Originally Posted by Pizzaman
Bob and Lance, thanks for the info. Any suggestions on LCCs? The reasoning behind taking the train ride was assuming that we would be pretty tired upon landing and might need to sleep for a couple of hours to get our bearings. Any feedback on that?
Air One or Alitalia have non-stops, but you would have to check travelocity, expedia, Opodo.com, Kelkoo
http://tinyurl.com/bjsc6
for the fares.
In my experience, the adrenaline is flowing the first day, and you don't get tired until much later, or the next day. Besides, when you wake up to a bright morning sun, you feel like it's a brand new day anyway.
Originally Posted by lance6
Is that a tourist discount card?...It's funny, I learn all these tips and tricks about Italy travel _after_ we return....
That's why you have to keep going back! We
ALL learn so much afterwards to make it faster, cheaper, and more enjoyable.
Here's the page for the Venice Card.
http://tinyurl.com/ak6pf