Venice solo in October

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Ive never been, so looking for advice!

Would a week be too long?

Thinking a little apartment

God, this is my dream. The four words of your thread title are etched on my heart 😂

Venice is beautiful in October. I’d stay as long as you can.

😃thank you @MadeleineBassettHound

I'd say a week for just Venice would be too long, but base yourself in Venice (and savour the tourist free evenings) and you can do Verona as well. Plus days to lakes/Alps.

Definitely not too long, there’s loads to see. I’ve been to Venice on my own quite a few times and try to stay in an apartment within 10 mins walk of Rialto so that I can go food shopping at the market first thing and buy amazing fish and seafood.

Definitely not too long. Sounds like heaven. We went for a week last October and it was bliss.

Boat trip to Murano and Burano. Watch the glass being blown.

Don't think too long. If on your own, you can pretend you live there for a bit and do stuff slowly. Just walk and get lost.

That’s what I like @SwedishEdith

Chilling and wandering

Would Murano be good to stay in or too far out?

Much too far out, IMO. The water bus is Not Cheap.

Perfect

A week is not too long. DH and I did 10 days, a packed schedule and still had a lot left over that we didn't see.

Murano is way too far out, you will waste loads of time every day on the vaporetto and be sick of it. It's a day trip once, plus even for that Burano and Torcello are better.

Castello or Dorsoduro are much better bets.

I am planning similar and I have been to Venice a number of times. Wander off the tourist track. Try and live like a local. Just ovserve day to day life around you. The last place I stayed had a balcony over one of the main communter routes. I loved sitting there in the morning and evening watching people coming and going. Looking at what they were wearing. Getting their coffee fix etc.

Not too long, and solo in October sounds pure bliss. The only time I’ve been there was in a humid, crowded August and I still loved it. We stayed in Canareggio, which was lovely and quiet, and I almost wore out a pair of shoes. Go to the cemetery island as well as Murano and Burano and Torcello. The Biennale was on and the art was astonishing.

Thanks all! I’ll stay central and just chill. Try to get a little balcony as a vantage point.

When we went a few years ago, by accident we stayed somewhere within walking distance of the Piazzale Roma. This worked out really well because we didn't have to figure out the vaparetto with all our luggage after the plane and coach/train journey and made for a quick getaway at the end of our stay. The apartment was a five minute walk from a vaparetto stop. Hope you have a lovely time, it's such a special place.

is Castello a good area?

I stayed in a fab apartment last year with a balcony (no view from the balcony) but fab canal views from the lounge / kitchen. I can PM you if you like? Really central - 5 mins from St Mark’s Sq. But off the beaten track. It was fab.

Completely jealous and a week is not too long.

Try and stay near Rialto, almost dead centre and take day trips out.

@LadyJGrey a pm would be great, thanks 😊

and I’m glad a week not too long

And if you like art, the Venice Biennale is on, which is loads of fun to wander around with exhibitions all around the city - you could easily spend two or three days just doing that. Finishes end of November I think.

I read a great book set against a backdrop of the biennale!

Definitely not too long if you include trips to Murano, Burano and Lido. It is expensive to eat out but worth it, and fascinating to see things like the emergency services and refuse collection by boat.

Have you read Miss Garnett’s Angel and the Donna Leon books?

Following this cos I have the same in mind.

Am an avid solo traveller - and solo mum, DS adult now - and passed through Venice on a road trip to Greece eons ago...
So high time for a revisit.

Thanks OP for starting this and PP for the info and great tips.

Bliss. I’ve stayed in Venice in November during the Biennale, and in December, in an apartment right by the Rialto Market. It was heaven, just walking and looking and absorbing it all. And I love the water bus!