Exploring Venice and tasting wine at Lake Garda

Well, here I was in San Marino and wondered, does it really make sense to visit Venice alone? Does this city still have flair and many sights? Or is Venice more for couples? To get the best possible answer, I quickly asked a friend from Italy! And her answer was “Venice is Venice, everyone should have seen it once in their life”.

In the end, I’m not that hard to convince… so I left San Marino and went straight to Venice. And of course many couples who read this will be disappointed by my summary… but I am so convinced that Venice is much more exciting and beautiful than if you were travelling alone. I found it really fantastic! Apart from the classic arguments that there’s nobody else beside you fiddling around all the time (of course this is true for both sides xD) and you don’t treat yourself to the gondola ride for 80€; instead you can do the classic gondola ride for 2€ to pass the water like the locals do. But of course there are more advantages haha… Because you can really relax and explore the great alleys and you won’t be approached in front of every restaurant and street vendor. It could of course also be because of my run-down clothes and the ugly cap that more people want to give me money than they want to get my money. However, I did wear a really nice T-shirt to celebrate the day. You have to believe me now, haha. I found the city really beautiful and I got lost in the alleys! So if I am given dead ends in Venice, no problem, I can find almost any one! Luckily there is Google Maps by now, which can guide you correctly under time pressure. But apart from that, it’s amazing what you can discover in that city. However, I really didn’t know much about Venice and therefore there are now some facts about it.