[Idyllchat] Venice gondola weight limits?

[CW Sprawls]

--- "Susan G. Coombe" <scoombe at comcast.net <mailto:scoombe at comcast.net>> 
wrote:

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>     > I agree - if I only had part of a day in Venice, I would much rather
>     >
>     > wander around on my own (with a good map so I'd get back to the ship
>     >
>     > on time!), sit at a canal-side cafe, and see the "real" Venice!
>     >
>     > On Feb 4, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Jay Cloidt wrote:
>     >
>     > > My first thought was what is the cruise ship soaking them for the
>     > > gondola ride? My only experience with cruise excursions left me
>     > > feeling that they were not exactly bargains. They might be better
>     > > off getting off the ship on their own and arranging their own
>     > > gondola ride. Plus walking around with no agenda is one of the
>     > > great pleasures of Venice.
>     > >
>
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the traghetto gondolas!  If you have 
a reasonably good map of Venice you will find several "traghetto" 
crossings marked, where you can get a very inexpensive gondola ride 
across the canal to the other side.  It give you just as good an 
expeience, without maybe the singing gondolier!--and certainly a whale 
of a lot less expensive.  As I remember they are less than 1 euro!

Charlotte Sprawls
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