177. Venice: Free things to do and low cost ideas to stretch your trip budget
Untold Italy travel podcast
Katy Clarke
4.6 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 177. |
| 0:12.8 | Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and |
| 0:19.3 | villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of Bella Italia. |
| 0:24.6 | Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta. |
| 0:36.3 | If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there, |
| 0:40.0 | you've come to the right place. |
| 0:51.4 | Ciao, welcome friends to another episode of Untold Italy, the podcast that aims to help you plan your dream trip to Italy. |
| 0:59.4 | Today, we're talking about perhaps my favourite city in the entire world. |
| 1:03.8 | And if you've been listening along for a while, you'll know that it's Venice or Venetia, as it's known in Italy. |
| 1:10.2 | And why is it my favourite? Well, there is simply no other |
| 1:14.0 | place like it, a city well over a thousand years old, built on water and full of magic and mystery. |
| 1:21.4 | I was there back in April, and oh my goodness, it's just so stunning and it captures my imagination |
| 1:26.9 | like no other city on |
| 1:28.6 | earth. I spent hours wandering around its districts, soaking up the sea breezes and enjoying |
| 1:34.2 | its unique beauty and I loved every last second of it. And I'll be back as soon as I can. |
| 1:41.1 | But while there's no denying that Venice is beautiful, it's also one of the most expensive |
| 1:45.9 | cities in the world to visit. So today I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite |
| 1:50.3 | free and low-cost options of things to do in Venice so that you can stretch your vacation |
| 1:55.5 | dollars further. This is, after all, the city where a coffee can cost you upwards of eight euros if you sit outside at one of the cafes in Piazza San Marco. |
| 2:05.8 | Personally, I think that's actually not a bad deal given the atmosphere live music and passing foot traffic to admire, and you can sit there for quite some time. |
| 2:15.0 | But it does put a marker in the sand in a country where you can get a |
| 2:18.5 | coffee for one euro 50 if you stand at the bar. So without further ado, let's go through some of the |
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