St. Marks and other Venice, Italy Nightlife Tips

Nightlife Spot: St. Marks

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Theme: Eating and Drinking
Other Contact: Remember I mentioned the ice cre

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St. Marks: St. Marks

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Written by steventilly

on Aug 24, 2002

Nightlife Spot: St. Marks

When there is an Aqua Alte (high tide) and Venice floods, the square takes on a different character. It's full of people having fun in a mad, wet sort of way. You'll have to see the travelogue for more pics & info, but here's a taster.

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Theme: Live Music
Dress Code: Wetsuit, diving gear, wellington boots.
Directions: St. Marks

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Campo St. Margherita: Campo St. Margherita

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on Aug 24, 2002

Nightlife Spot: Campo St. Margherita

This is probably the livliest square in Venice. It's lined with restaurants, bars and cafes and these are fairly quiet by day but throbbing by night. The bars all spill out onto the street, some have live music, and the restaurants can require prior booking. The bars stay open later here than elsewhere in Venice, so if you're a nightbird, this is the place to come. The Vaparettos run all night, so don't worry about getting home if you're staying a fair distance from here.

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Theme: Live Music
Dress Code: Anything (but if you want to match the Italians, then you need a funky pair of shades, even at night).
Directions: Dorsoduro
Other Contact: This is one of the biggest squar

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Strada Nova Area: A Street Full Of Fun

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Updated by steventilly

on May 21, 2003

Strada Nova

Nightlife Spot: Strada Nova Area

Rio Terra Lista Di Spagna / Rio Terra S. Leonardo / Rio Terra Maddalena / Strada Nuova
This long, long street running from almost the railway station right through Cannaregio almost as far as the Rialto Bridge is lined with trattoria, restaurants, hotels, bars, cafes, pasticceria, ice cream vendors, shops, market stalls... you name it. It's a lively and pleasant part of town, away from the usual tourist traps of St Marks.

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Theme: Live Music
Dress Code: Anything
Directions: Cannaregio.
Other Contact: We lived just off Strada Nuova f

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Fondamenta Della Misericordia: Fondamenta Della Misericordia

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on Aug 24, 2002

Nightlife Spot: Fondamenta Della Misericordia

Lively and busy area, just back a couple of rows from Rio Terra Maddalena (see above). Bars and cafes in a canal side setting, mainly frequented by locals and with a different sort of feel. Not at all 'threatening' (nothing in Venice is), but maybe not quite so cozy as in the more touristy areas.

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Theme: Eating and Drinking
Dress Code: Anything
Directions: Cannaregio

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Small Cafes: Small Cafes

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Updated by steventilly

on May 21, 2003

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Nightlife Spot: Small Cafes

All over Venice there are pubs, bars, cafes, trattoria, restaurants. Go down any narrow alley or dimly lit street, and at the end you're bound to find something (and don't be worried in such places, Venice is very safe).
The variety of places is mind blowing, and often you'll just stumble across something that you like the look of (and then the next day when you try to find it again, you can't - cos Venice is such a warren of winding streets and canals).

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Theme: Live Music
Dress Code: Anything
Directions: All over, but particularly in Cannaregio, the drag between St. Marks & Rialto, Castello and some areas of Dorsoduro. (Dorsoduro seems to have more 'empty' areas than other districts, but around St. Ma

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St. Marks Square: St. Marks Square

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Written by steventilly

on Aug 24, 2002

Nightlife Spot: St. Marks Square

A special sort of ambience, the cafes here are busier by night than by day, and almost all have their own bands playing. Those who aren't sitting tend to wander from cafe to cafe and just listen to the different music being played.

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Theme: Live Music
Dress Code: Anything goes.

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Harry's Bar: Harry's Bar

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Written by steventilly

on Aug 24, 2002