Venice - What to do and where to go?

[A900ss]

All,

Off to Venice on Friday for a long weekend.

Opera is booked but any other things to do and tips/tricks most welcome as I've never been there before.

Thanks.

[leemanning]

We went there over the Easter weekend as first time visitors.

We used the Tripadvisor app that has a few different itineraries and can be used offline, very useful. We just followed one of those around and took in the sites.

To be honest, we just liked to wander around eating and drinking as we went along! Not too fussed about cultural stuff ourselves, but there was a large queue for the Guggenheim if you're into that kind of thing.

Food & drink generally very expensive. St marks square, sitting at a table for a can of coke - 8.5 euros.....

[greggers]

We found Burano pretty cool, although quite touristy (but quieter than the mainlain). Makes for some great photos and it's quite a nice trip across on the Vaporetto. Murano is OK if you like glass, but there isn't much to do. Same goes for the Lido unless you like the beach.

There's also a gondola lesson thing we did, but I'm struggling to find out the details of how we booked it.

[Mobile Chicane]

Just wander around and allow yourself to get lost.

It isn't that big or so complex that you can't find your way back to St. Mark's Square, and the back streets are full of architectural interest.