Venice High masks! a little practice 
Venice is magical. This is despite the flood of tourists, including French * in these times of school holidays, some tarps on buildings deemed (the city is still not fully "packed", far from it), small complications life.
Tout d'abord écluser la partie pratique. Pour pouvoir improviser sur place, il faut planifier longtemps à l'avance.
1/Venant de la moitié nord de la France,
l'avion a du bon, compte tenu de la distance, sauf à faire un voyage itinérant. En s'y prenant quelques mois à l'avance, on paiera moins de 100 € AR par adulte sur AF (promotions d'automne pour des vols en général jusqu'à fin mars) ou sur d'autres compagnies.
Le train de nuit garde son charme pour certains, mais nous préférons dormir véritablement. Cependant, au petit matin, traverser le pont qui mène à la gare terminale, sortir de it and be immediately opposite the Canal, a church dome and the atmosphere of Venice's impact: it immediately movies "big screen".
By plane: a blue shuttle bus to 3 € every 30 minutes, leads to Piazza Roma, gateway to downtown Venice in 30 minutes or less. Shipping is of course longer with the company Irish airline.
2 / Similarly, it will study several weeks (or months for special events) in advance to place
hosting to find a good compromise between cost / convenience / distance. Peel the guide-books, plants in comparison-reservation. We chose a neighborhood "core" or the North-East of Santa Croce, right bank of the central canal, 10 minutes walk from the station or Piazza Roma (a bridge between the two) , 15 minutes from the Rialto Bridge, 30 minutes from San Marco and the Accademia, 2 minutes from the vaporetto bus.
Also it was close to a "quasi paths which recall the GR and markings mountaineers at each corner or junction, small signs show Rialto or Piazza Roma.
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French tourists: whatever the city (or country) that we visit abroad, we are always surprised by the high proportion of French people there, outnumbered by the English, Chinese, Japanese and Americans. The escape of the French criiiise. To do so, while "dressed for the season" (remember that Vivaldi was born and lived for many years in Venice), ie against the damp cold and wind in winter,
it is better to travel "light" with dimensions 55x35x25 cm in cabin baggage for airlines 'normal', less for the low costs (55x40x20 for the Irish Non-negotiable). This is to spend less time (or money with low costs (!?!)) at airports and to better get around the city, heading for his hotel.
During the carnival, we were interested in the advertised room rates on the sites change almost every day of the week. There are also packages, cards and pass or not combining transport and museums and even public toilets (if not € 1.5, or in pubs with a drink). They were not interesting to us because we had already visited the "attractions" of Piazza San Marco and the Accademia in a previous trip
Instead, we took
choruspass for 10 € for access to 16 churches of the first artistic (if not 3 € per church member, while others are free or are not part of the club).
choruspass The churches can be visited from 10 to 17h except office, the other about 9 to 12 and 15 to 19h, the museums are open on average from 10 to 17:00 in winter. Some are closed on Mondays , others Tuesday (eg the Pinault, the Guggenheim), so the plan must also
his days, especially in the slot 10-17h Pinault Grassi costs 15 € (20 € in principle with the Old Customs is closed until mid-April, a small discount if the ticket Choruspass), Guggenheim costs 12 €, so Culture has a cost.
Living in the center may make unnecessary purchases systematic vaporetto ticket: € 6.5 a ticket for 1 hour, 18 € for 24 h, 28 € for 48 hours etc.. In contrast, the superfluous becomes fun, when you take the ferry to take the Grand Canal and admire the facades of the palace to tour the city and admire the domes, join other islands either Venice or to the Lagoon, brushing against the "dolphins" these large piles called tinkering, which mark the path of boats. Fun provided the boat is not too full.
Even though not present, nor the great days of parade (starting 26/02/11 until Saturday 8 / 03 for Part animations official), or evenings to "select", we capture the spirit of the carnival. 
Venice is magical. This is despite the flood of tourists, including French * in these times of school holidays, some tarps on buildings deemed (the city is still not fully "packed", far from it), small complications life. 
1/Venant de la moitié nord de la France, l'avion a du bon, compte tenu de la distance, sauf à faire un voyage itinérant. En s'y prenant quelques mois à l'avance, on paiera moins de 100 € AR par adulte sur AF (promotions d'automne pour des vols en général jusqu'à fin mars) ou sur d'autres compagnies. 
