Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
041 523 07 44; Calle Lunga Santa Maria Formosa 5138; meals €30-45; 7pm-2am Fri-Tue; Ospedale)
and Al
Prosecco (
Click here
) uphold Venice's time-honoured tradition of selling good stuff by
the glass, so you can discover new favourites without committing to a bottle. To dive
deeper into Veneto wines, sign up for a tasting session with
Venetian Vine
(
Click here
),or join a
cicheti
crawl led by Venice Urban Adventures (
Click here
).
NEED TO KNOW
Opening Hours
Cafe-bars generally open from 8am to 8pm, although some stay open later and morph into drinking hangouts.
Pubs and wine bars are mostly shut by 1am to 2am.
Events Calendars
Check listings in free mags distributed citywide and online:
VeNews
(
www.venezianews.it
) ,
Venezia da Vivere
(
www.veneziadavivere.com
) , and
2Venice
(
www.2venice.it
) . For events in Lido di Jesolo and around the la-
goon, see
www.turismovenezia.it
.
Noise Regulations
Keep it down to a dull roar after 10pm: sound travels in Venice, and worse than a police bust for noise infractions
is a scolding from a Venetian
nonna
(grandmother).
Drinking & Nightlife by Neighbourhood
»
San Marco
High-end cocktails and DOC wines with DJs.
»
Dorsoduro
Bargain booze and rivers of
spritz
.
»
San Polo & Santa Croce
Inspired
ombre
(half-glasses of wine) and
cicheti
(Venetian
tapas) at historic
bacari
(hole-in-the-wall bars).
»
Cannaregio
Happy hours behind the Ghetto with live music.
»
Castello
Drink like a sailor at local
bacari
, or join artistes for pre-Biennale cocktails.
