Have you visited Venice during the winter months? Not nearly as touristy.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cecelia:
I felt that Venice was (beautiful of course) the world's biggest tourist trap when I was there a few years ago. Well I was there again recently and my opinion hasn't changed--except it was hotter than I ever thought it could be. At least it wasn't flooded. Murano was like one big old brick oven.
I felt better about the cafe we got ripped off at after reading about others experiences in this old thread. </font>