hugedodge2000
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Anyone ever dove in venice italy?? I'm thinking of making a trip there and wanted to know how it is.
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brutus_scuba
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Can you actually dive through the streets or would that be some securiety issue?
Interesting concept!
H2Andy
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oh, i would discourage that very, very strongly ....
those canals are full of nasty stuff ... it'd be like diving in close to raw sewage
those canals are full of nasty stuff ... it'd be like diving in close to raw sewage
spacemanspiff1974
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Had a friend who was splashed in the eye with canal water. Ended up with an eye infection.
Erik Il Rosso
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I'm italian, visit Venice and have fun but forget about diving !!!
Ciao Erik Il Rosso
Ciao Erik Il Rosso
H2Andy
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Venice is an amazing place, isn't it?
Erik Il Rosso
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H2Andy:
If you haven't been there before it is truly an amazing place...
For me it is only a tourist's trap and I prefer to visit places where you don't need a cheque book to buy a coffe !!!
Ok, I am rather lucky, I live in Tuscany (Livorno - Leghorn) and I can reach places as Pisa, Florence or Siena in less than an hour...
Ciao Erik Il Rosso
mobster75
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Umm... I assume you mean you would want to dive OUTSIDE the lagoon area in the open Adriatic Sea??
Having been to Venice twice - I would NEVER consider diving inside the lagoon as the water is really really not a healthy looking green color since in essence there isn't much water flow and those canals are used like streets...
Besides what money would you have left for diving after spending a day in Venice with their tourist pricing and overpriced and underquality restaurants? An hour long gondola ride is going to set you back about 100 euros (that was the going rate 2 years ago on my last visit).
But I've heard the diving is good further south.... Like Amalfi, Capri, or even Sicily.
Having been to Venice twice - I would NEVER consider diving inside the lagoon as the water is really really not a healthy looking green color since in essence there isn't much water flow and those canals are used like streets...
Besides what money would you have left for diving after spending a day in Venice with their tourist pricing and overpriced and underquality restaurants? An hour long gondola ride is going to set you back about 100 euros (that was the going rate 2 years ago on my last visit).
But I've heard the diving is good further south.... Like Amalfi, Capri, or even Sicily.
H2Andy
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Erik Il Rosso:
you just have to know how to play their game, is all
they built a tourist trap, but i tour a city thirteen centuries old underneath all that
just cause they put on their play doesn't mean you have to watch
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