Where to Watch a Sailaway?

[sotiris]

We will be in Venice when friends depart on their cruise. Is there a particularly good spot/location from which to watch the ship sail away?

[paul929207]

Which ship?

[sotiris]

Sorry...it's the Nieuw Amsterdam. And as I write this, I just realized it will be on May 1, a holiday in Italy. :eek:

[Earl Rosebery]

We will be in Venice when friends depart on their cruise. Is there a particularly good spot/location from which to watch the ship sail away?

 

You can't get any closer than Gelateria Nico on the Fondamente Zattere al Ponte longo and you can have a gelato while you wait- relatively uncrowded

http://www.gelaterianico.com/

[MarlboroBell]

I'd certainly recommend something on the Zattere waterfront -- it's all restaurants with outdoor seating, so pick your poison. I remember going to a pizza place there with amusingly-named pizzas: I think I had the 'Stand Well Back!' garlic pizza.

 

Zattere is about a mile from the cruise terminal, but the ships are quite a sight as they pass. You can get from one to the other on the #2 vaporetto.

[themnms]

thanks for the info...there is a ship leaving the day before we sail!!