After our trip to Venice as a class, a couple of us stayed an additional day for a beach trip to Lido di Venezia.
As soon as everyone left, we headed for a water taxi to Lido SME. We took the 5.2 and waited what seemed like 500 stops before we got to the island. Once we finally stepped out onto the street it was a shock of how different this place was from Venice. Similar to any other beach town, it was kind of relaxed although there were several people scattered along the sidewalks (but significantly less than in Venice).
We took the bus to our hotel, got settled, headed out to look at the beach before sunset, got dinner at a small restaurant down the street and then went back to the hotel to relax and get ready for the next day.
The next morning we headed downstairs for breakfast and then headed for the beach right down the street from our hotel.
Apparently they have these things called “private beaches” where you pay almost 80 euro to get a cabana, a shower in the shack, and some chairs on the beach. It was extremely peaceful looking and I have never seen anything like it. Unfortunately, we are college students already spending a ton on this trip so we couldn’t do that. We walked down a couple of minutes to Blue Moon Beach which is the public beach — that’s right folks, it was free.
This beach was not as busy as I thought it would be because it was 930 in the morning, so we got some good spots. We set up our towels in the sand close to the shore and headed out into the water. The water was not even that bad, definitely warmer than Barton for sure. AND it’s extremely clear, almost magical.
It was a really relaxing trip because I have been wanting to go swimming (one of my favorite things to do) this entire month while studying abroad in Italy and I FINALLY got to do it the last weekend.
I would definitely recommend visiting this beach at least for a an hour if you can.