In May I will be staying at Pensione Guerrato. It is located near the fish and vegetable market and not far from the Rialto bridge. Can anyone suggest somewhere in the vicinity to prearrange a meeting place with others for a drink?
Posted by
Knoxville, TN, USA
7209 posts
Pensione Guerrato's employees are all fantastically nice and helpful in answering questions such as this. All you have to do is ask them.
Posted by
Lower Slower Delaware, USA
66 posts
Andrea,
Meet everyone at the Pensione Gueratto and follow Tim's advice. There are literally 20 eateries / drinkeries (new word) within a 2 block radius of the hotel.
Enjoy,
Gene
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OP
Sacramento, California U.S.A.
10936 posts
Thanks Tim and Gene. It sounds like the best way would be to wait until I arrive. I can email the person I'm meeting with the place I choose. She won't be arriving until the day I'm leaving. I plan to store my luggage at the hotel, meet for drinks, then take the train to Verona.
Posted by
Bendigo, Australia
1337 posts
Or meet by the statue of Il Gobbo in Campo San Giacomo Di Rialto. (Il Gobbo is the hunchback)
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Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
34958 posts
or at the entrance to the Rialto Mercato vaporetto dock. It is all of about 30 seconds from the hotel, and what a fab hotel it is.
Posted by
Atlanta
5416 posts
Agree with Nigel about meeting at the Rialto Mercato vaporetto dock because it is very hard to "not find". Be sure to tell your friend to take Vaporetto # 1 (the "slow" boat that stops at every stop - not all stop at Mercato) to the Rialto Mercato stop. Coming from P. Roma it will be on the "right" side of the canal and is the stop after Ca' d Oro. Coming from the other direction it will be on the left just after passing under the bridge.
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OP
Sacramento, California U.S.A.
10936 posts
Great suggestion to meet at the vaparetto stop. After I arrive I can find a good place for us to get together once they arrive. I will direct her to this thread to see how to find the stop.
Nigel, agree it is a great place to stay. This time I'm on the 4th floor. Ugh... I guess it will be a good way to work off the gelato.
Can't wait to see you Darcy!!
Posted by
Lewiston, Idaho, USA
2092 posts
Thanks all for the great suggestions! Andrea, I was planning for us to drop our bags then walk to Rialto so we can stretch our legs after the flight. Meeting at the Mercato vaporetto stop would be fine though or even at Pensione Guerrato if you prefer. I could text you when we land and then when we're leaving our hotel.
Or do you think that would take too much time and you'd prefer that we just leave our bags at Guerrato too? I suspect that would save about 1/2 an hour so that would certainly be good although I don't want to have any grumpy travel partners and walking to Guerrato after our flight might alleviate that!
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Caffe Del Doge is a great place for coffee and in oir 2 hours there we only heard and saw locals. Close to rialto bridge.