Venice

[AB]

Mrs AB wants to take the kids to Venice in May half term, I'm ambivalent to the idea. Would probably be 3 or 4 nights and would want to stay somewhere central with a swimming pool and decent accommodation i.e. a separate living area for when the kids are in bed.

Flights from Manchester or Liverpool.

Can anyone offer me some advice?

Cheers

[Voldemort]

Venice is not a place for kids. By which I mean that they will not enjoy themselves at all and you will regret being there with them.

/2p

[AB]

Not the first person to say that and one of the reasons I've not overly keen.

[Voodoo Blue]

We've not been there for a few years but have stayed in 2 hotels with pools in the past. The first was

https://www.kempinski.com/en/san-clemente-palace-k...

The hotel runs a shuttle over to St Marks every 20 minutes or so which means you can escape the madness if it gets too busy. But £5 for a coke was a bit of a stretch and that was 10 years ago.

And the second was

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/vcehihi-hilton-mo...

It has a rooftop pool and bar which was a great place to watch the boats going up and down the canal.

Neither was cheap but Venice isn't a cheap place anyway. I'd agree, kids will get very bored very quickly and I'd also check if the pools are open in May as it might still be a bit chilly for the Italians.

One benefit of staying in Venice itself is that it changes in the evening when the day-trippers have left and it's quite a pleasant place to walk around and find some decent local food.

Maybe another option would be to fly into Verona as there is a few more things to see and do there and do a day trip on the train to Venice which is only an hour or so away.

Edited by Voodoo Blue on Thursday 24th April 12:52

[AB]

The Hilton was the one I was looking at to begin with, looks like a decent place.

I'll try and dissuade when I get home but want to do a bit of research first.

Thanks.

[Guyr]

The Cipriani has an amazing pool, but I only stayed there because someone else was paying (corporate) as I think it starts at £1.5k per night for the smallest room off-season

I've been 3 times and as already said I'd not take kids to Venice, at least until they are old enough to appreciate the history and architecture.

[philv]

Stay in Verona and take the train each day.
Cheaper accomodation.
Train cheap. 75 minutes.
Verona is lovely.

Very close to lake guarda as well with boat trips, etc.