VENICE – THE CITY OF WATER Jessica Meichsner
Feb 23, 2016
VENICE – THE CITY OF WATERJessica Meichsner
FIGHT AND HOTEL COST Flight
For a one week trip, you can get a round trip ticket for around $1,000 with most airlines
Hotel For one week, you can stay at the Hilton
Molina Stucky Venice for $203 a night
CURRENCY The Euro One euro equals $1.32 Best place to exchange
money is at “bancomats,”or Italy’s ATMs.
CULTURE Music, fashion, art, etc. is all very
important Glass is a big industry Very famous architecture and interior
design Venetian is the primary language
TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE CITY Waterways
Gondolas, Sandolos, Waterbuses(most popular)
Public transport Airports Trains Cars
GEOGRAPHY Venice is divided into 6 areas
Cannaregio San Polo Dorsoduro Santa Croce San Marco Castello
TOURS Prices range from $25 to $160 Includes private and group tours Has tours for the whole city in one day
and multiple days, just St Marks Square, St Marks Basilica, gondola rides with a serenade and even for the haunted places of the city!
GONDOLAS More popular for
tourists Usually more
expensive and have seats with Arabian rugs.
CARNIVAL Every year, there’s a
contest, with judges made up of the top fashion designers as judges, to see who has the best mask at carnival
PLACES TO GO There are many, but here are
a few!
ST. MARKS CATHEDRAL Also called St. Marks Basilica Biggest church in Venice Majority of people are
Catholic
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION Peggy Guggenheim was a person who
collected art in the world war 2 era, and they turned her house into an art museum.
FOOD! Pictures are
enough.
SUMMARY Lots of art Amazing food History in all the buildings Get to ride in a gondola
WORKS CITED priceline.com viator.com/Venice-tours basilicasanmarco.it/WAI/eng/index.bsm wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice