Geri asked about our experiences, and here is a few of my thoughts.
Start planning and organising well in time. We started more than a year ago, and we reserved our accomondation on AirBandB about a year ago. The place we managed to score was great. A cople of corners away from the Rialto bridge, windows overlooking a canal. Spacious, the originally planned 8 person would have been comfortable, for the six of us, was plenty of room (3 bedroom, 2 bathroom).
Train tickets for those who came with train were bought in the fall (and they went so fast, I mean in a few days all the tickets were sold out). However the others said, that the railjet overnight route was pretty uncomfortable.
We came with car and left the car in a parking garage. We reserved a place outside of teh city beforehand, but later decided that it is not worth the difference of 20 Euros (for three days) to loose all that time and money travelling out and in to the city to park and pick up the car.
With whatever you travel, be prepared for an awful lot of walking. No, more than that. No, even more. And add the fact that there are stairs (and bridges) everywhere. The fist night my feet hurt (abut 40000 steps). By the second night my butt was burning (close to 30 000 steps). The third day somwhere between 20 and 30 thousand steps)... let's not even talk about that.
If you go for the Carnival, do not go alone, or even as a couple. Go with friends. At least 4 but six to 8 people I think is easily organizable and enjoyable. However, plan things so, that you do things together, but leave enough time to yourselves and do things alone as well.
But go, if you can. Go, because it is such great fun.
(photos: Norbert Varga)
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