breakaleg Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Hi All, Hoping to go to Venice towards the end of May, planning to do it within three weeks. Can anyone suggest a route with some interesting places to visit along the way? I would prefer to avoid toll roads if at all possible, also, wheres the best place to stop once we get there. Many thanks Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry1956 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Hi, We did Venice a few months ago. We parked up at Castelfranco, there is a small gated motorhome site there with elec etc. we took the train into venice. I think it was 4 euros per night for the site with elec and the train fare was around 7 euros return. There are a number of smaller sites around, But do watch out for down and outs, they are using old motorhomes and you do need to watch out. we even had a few ladies of the night park up beside us in their motorhomes one time when we had to pull off the main road due to an RTA. michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel wood Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 breakaleg - 2010-01-18 10:54 AM Hi All, Hoping to go to Venice towards the end of May, planning to do it within three weeks. Can anyone suggest a route with some interesting places to visit along the way? I would prefer to avoid toll roads if at all possible, also, wheres the best place to stop once we get there. Many thanks Pete I would suggest the route to take is the one you (and whoever you are travelling with) want to take. Other people's ideas of what is interesting may not be the same as yours. When my wife and I visited Venice we enjoyed staying at Ca Savio on the Jesolo peninsula and taking the ferry from Punto Sabbioni to Venice and also having opportunity to relax on the Adriatic beach outside the site but do you want to drive 'beyond' Venice to do this? I suggest looking at a good scale Atlas of Europe, Caravan Club 'Camping Europe' books, ACSI and Camping Cheque websites and some guide books to the countries through which you will travel. The come up with a possible itinerary of places of interest to you. At that stage you may wish to ask for opinions of specific sites etc. Happy planning and journeying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 We too stayed on the same site, Ca Savio, as Mel Wood, and crossing by ferry to Venice is a great way to arrive. It is of course a bit further to go to get round to the south side of Venice but if the weather is good you do also have good beaches. Have a good trip whatever you decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klyne Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 We have stayed here a couple of times http://www.camping-miramare.it/ If you are not too bothered about the beach its one of the closest campsites to the ferries from Punta Sabbioni. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersonCampervan Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Klyne - 2010-01-18 10:47 AM We have stayed here a couple of times http://www.camping-miramare.it/ If you are not too bothered about the beach its one of the closest campsites to the ferries from Punta Sabbioni. David I stayed at Miramare this past summer - almost the same price as the "aire" next door, but with better facilities ( I was solo however). Walking distance to the ferry dock.I'm not a beach person, but they do have an arrangement with a beach a little south for IIRC, towels & shower - they give you some sort of coupon at check-in. The beach is not far, but regardless there is a free shuttle bus running between the beach & the ferry pier, which stops at Miramare. I would definitely use it again. I was there in July, during the Biennale & had no reservations. Nolo problemo. I bought a 3 day transit pass at the camping office (available for a range of days, I simply chose the 3 day version). This allowed me unlimited travel to Venice, Murano & Burano & on the inner-Venice boats. One other time (in 1996) we stayed at Camping Fusina in Mestre. No need to loop around Venice from the west to go to this one. There is a small vaporetto there that ferries you to Venice. Sort of on a shipping channel, so OK if you are intrigued by large freighters passing 5 metres from your motorhome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Route we take is: Calais, Dunkerque, Lille, Namur, Luxembourg, Nancy, St Die, Mulhouse, Basel. You then get a vignette at the swiss boarder (32 euros) this allows you 10 days travel on the motorways in any year. Then to Lucerne, St gotthard tunnel, Largo Garda Verona and then Venice. Until you hit Italy and except for the vignette you are on dual carriageways and absolutely no charges. The motorways in Northern Italy are quite cheap compared to France. There is an Aire in Venice but it is expensive 32 Euros per night with EHU but it is very close to central venice. Hope this helps ......... Ned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan k Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Well it really depends on how long you want to spend in Venice and how long you want to spend on the journey or visiting other places. We've limited our visits to Venice to 3 or 4 days at a time, thats the city we're not really ones to relax on the beach or on the lido for long so we've usually filled up the holiday with visits to other places as well. We've used routes similar to Neds but varied our route thro Switzerland depending on our first port of call. To visit the mountains, Zurich, Bad Ragaz then Klosters, Davos, Zernez, Merano and Bolzano. Maybe a visit thro the Dolomites and down to Venice or Neds route into Northern Taly and spend a bit of time around some of the Italian lakes. Or there's plenty to visit around Luxembourg or along the Rhine or in the Black Forest really the world's yours to explore alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Good, well run family site at Oriago, on the Brenta Canal, between Venice and Padova/Padua: Camping Serenissima. Good supermarket a short drive away at Marghera. Regular and reliable Venice - Padova bus service to/from Venice stops outside site and drops you in Piazzale Roma. Tickets from reception. English spoken. Good, well maintained and very clean facilities. Nice people.To avoid tolls, any route you like to Fussen, in Southern Bavaria, then across Austria via Reutte, Lermoos (tunnel by pass, no toll), Nassereith (another short tunnel), Imst, Landeck (take Tiroler Bundestrasse, not A12), Prutz, Pfunds, Nauders, to enter Italy via Resia/Reschen, then down Adige valley via Malles Venosta, Merano, Bolzano, and any route you like to Venice. Try to avoid the SS11 through Oriago during rush hour: rush, it don't! Malcontenta not far, home of Palladio's Villa Malacontentiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaleg Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Thank you everyone, very useful information, which I will print off and take with me, the furthest I have been in the past was lake Maggiore, but didn't have a lot of time, we expect to spend around three days at Venice, (is this realistic) and hope that three weeks will satisfy, we will probably drive straight there, and meander back, by that time, hopefully I will have more idea. Many thanks Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel wood Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 breakaleg - 2010-01-19 11:52 AM we expect to spend around three days at Venice, (is this realistic) Many thanks Pete That depends entirely on yourself(selves) and what you want to do. Like an earlier correspondent we had a 3 day travel pass allowing access to Venice and the islands of Burano, Murano and Torcello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berti Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 sorry..double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berti Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 hi breakaleg we visited venice in august...it left us lost for words...and that's very unusual for us !! we stayed on the tronchetto carpark/aire we took a route entirely through france via dole/ bourg st maurice/courcheval /pt st bernard pass.....no tolls..lots of aires enroute... going over the pass was a brilliant drive..enough bends to make it interesting but not too demanding ! don't know if it will be open in may though..depends on how severe the winter weather has been we went specifically to see the regatta i believe there is another such event...'the marriage of the sea' sometime in may it was quite a spectacle..i will try a couple of photos... the atmosphere was brilliant..jam packed with very excited italians..lots of street entertainment/bands/concerts etc i am travelling in france at the moment and i don't have fuller details with me but i am back home 1st week april ...so if you like i could post more info then..let me know cheers berti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaleg Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 That looks grate Berti, please feel free to post more when you return, Hope your trip gets better (been following your blog) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catinou Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Wow Berti, Those photos brought back memories from our trip there. Great..... B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaleg Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 I would like to thank everyone for there advice, the real question should have been, How do you survive a month in Selly Oak Hospital? Yes two days before we were to set off, I was rushed in with acute cellulitus, never heard of it? neither had I, and never want to again. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Poor old sausage......You now really deserve a decent Italian holiday, plus the weather will be even nicer now! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaleg Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 Oh I wished that I could judge, still unable to walk at the moment, never had an infection like this. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berti Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 hi breakaleg sorry to hear of your misfortune..... hope you are on the mend now.... perhaps we can cheer you up a bit.... we were in venice for 3 days.....2/3/4 june.... from leaving france and crossing the alps the weather became progressively hotter and clammier.... the service point on the tronchetto was closed...so nowhere to dump waste water or empty the loo !!! and we had arrived with an almost full loo...expecting to be able to empty it there.... in those high temperatures...it was crisis point when we left !!!! *-) st mark's square had 5 large areas under scaffolding...including the left side of the actual church facade.... at the side of the campanile some excacavation/underpinning work was in full swing.with heavy machinery .....and completely drowned out the orchestras who were playing .... the atmosphere was completely ruined !!!! the humidity was almost unbearable ...and when a heavy downpour soaked us to the skin we were almost grateful.... the mossis were out in force and we sustained some nasty bites.... and it seemed as if half of the population of japan was visiting.... so breakaleg....a later visit may be better ..... we hope to do a retrospective travelogue of our trip this time ....as we have been unable to access the internet in italy, slovenia or germany at mcdonalds... cheers berti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Newell Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Pete, so sorry to hear of your illness, to miss out on Venice is a real tragedy, to miss it because of cellulitis is even worse. Jackie suffered the same illness a couple of years ago after the Pickering show and spent eight days in hospital on intravenous anti biotics so we know what you have suffered. It will get better in time and you will do Venice. Keep smiling mate, there's still plenty worse off the us out there, D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaleg Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 Hi Berti, Well I fell a little better now I have read your post :-S I hope to go next year now, i was hoping we would make it before the end of this year, but this now seems unrealistic, just be glad of a week away at the moment. Feeling a bit better, but the leg that was infected was the better of the two and now the other leg is aching like never before. Also, the infection was so severe, it sent my heart into an irregular rhythm, unfortunately, it is the bottom part of the heart and unused blood settles in the chamber and could lead to clotting, so on Warfarin at the moment, trying to thin my blood so i can have my heart restarted and reset the rhythm. Well that's the theory, so at the moment, weekly visits to the Hospital to have blood tests. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaleg Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 Hi Dave, Jackie has my sympathy, I was in for 28 day's and as they were transferring my ward from Selly Oak to the new QE they got me home early, I was on 2000mg of iv penicillin until I became allergic to it, then they put me 2000mg of oral antibiotic at one stage I were taking over 30 pills a day, the cellulitis went from my knee to my ankle, and you know how far that is. I'm blaming you anyway, ever since you fitted that satellite system, i have been unable to use it :D Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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