Whatever the time you select for your Venice vacations, you will find the place abuzz with some festival. It seems that Venice is always celebrating something. Just to give you an idea if you are particularly interested in Venice Festivals, spring is prime time in the city around Easter is the most happening time of the year and it is really difficult to get accommodation in Venice if you have not planned in advance. Actually the activity starts to pick up around Christmas time and just carries on, through the New Year. This is another factor out of many others which make a vacation in Venice a dream come true.



Then of course there is the Venice carnival or the Carnevale as the locals call it. It is a celebration that lasts several days and is one of the prime attractions of the city.

Summers in Venice can be a bit uncomfortable for Vacation in Venice with the humidity rising. It starts to get pleasant again by September. If peace and quiet and an opportunity to study the monuments is what you are looking for, try October for your Venice vacations. The crowds have left, its not hot and you will get the isolation that you are looking for. Moreover, you will easily get a cheap accommodation in Venice around this time.

The aqua alta or high water starts to make its presence felt during November. Flooding in the city will occur regularly from November and go on all through December. The city has adapted excellently to the water. Areas where water enters are clearly marked, sidewalks are raised and sirens warn the inhabitants as the water enters. Most city web sites have links to the meteorological pages that give out precisely when the next event will occur. Be warned, winters can be cold in Venice and wading in the high water is not recommended for enjoying your Venice Vacations since the water is anything but clean.

There is another reason you must hurry to visit Venice for a memorable Vacation in Venice, Italy. The city would not be around for long. Early in the 20th century, local industry began pumping water out from the ground. So much was extracted that the city began to sink. The ground floors of a number of buildings are now unusable and inhabitants have had to shift into higher floors.

The government is trying two methods to combat this. In the first, they are constructing a number of inflatable gates around the city. When the tide threatens to rise beyond 110 cm, these will be raised to stop the sea water from coming in. This project which incidentally has raised the hackles of environmentalists will be over by 2011. The other solution consists of pumping the water back into the soil and elevating Venice once again. In any case, the sinking of Venice seems to have been arrested with the banning of artesian wells since the 1960s.