Ultimate Guide to Venice with Kids, Venice, Italy

Venice with kids is an awfully good idea. It鈥檚 hard to imagine a city more thrilling to visit with children than Venice. This, after all, is a city on the water where even the ambulances and rubbish trucks are boats. Most of the buildings are palaces and there are winged lions and dragons around every corner.

Venice is a joy to explore with children. Wander down the less touristy backstreets and you鈥檒l find tiny canals and little bridges to run across. There are ice-cream shops on almost every street and you can learn how to row a gondola and paint a Venetian mask.

Here鈥檚 our guide to exploring Venice with kids, with lots of ideas of things to see and do as well as tips on avoiding queues.

Venice is at its best approached from the water and arriving in Venice with kids by boat is an unforgettable experience. The bus from the airport to the city centre is quicker and cheaper but it鈥檚 worth paying more for a seat in a water bus. A one-way ticket costs 鈧�15 on one of the Alilaguna boats. A water taxi is more indulgent at about 鈧�110 but even more special as you鈥檒l get better views of the approach to Venice. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Ultimate Guide to Venice with Kids
Guide Location: Italy » Venice
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Clare Thomson
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:

St Mark鈥檚 Square
St Mark鈥檚 Basilica
Campanile tower
red marble lions
Venice Kayak
Row Venice
Rialto Bridge
Ponte dell鈥橝ccademia
Bridge of Sighs
Ponte de Chiodo
颁补鈥横补肠补苍补
Doge鈥檚 Palace
Libreria Acqua Alta
Campo Santa Margherita
Campo San Giacomo dell鈥橭rio
Al Prosecco
Palazzo Mocenigo
础濒濒鈥橝谤肠辞
Caffe Florian
Grom
Gelateria Il Doge
Squero di San Trovaso
Il Forcolaio Matto
Peggy Guggenheim Collection

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