The price of water at Piazza San Marco, Venice

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  1. TBF, one of the first rules of tourism is “Don’t eat in any restaurant that is less than 500 m away from a touristy spot”

  2. Dude, you’re in the main square of Venice, the touristic main nerve of the city and you are shocked by the prices?

    It’s as if i was going to order something in central Manhattan

    There’s plenty of cheap good quality bars, bacari, cicchetterie and osterie around the city to go to (fave of mine “cicchetteria venexiana da Luca e Fred” near the Santa Lucia train station)

  3. You are paying for the gorgeous views. They can sell water from washing socks and still cost an arm and a leg.

    Imagine being surrounded by … pota poties and screaming children and dirty diapers.

  4. 400m further there are small local restaurants where the shop owners and people who work there go to eat, you van have a pizza for less than a water on San Marco …

  5. You can drink anywhere else for 1/2 euros, no one forced you to sit there. So, blame yourselves. Moreover, you came to Venice to drink water? FFS.

    Và ciavarte un spris col campari diodedio.

  6. You pay for the atmosphere of the environment. At the moment you are not sitting in the middle of a food store.

  7. It’s obvious that in touristy spots prices might be higher than elsewhere:) On the other hand – walking around historic Italian cities is worth overpaying for soda 😀 My favorite city is Padova though – I’ve been in Scrovegni Chapel like 5 times and it is always incredible experience, Basilica of St. Anthony is mind blowing(online pics give You maybe 10% of real experience) also the vibe of the city full of students but also very calm is really great.

  8. That’s due to the location.

    You can walk a little way further, get a glass a wine and still water for cheaper.

  9. That’s obviously disgustingly expensive but you deserve it for dining at one of the biggest tourist traps in the world. I spent a week in Venice and ate at restaurants frequented mostly by local people and students, and in many cases having a three meal course was cheaper than it’d be on a greek island or Athens.

    Same happens to tourists who go to Mykonos and Santorini and get scammed lmao

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