The Itinerary

Here is our itinerary:

• August 20: Leave from Pearson Airport on British Midland flight467 (this is a code share with Air Canada)
• August 21: Arrive Venice - Marco Polo International Airport at 2:30 p.m. Check in to the Hotel American
• August 22: Exporing Venice on our own
• August 23: Exploring Venice on our own and check-in on the ms Oosterdam
• August 24: More Venice explorations, followed by departure
• August 25: Split, Croatia
• August 26: Sea Day
• August 27: Athens, Greece - we will be using privategreecetours.com to show us the sights
• August 28: Istanbul, Turkey - we will be taking a cruise on the Bosphorus Strait in the evening
• August 29: Istanbul, Turkey - exploring on our own
• August 30: The island of Mykonos, Greece
• August 31: Ephesus, Turkey - we will be using a private guide from Ekol Travel to see the sites
• September 1: Santorini, Greece - exploring on our own
• September 2: Katakolon, Greece - we have booked a ship excursion to see the sites of ancient Olympia
• September 3: Sea Day
• September 4: Arrive back in Venice and fly home on BMI flight 468. We depart at 3:15 pm Venice time

Venice in Three Days

We will be arriving in Venice after the long trip from Hamilton (via Toronto and then Heathrow) on Friday, August 21st. I've set up private transportation from the airport to the hotel... I know I won't really be in the mood to try and find the proper public transit boat, cart all of our luggage, etc. This way, we will be able to disembark directly in front of the hotel. We will be staying at the Hotel American Dinesen in the Dorsoduro neighbourhood of Venice.

I have also arranged Venice Connected cards so that we will have access to all of the public transportation options in Venice - we can zip up and down the Grand Canal to our hearts content (and access the WiFi Service, too).

In Venice (as in most places in Europe, apparently) it costs money to use the washrooms. Venice Connected also offers what Shannon has named a 'pee pass'... however after looking into the costs of the 'pee pass' I think we'll wait and see on that one.