Venice, Italy

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Venice, Italy
This presentation is brought to you by
Cindy Rose
For Ernst Schuegraf
November 18, 2005
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Venice is the capital of Veneto. The province of
Venice has a population of 271, 663. It is
located in the Northeast of Italy.
Venice is beautiful whether or not you see it in
the day or night. It is almost a fairy tale city,
floating on the sea.
This city has drawn millions of tourists from
its ancient monuments and abstract buildings.
Its main source of income is tourism.
Italian is the official language. Other languages
include Sardinian, German, Ladin, French, Greek,
Albanian.
There are practically no roads in the historic
centre of Venice, cars and trucks are banned.
Venice is built on 117 islands and features 150
canals.
The area around Venice is the wealthiest region
in Europe.
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Some History
The city was founded as a result of refugees into
the marshes of the Po estuary following the
invasion of north Italy by the Lombard's in 568.
Venice was a city state, along with Genoa, Pisa
and Amalfi.
The Republic of Venice detained eastern shores of
the Adriatic before 1200, because pirates based
there were a threat to trade.
Mainland possession were acquired known as
Terrafirma, to ensure the supply of mainland
wheat, on which the city depended.
Venice became an imperial power following the
Fourth Crusade, which detained Constantinople in
1204 and established the Latin Empire.
Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport
the men, war horses, and supplies.
The Venice government was a mixture of Byzantine
and Islamic people.
The people of Venice remained Roman Catholics.
Today, 80 of the population are Roman Catholics.
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Transportation
There are 2 types of main transportation,
waterborne and pedestrian. Canals serve the
function of roads.
The grand canal is the widest Venetian canal that
flows its way through the whole city.
Venice is famous for its canals, several gondolas
sail down the canals of Venice.
Waterbuses are the big thing in Italy. You may
have to wait a couple minutes for one to come
because their usually busy.
The local waterbuses stop 13 times between the
Piazzale Roma and the Piazza San Marco.
The waterbus fare is 3,50 or 5,00 for rides on
the Grand Canal. You can also get a Venice card
and ride for free.
Traghetto are other commonly used gondolas, which
are walk on ferries crossing the Grand Canal at
certain points without bridges.
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A gondola is a classical Venetian boat. Now a
days it is mostly used for tourists, weddings,
and other ceremonies.
G O N D O L A S
Many tourists find the gondola rides to be very
heavy on the pocket but worth it because of the
scenery.
The official set rate cost for a 50 minute ride
is 62. 62 euros converted to the Canadian dollar
is 87.
The base rate goes up to 77.50 after 8 pm, which
would be equal to 108.50 Canadian.
A cheaper way out is taking a ride on the
Traghetto, a ferry gondola. It only costs 40
cents. This ride is short but your allowed to
stand up.
Gondoliers are also willing to sing for you but
at an extra cost. It only take on gondolier to
row with one oar.
Gondoliers take great pride in their gondolas and
pay around 20, 000 for a well built one, which
will last for 20 years.
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WEATHER
Humidity remains high all year round because of
nearby Alps and wind from North Africa.
The climate changes dramatically throughout the
year.
The temperature drops below freezing in the
winter.
Venice suffers from a lot of floods during the
fall and winter months, especially November.
In the summer, the temperature rises to 36
degrees Celsius.
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Main Attractions
Two of the main attractions in Venice is the
Grand Canal and the St.Marks Basilica.
Grand Canal
It is Venices largest waterway.
The grand canal is over 2 miles long and features
three bridges the ponte Degli Scalzi, the ponte
del Rialto and the ponte del Academia.
A map of the canal running through Venice, taken
in the air.
It is beautiful to take a ride down the canal at
night.
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Continued.
A lot of weddings take place in the Basilica.
St. MarksBasilica
It is the cathedral church of the city since 1807.
The present Basilica was built between about 1063
and the middle of the 15th century, being the
third built on that site.
The inside is very romantic and impressive. It
seats 120 guests.
The religion for the Basilica is Roman Catholic.
The interior.
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Flight Fares
This is an estimated price cost for a round trip
to Venice and back on an American airline.
You will travel on 2 American airlines, Vienne
and Alitalia. You will leave Halifax at 321pm
and arrive in Venice at 925am on February 24th.
It will be a ten day stay at the Residenza
Cannaregio hotel, which is a 4 star hotel. You
will leave Venice at 1125am and arrive in
Halifax at 827pm on March 5th. The average cost
for three return tickets is 1,795.64 per
individual. Making the total cost of your trip
5, 386.91. Enjoy your stay!
If you are going to visit Venice you have to stay
a week so you have enough days to capture all the
scenery.
I chose my flight trip in February because air
fares and hotel prices are cheaper from November
to March.
Its best not to drive to Venice because gas is
very expensive and it is really hard to find
parking spots.
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Residenza Cannaregio Hotel
This hotel use to be a place where gondolas were
built.
Cancellations have to be made three days before
date of arrival.
It is located near the Jewish ghetto, center of
the city.
The Canadian price for one night is 258, but
this is included in the round trip price.
The rooms offer -Air conditioning -Television
and Telephone -Bathroom -Fan -Mini Bar
The hotel has 66 guest rooms and check in time is
2pm and check out time is noon.
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The country converted to the Euro in January,2002.
C U R R E N C Y
One Euro ( ),is equal to 100 cents. One Canadian
dollar is equal to 72 cents in Euros.
It is one of the 12 places to have the Euro as
their currency.
Many small restaurants and shops only accept
cash. You should ask if they accept credit cards
before you try and buy anything.
Foreign money and travellers cheques can be
cashed banks, airports, and railway stations.
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FOOD
Italy is very famous for its pizza.
Their main ingredient is spices.
Venices food is effected by its geography and
economy.
Rice is among many of their dishes. The most
common rice they use is arborio. Although rice is
not grown in Venice.
The Venetians introduced coffee to western Europe
and opened the first coffee shop in 1683.
Seafood is a major part of the Venetian cuisine
because of the sea on their southeastern border.
Venetians tend to drink wine with their meals.
Another food they are famous for is pasta.
Venice cuisine if full of color and variety.
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CULTURE
Everyone's daily life differs in Venice. They
spend most of their time eating, sleeping and
cleaning.
Men enjoy more free time than woman.
Their participation in sports and physical
activities is low.
EDUCATION
On average, girls the age of 14 spend 3 times
more time studying than boys.
Venice and Italy have a lot of summer school
programs.
In the Italian school in Venice, there are 10
well equipped classrooms.
Venetian school is not only Italian languages but
also students can be taught in English.
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My trip to Italy and Greece
We stayed at 4 different hotels and went on a 1
night cruise ship through the Mediterranean.
In March 2004, I went on a 10 day trip to Italy
and Greece with 30 other classmates.
We raised money 2 years before the trip and it
cost 3,200 per person for everything.
It was a memorable experience and I cant wait to
go back sometime.
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The End
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