By DAVID G. ALLAN
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I travel a lot but have never to been to Venice, mainly because I am fearful, as I have heard, that it is always so crowded with tourists. I can travel whenever I want and the weather doesn’t concern me at all. I was thinking of late November and early December as those seem to be times when the travel season is the lowest and you can get the best fares.
William Yeago,
Paris
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“In my book, anytime in Venice off-season is good, if you don’t care about the weather,” Mary Billard wrote in an email to me. Ms. Billard wrote about visiting the city in her story “Breathing More Easily Without the Throngs” (Dec. 19, 2004), confirming your fears of summer crowds ruining the experience and adding that hotel prices are slightly lower, making the off-season even more attractive.
She also added, to me, one caveat. The city tends to shut down after New Year’s. In one visit in the second week of January, Ms. Billard found some restaurants closed but also found shopping bargains during this quiet time.
A visit in late November or early December should give you the peace and quiet you seek without any closures. You may even want to plan your visit around the November 21 feast day of Santa della Salute, which Venetians celebrate with enthusiasm and a candle lit procession from the famous church of the same name.
from - http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/visiting-venice-in-the-off-season/
Paris
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“In my book, anytime in Venice off-season is good, if you don’t care about the weather,” Mary Billard wrote in an email to me. Ms. Billard wrote about visiting the city in her story “Breathing More Easily Without the Throngs” (Dec. 19, 2004), confirming your fears of summer crowds ruining the experience and adding that hotel prices are slightly lower, making the off-season even more attractive.
She also added, to me, one caveat. The city tends to shut down after New Year’s. In one visit in the second week of January, Ms. Billard found some restaurants closed but also found shopping bargains during this quiet time.
A visit in late November or early December should give you the peace and quiet you seek without any closures. You may even want to plan your visit around the November 21 feast day of Santa della Salute, which Venetians celebrate with enthusiasm and a candle lit procession from the famous church of the same name.
from - http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/visiting-venice-in-the-off-season/
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