We decided to visit Venice last February and it was amazing. Just the right amount of tourists and warm sunshine made our day.

We parked at Piazzale Roma (cost: 24€ for the day – they don’t have an hourly fee at all).
Almost every shop in Venice sells masks and other dress-up stuff for the Carneval.

We tried to take a ride with the famous Gondolas, but even though Gondoliers didn’t have much to do at the time, they weren’t going to take us for a ride for less then 80 euro, which is still a lot for a 40-minute ride. And they don’t even sing anymore.

At St. Mark’s Square there were some renovations going on – I think they were renewing the foundations of the tower, and the famous Bridge of Sighs was still covered with jumbo advertisements.

I would recommend visiting the Peggy Googenheim exhibit at Palazzo Venier dei Leoni. You can check it out at www.guggenheim-venice.it