Venice 1 - Venice 2 - Venice 3

Tip of the day: Understand Venice 1, 2 and 3 and consider staying near the train station
Venice 1 - the waterways
Venice 2 - the sidewalks
Venice 3 - the sidewalk bridges over the waterways

This was my first trip to Venice. Before arriving, I just couldn't conceptualize Venice. Did you need a boat to arrive at someone's front door? How did that work?

Our exchange student friend from Venice told us she walked everywhere and that there were no vehicles. Water everywhere, walking everywhere, no vehicles.... I was stumped.

Well, here is your 1-2-3 Venice introduction - you can walk everywhere with very nice little bridges that cross the waterways. Many bridges, however, have steps up and steps down (so that the boats can go underneath). The only people who really weren't looking like they were having fun were the people carting baby strollers and dragging luggage on wheels up and down the steps time after time.

My advice - find a hotel near the train station so you don't have to haul around town with your luggage. Bring a sling for the baby. Or find a hotel that has water taxi access from the train station so you can boat easily (maybe 6-7 Euro per ride) to your sleeping spot.

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