Italy needs more than just one Cornetto
Posted: September 27th, 2011 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Travellers's Tales | Tags: debt, eurozone, Italy, politics, venice | No Comments »The name of Venice’s airport prepares visitors nicely for the impracticalities of getting around one of the world’s most charismatic cities. Surely Marco Polo must have faced as many obstacles on the Silk Road as unwary tourists here, from marauding brigands (for which read touts for the wildly expensive cafes and restaurants in the Piazza San Marco) and local warlords exacting a high tariff for safe passage (the €110 water taxi ride into the City).