10 Tips for Visiting Venice, Italy: A Venice Survival Guide

Venice, Italy, is a bucket list destination for many people. And rightly so; I’ve been to a lot of cities around the world, and no other city is quite like Venice.

But Venice has been in the news in the last couple years for some not-so-great reasons. From overtourism caused by an increase in cruise ship visits to proposed new tourist taxes to record tides causing flooding damage, Venice hasn’t had an easy go of it recently.

Some people will tell you to skip Venice entirely, and focus on other parts of Italy instead. And while I do think Italy has plenty of underrated spots that could use more tourism love, I’m not one of the people who’s going to tell you not to go to Venice.

Why? Well, first of all because it’s not up to me to tell…