The trip to Venice was uneventful – no problems getting a taxi to Milan Centrale station, then pre-booked train to Venice. Nothing in Venice is cheap, and the hotel at Venice is no exception, but it's quite nice. We don't have a Grand Canal view, but we do look out across the rooftops which is quite nice.
I'll set out here our overall impressions of Venice (although these were gained over our 3 days). Of course, there are a lot of tourists (at all hours of the day and night) and things are geared up to their needs. There are, of course, lots of places in Venice where there are few tourists (perhaps the ease with which you can get lost encourages people to stick to the main routes). Importantly , there are lots of points of interest that are well worth seeing. The waterbuses are really efficient, good information, on time performance (but sometimes crowded) - if only Melbourne's Metro could could be as good! We stayed near the railway station, and have no regrets about this decision. Of course, it's tourist-central, but we found the tourist menus good value and the availability of tourist-oriented stalls makes for interesting window shopping (but we didn't buy a mask). As elsewhere in Italy, always go to the toilet when you buy a meal or visit a museum. At least there are public WCs in Venice – but admission is €1.50!
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