A Quick Guide To Venice

Is Venice the most romantic city in the world? It’s certainly hard to beat, especially when you’re staying right in the centre of things.


Where is it?

Venice is a city built on water - just off the north east coast of Italy, facing the Adriatic Sea - and is famed for its canal network, opulent palazzos and beautiful religious buildings and art. It has an airport on the mainland but from there, you need to take a water bus to reach the city.

Where can I stay?

The best way to experience Venice is in a cool, quiet and sophisticated hotel. These small but beautifully designed hotels offer you respite from the tourist throng and the sort of service you would expect from much more expensive locations. Try Ca’ Pisani, a small palazzo that has been sympathetically renovated and decorated to provide a haven of tranquillity, or the Ca Maria Adele, an eclectic boutique hotel in one of Venice’s most exclusive quarters.

What can I see?

For a relatively small city, there’s a lot to pack into a short visit. The central area of St. Mark’s Square with the Doge’s Palace and the Campanile is a great place to hang out and soak up the atmosphere, although bars and cafes here can be expensive. Instead, visit the churches, galleries and restaurants that are slightly off the beaten track, where atmosphere and tradition are still rich. If you have time, visit the nearby islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello, all historically and culturally worth a visit.

How do I get around?

One of the beauties of Venice is that it has no road network. Most tourists use the waterbus (Vaporetto) system, which is regular and fairly cheap. Those who are looking for romantic Venice can hire a gondola at a greater cost. By far the best way to explore the city, however, is on foot. This way, you can reach the parts of the city that most waterbuses don’t travel to and discover architectural and shopping delights along the way.

Adventuresome Costa Rica

You can have a ball in adventuresome Costa Rica, all you need to do is go for it. Costa Rica is a place where anyone can have fun, those willing to go out for a little adventure and those who prefer a more staid vacation. If you are of the former variety you will find everything from surfing and bungee jumping to canopying. These are some of the most exciting adventures that you could go on and they are all there for the taking in Costa Rica.


When you are visiting Costa Rica you cannot leave before you experience the great surfing that Costa Rica has to offer. There are many different places in Costa Rica for you to surf at and what makes Costa Rica such an exciting surfing destination is that you can surf both the Caribbean and the Pacific.This makes for the best surf vacation in the world. In fact, people come from all over the world to surf the fantastic waters of Costa Rica.

Bungee jumping in Costa Rica is another fantastic thing for you to do while visiting there. The jumping in Costa Rica is safe and the companies are reputable so you will never have to concern yourself with safety when bungee jumping in Costa Rica.

The best thing to do in Costa Rica by far is go canopying. This fun sport was made famous in the movies and flying through the treetops is something that you will never forget. It might sound scary to go flying through the treetops at amazing speeds but it is a blast. The adrenaline that will flow through your veins will astound you when you are having fun canopying in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is one of the top vacation destinations for a reason and that reason is the fact that there is no place more gorgeous or more exciting than Costa Rica.