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Personally, I'd skip Venice. It's not like what the movies make it look like.

It's super crowded and his hard to find anywhere to get some personal space. At one point, tried to get away from the crowds and stood in front of a restaurant. Then an restaurant owner came out and said we would have to pay him 20 Euros to just stand there. I felt like cattle being herded around the whole time.

Also, the canals and gondolier thing is fun, but in the movies, they make it look romantic and relaxing, but during your tour, you will see mostly buildings with massive advertising murals covering the buildings. Buildings that didn't have advertisements were covered with scaffolding because everything is falling apart.

Also, the main square floods often, so don't wear good shoes and wear pants you can roll up.

For full disclosure, I only went on a day trip. From people I have talked to, the nights are much better once all the day trippers are gone. If you go, it might be worth staying a night or two just so you don't have to experience the daytime mayhem.