Serene Serenissima
Dawn is the time to find a calm and peaceful Venice. Once the cruise ships and tourist buses arrive, peace seems a thing of the past.
A particular noise problem, much hated by the locals, is that of wheely suitcases being hauled across Venice’s cobbled pavements and bumped up and down the stepped bridges. There is talk of these cases being banned from May 2015, but the practicality of such a ban (and the associated 500 Euro fine) is under question. If you’re buying a new suitcase, though, it’s worth considering getting one with soft wheels. Ban or no ban, at least you’ll be popular with Venetians and the residents of other similarly inflicted tourist towns.
There are, of course, bigger problems than suitcases in Venice – read about the cruise liners that pass through the Giudecca Canal here.
Travel with Intent 
Beautiful capture. 😀
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Thanks Raewyn
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Glorious photo, Debs! 🙂 I would ban cruise ships AND noisy sutcases!
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My first thought was .. what the h… as I live in a very noisy neighbourhood where lives of residents are not respected at all, but coming to think of it those poor Venetians must really get sick of the tourists. Debbie, this is the most beautiful serenity I have seen for the challenge 🙂
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My friends in Venice think this is all a big furphey (groundless rumour). But, who knows?
There are many more serious problems to be solved in this beautiful city, those huge cruise ships that go down the Giudecca Canal, for starters.
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I agree wholeheartedly – I’ve written about the cruise ship problems before. They should absolutely be banned, but big money talks. https://travelwithintent.com/2014/05/29/no-big-ships-no-grandi-navi/
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Ha, good to know about the suitcases 😀 Lovely photo of a beautiful city. I’ve only had the pleasure of visiting one time, but hope to return!
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I hope you get back soon (with soft wheels!) 🙂
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wunderbar!
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🙂
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Interesting story and very nice photo
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Banning wheeled suitcases and having people abide by that would be quite a challenge. With cobbled streets I guess there are just some things that have to be tolerated.
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The ban will never be enforced even if it comes into law as there aren’t enough Police to manage it but its a nice idea. Great photo!
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I support the sentiment but it’s so impractical. If there was an easy way to convert your case it would be a very reasonable demand.
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I agree with keeping disruption down to a minimum too but this does seem like overkill! Plus the supermarket deliveries are much noisier on their clattering metal trolleys at 6am in the morning! I don’t even remember ever seeing soft wheeled suitcases so someone might have to invent them first and in the meantime its another idea to join the tickets to Venice suggestion I suspect! Personally I’d much rather see the cruise ships banned than suitcases, as they are more damaging.
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Interesting that they just overturned the ban on cruise ships. Poor Venice, so overrun by tourists. Lovely capture of her serenity tho!
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Oh yes, don’t get me started on cruise ships! Worse than road trains by miles! And a disaster for such a small place as Venice. The tourists that pile off these ships never get to know the real Venice – even if they had the desire they don’t have the time.
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Beautiful photo!
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Totally serene. But I understand the frustration with the suitcases. Cobbled streets are the worst! Not sure how they could enforce a ban, though a €500 fine would make ME swap to a rucksack 🙂
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Oh yes, it’s a hefty fine if they go for it. Trouble is everyone has to walk at least part of the way to their hotel.
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Never really thought about the noise of all those wheels, but it would be difficult to do, since so many people have them. Lovely photo.
janet
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