Venice (Christmas Day) - great city, but still flooded. Very surreal.
Very walkable, and since I'd been there previously, we didn't take a shore excursion.
Did a gondola ride, a bit expensive but memorable, just COLD. ...
We had the chance to explore Venice before we got on board at Venice. It's a beautiful, decrepit, historic city. We bought a day pass for the public transport (20 Euros) and rode on the front seats of the Vaporettos (the boats that go along the grand canal) to have a good look around. Got off to wander around St Marks Square but didn't have time to tour the Doge's Palace or get into the Cathedral, ...
I enjoyed Venice. I booked my own tours through Viator. I went to Murano and Burano and would recommend this. I also stayed for a day in San Marco which was very nice. Bring tall rubber rain boots or buy the plastic booties the street vendors sell! ...
Cruise terminal is easy to get to from central Venice, we used the people mover, located by the bus station and we there in around 10 minutes.
We booked an excursion for the way home but this was cancelled due to the weather conditions not allowing the ship to return to this port. ...
