Tips and tricks
Mozzarelle in carrozza: in Campo San Bartolomio (down the steps of the Rialto Bridge, Saint Mark side), take 'Sotoportego de la Bissa' to go to Salizzada San Lio. In the middle of the tunnel, right side you can see the 'Rosticceria Gislon'. They prepare fast and well cooked food but in particular the 'Mozzarelle in Carrozza, with Jam or Acciughe.
Really, we suggest you to taste them with a small beer
Tramezzini all'Accademia: having lunch on "Canal Grande" can be an affordable experience for anyone. If you want to enjoy the view of Accademia Bridge having a sandwich or a slice of pizza beside the Grand Canal you can take a seat at the 'Ai Foscarini', where sometimes you can even meet Woody Allen.
But if you prefer a typical restaurant where you can have nice wine and fish, go to the Bancogiro, behind Rialto grocery market. On the rear side the tables are in Campo dell'Erbaria, a big square on the Canal, that offers a pleasant shade at lunchtime in the summer .
Street musicians: In your visit to Frari Church, don't forget to turn around the church and have a rest in San Rocco, a square where you can meet many street musicians, playing different music (medieval, international music,...), or singing the Opera.
Cookies and capuccino breakfast: Our personal suggestion is for the Pasticceria Tonolo, within Campo Santa Margherita and Frari Cathedral (take the shortcut across the tunnel behind the Church). Lot of cookies, high quality, regular prices: bigné allo zabaione, pasta alle mandorle, frittelle with or without cream or 'Veneziane', etc.
Eating places : It's not possible to take your breakfast in the Saint Marco area and it's not possible to eat along the roads: Venice is not a regular City, Venice is a museum
Distances (Km/miles) between Venice and:
Milan  295/183  
Rome 566/352
Naples 799/496
Paris  1145/711
Madrid 1955/1215
Amsterdam  1449/900
Vienna 610/379
Prague 798/496
Berlin 1108/688
From Rialto Bridge to Saint Mark's Square : If you stay in Rialto Bridge boat stop you can see there are so many tourists burning time to buy the boat tickets to go to Saint Mark's Sq. (about 20 minutes and 5 Euro per person): only 5 minutes walking and you are arrived.

Don't give them money: Too many  people arrive in Venice from extra-European countries: don't give money for charity to anyone, don't sign anything.
Please don't matter to men approaching you with white hat and ticket: if you need indications there are policemen and the personnel inside the boxes of ACTV (public boats).

Car speed: In the 'Ponte della Libertà' max. speed is 90 km/h. - Laser control -

Campo Santa Margherita : one of the most lively squares in Venice. In the morning women go shopping at the fish market, and in the evening all the pubs and clubs that surround the square offer nice music and a drink to many students and young people.
Spritz points: the famous Venetian aperitif is called ‘spritz’. It’s a ritual for us, not only to drink but to talk, to make business, to take a relaxing moment.
On prepare the Spritz with Prosecco, the light wine with perlage from Treviso, and another alcoholic component; they ask you: Campari o Aperol? Campari as the famous bitter of Milan, Aperol is an orange strong mix from Padua, and it’s the most typical in Venice.
Our personal suggestions:
-the Two Dragons bar in Campo Santa Margherita close to the big bridge, you can drink your spritz sitting in the Campo and taking your sun bath, best moment 11:30 am
-the kiosk in Campo Santa Maria Formosa, on the border of the gondola highway connecting Rialto to Saint Mark; you can drink your spritz sitting outside and listening the gondola singers, best moment 5:30 p.m.
Both of them offer a high quality and cheap costs. Attention: only -one- spritz, the effect arrives 10 minutes after
Tramezzini a San Marco: The 'tramezzino' is the most typical sandwich of Venice, it's prepared with soft white or brown bread and several kinds of jam/cheese. In 'Calle delle Rasse' close to Saint Mark's Square, within the 2 buildings of the Danieli hotels, there is the 'Birreria Forst', the meeting point for gondolieri. Ask them a 'tramezzino alla porchetta' with a beer Indiana Jones and the library: Do you remember the movie with Indiana Jones when he arrive in Venice to discover a secret inside a library to find his father..? Indiana with a blonde woman across a bridge, turns to right and after to left (you can see an green tent) and they found the library in front of them.
That bridge is the 'Ponte dei Pugni', Bridge of Punches (a medieval ring where people go there to fight box and the level is enough to permit to see the fight). The green tent is a boat where they sell fruits and vegetables, the library is the San Barnaba church, really close to the Campo Santa Margherita.
...And you can see also the hole where Indiana comes up after his terrible experience with rats..
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