Wife and I are considering staying up all night before we leave Venice at the ungodly hour of 6:25am.
Past travel experience show we don;t usually sleep the night before we leave and the cost of 160E for 3-4 hours (possible)sleep takes away from what we could spend on other things.
Are there things open? I know we will find out once we are actually there, but we would still like to know in advance.
Posted by
Houston, Tx
8 posts
We were there the week before Easter, I was surprised how quite the City was after dinner. This could be because it was off-season. Also we were staying in a fairly residential area. But even when we went to dinner in more of a tourist area, it was pretty dead after 10:00 pm.
Posted by
bergamo
401 posts
I actually did this once, and assumed it wouldn't be hard considering how nocturnal Rome is. Instead it wasn't easy. The restaurant kicked us out around midnight and we ended up wandering around Venice which at night is so quiet and empty it is kind of creepy. Nothing was open, and it seemed like we were the only people there. We ended up heading to the station at around 3am, where there were people before leaving by train around 6.
Posted by
OP
Knoxville (Actually Oak Ridge), Tennessee, USA
16 posts
Grazie!
Yes, in further reading I discovered that midnight all is quiet, even the taverns.
Don't know what I should have expected, but it was worth asking.
Thanks again.
Posted by
Atlanta, Ga, USA
2023 posts
If you decide to do this be sure to rent the movie "Don't Look Now"--eerie scenes of Venice at night.
Posted by
Portlandia
3313 posts
As others have said, there is very little open late, but explore around the Rialto market.