Venice Italy Tips before travel

Tips for visiting Venice

1- Make sure you wear comfortable and stylish shoes that allow you to spend the whole day on your feet. On average, I was walking close to ten miles per day. The Italians are stylish and are not big fans of our tennis shoe look, so finding a good pair of walking shoes that look fashionable could be challenging. I recommend cute sandals. I wore my Tory Burch Millers on my last trip to Europe and this trip as well, and they worked amazingly.

2- Pack light. You won't find a car in sight, and water taxis tend to be expensive, so walking is often faster and easier than any other form of transportation. Remember that Venice has 391 bridges, and the majority are arched and made with concrete steps, so traversing the city will be a workout. Adding to the bridges and amount of walking, most Air B&B's have stairs not elevators, so you have to carry what you bring. I recommend Away Luggage's carry-on-sized Luggage with the Everywhere bag from Away, which fits easily on top. Both of these bags will fit in the overhead of trains which is ideal for keeping an eye on your bag and not having to put it somewhere out of sight.

3- Ladies, make sure your purse can be zipped or buttoned for safety precautions. I used the Tory Burch Kira purse. My sister almost got pickpocketed last time we visited Europe, and on this trip, I almost did as well. It is easy for the gypsy's to reach their hand in an open bag when you are distracted. I kept all my documents in the travel neck pouch with RFID blocking. I just tied the neck strap to the inside of my purse straps.

4- The Euro is not in our favor right now, so I recommend going to your bank to get a few hundred Euros out and then using your credit card as much as possible to get the best exchange rate.

5- I bought the Universal travel adapter Plug with four USB ports before I left. It works in the UK, EU, AUS, and the US. It was clutch for being able to charge everything at night.