Monday, November 13, 2006
10/2006: Venice Lido: 'worth a visit...'
If you’re in Venice for a few days, the Lido is worth a visit and is only a short and scenic water-bus ride across the lagoon. This sedate and genteel island only became a resort in the early 1900s when the extravagant Excelsior was built and billed as the world’s top resort hotel.
Although the Lido is no longer quite the chic place it once was, it still attracts plenty of celebrities during the Venice film festival and is brimming with discreet upmarket villas. Its main attraction is the beaches, which are lined with quaint beach huts but, the bad news, most of them are on private sections owned by the top hotels, who charge astronomical amounts for entry. There are two public beaches, one at the north, which is walkable from the centre and the other in the south, a bus ride away.
Cars are plentiful in the resort, but the most popular form of transport is the bicycle, which can be hired and is a pleasant way to see the (fortunately flat) island.
If you’re in Venice for a few days, the Lido is worth a visit and is only a short and scenic water-bus ride across the lagoon. This sedate and genteel island only became a resort in the early 1900s when the extravagant Excelsior was built and billed as the world’s top resort hotel. Although the Lido is no longer quite the chic place it once was, it still attracts plenty of celebrities during the Venice film festival and is brimming with discreet upmarket villas. Its main attraction is the beaches, which are lined with quaint beach huts but, the bad news, most of them are on private sections owned by the top hotels, who charge astronomical amounts for entry. There are two public beaches, one at the north, which is walkable from the centre and the other in the south, a bus ride away.
Cars are plentiful in the resort, but the most popular form of transport is the bicycle, which can be hired and is a pleasant way to see the (fortunately flat) island.
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Talking about celebrities...I wonder how many of us did rub shoulders with the stars. My claim to fame is being on the same plane wiht Hugh Grant and Jamima Khan and standing next to Hugh waiting for the bags on the conveyer belt. His did come first!
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