Getting Around Venice

Vaporetto in front of Ca D'Oro

Getting Around Venice: There are two main ways of getting around Venice: walking or using some kind of boat; you could swim, but I wouldn't recommend it! Public Water Buses | Car Ferries | Water Taxis | Gondolas | Traghetto | Walking and also see our quick guide:How to Reach Piazza San Marco (St Mark's Square) from various locations around Venice and the Lagoon Public Water Buses (Vaporetti) Venice has water buses, commonly known as Vaporetto … [Read more...]

Getting Around the Cinque Terre

Getting Around Cinque Terre is relatively easy: By Train: The regional train that serves the five villages runs between La Spezia Centrale and Sestri Levanti or Genoa.  Fares are cheap at Euro 1.80 one-way, and the difference between a 5 km trip and a 10 km trip is only Euro 20 cents. The tickets are valid for 6 hours in each direction.  So if you’re at Riomaggiore and heading north, you can stop at all the other four villages within a 6-hour time-frame.  Your return trip requires a … [Read more...]

Pedal Power takes off in the Eternal City

Bikesharing - an environmental way to get around Rome: We're having a late lunch break at Caffè dell’Arte next to our hotel in Campo dei Fiori when we notice this smart row of green bikes lined up in a bike rack. Ah, this must be one of the bikesharing schemes that are sprouting up all over Europe.  Since this first sighting, we've seen many others during our strolls around the city. ATAC Roma, the government transit authority that runs the buses and Metro, now runs this service in Rome … [Read more...]