor reviews.

    Research: How to Find a Good Restaurant in Venice

    The following table lists the restaurant/bar name, where the recommendation came from, any pricing indication, and the Trip Advisor review ranking. As you can see there was very little overlap between lists. Some restaurants that were highly recommended by the professionals ranked very low in Trip Advisor, although that could be attributed to the fact that some places have very few Trip Advisor reviews.

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  • Tonight we decided to focus on planing for Venezia and we booked our hotel (the name of which we will keep off of the Internets until after our stay).  My wife did all of her TripAdvisor stuff and we've discovered Venere.comas a pretty good hotel research site. The one thing that reading hotel reviews has taught us is that the infamous canal odor is pretty unpredictable and it seems like crossing your fingers is about all you can do.

    Planning for Venice

    Tonight we decided to focus on planing for Venezia and we booked our hotel (the name of which we will keep off of the Internets until after our stay). My wife did all of her TripAdvisor stuff and we've discovered Venere.comas a pretty good hotel research site. The one thing that reading hotel reviews has taught us is that the infamous canal odor is pretty unpredictable and it seems like crossing your fingers is about all you can do.

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  • For our 10th wedding anniversary we're planning a 2 week trip to northern Italy without our kids. We had kids when we were pretty young so we had to watch enviously while our friends backpacked across Europe and went on African safaris. "Don't worr y, we'll travel when the kids are older and we have enough money enjoy ourselves", we dreamed. To all our friends who are just embarking on their diaper days I stick my tongue out in your direction.

    Planning a Trip to Northern Italy

    For our 10th wedding anniversary we're planning a 2 week trip to northern Italy without our kids. We had kids when we were pretty young so we had to watch enviously while our friends backpacked across Europe and went on African safaris. "Don't worr y, we'll travel when the kids are older and we have enough money enjoy ourselves", we dreamed. To all our friends who are just embarking on their diaper days I stick my tongue out in your direction.

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