[Idyllchat] Venice - An Awkward Arrival Plan

[Jay Cloidt]

You could always take a water taxi to Murano. They are expensive, but
between 8 people the cost shouldn't be too bad. When we left last time, we
took a water taxi from the Westin Europa & Regina which is on the Grand
Canal near St. Mark's. This means it's on the opposite side of the city from
Marco Polo. The water taxi driver took us through the city by canal to come
out on the other side which was an amazing experience. There were turns that
I didn't think was possible to make and the driver calmly drifted the boat
right around them. There were 4 of us and we seemed to have plenty of room.
I'm not sure how double that amount would fit, but I'm sure someone else
here will let you know.

 - Jay

On 4/10/07, AnnKristine Johnson <cdaslick at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> We (a group of 8) are adding on 3 nights in Venice before the start of our
> early October North Tuscany tour.  The flight arrives on a Friday directly
> from Atlanta at 11:45.  The religious guesthouse we're staying in in the
> Castello area (Santa Maria Formosa) closes its doors between 1 and 6 p.m.
> Since it's unlikely (isn't it??), even if the plane is on time, that we
> could reach the guesthouse by water taxi by 1 p.m., I'm thinking maybe we
> should hire a boat to take us (and our luggage) from the airport to Murano
> to watch glassblowing and maybe do the museum, then through Burano, then
> over to the main part of the city via the sea entrance to the Grand Canal.
> I believe from my reading that the Friday afternoon would be our only time
> to see glassblowing, since we leave Monday morning.
>
> I've emailed a couple of the Venetian transport companies to get a price
> quote on something like this, though no answers yet.  We don't have all
> the
> money in the world (which is why we're staying at a religious guesthouse
> that closes for the afternoon!) but with 4 couples to split the cost it
> might possibly be worthwhile doing it this way??  Does anybody have any
> better ideas?
>
> Finally, the Marco Polo airport online brochure mentions having a "spa"
> but
> doesn't specify what services are offered.  I've emailed the airport
> contact
> to see if that would include a shower we could take to refresh ourselves
> for
> the afternoon, but no answer yet from them either.
>
> Thanks so much for any advice.
>
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