jinpasco Posted February 7 #1 Share Posted February 7 I was excited to know we would be in Venice overnight. Then I recalled there are new restrictions on large ships no longer docking close to town. Anyone have a recent experience in docking there ? This would be on the Statendam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted February 7 #2 Share Posted February 7 The Nieuw Statendam will not be docking in Venice. It will dock in Trieste about 2 hours from Venice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted February 7 #3 Share Posted February 7 None of the HAL ships can dock in Venice proper. Ship is docked at one of two ports - primarily Trieste. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinpasco Posted February 7 Author #4 Share Posted February 7 I guess I focused on the word Venice but it does say Trieste in parenthesis on the paperwork. On to checking excursions for the correct town. Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonyGirl2 Posted February 7 #5 Share Posted February 7 (edited) Trieste is a lovely city and you can walk right from the dock. We had 2 days there is September, and took an independent tour to Lake Bled one day and walked around Trieste on the other. There are some Roman ruins there. We had spent 3 days in Venice previously so felt no need to visit there. Many of our shipmates took the train there for the day and some even stayed overnight. Edited February 7 by ColonyGirl2 Addition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlnprt Posted February 7 #6 Share Posted February 7 Trieste is absolutely lovely, although I might be biased because my mother-in-law grew up there. There are tons of museums, it's very walkable. Be sure to go to San Guisto and Miramare Castle! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinpasco Posted February 7 Author #7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, jlnprt said: Trieste is absolutely lovely, although I might be biased because my mother-in-law grew up there. There are tons of museums, it's very walkable. Be sure to go to San Guisto and Miramare Castle! Thank you for the ideas. Its nice to have 2 days to.plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted February 7 #8 Share Posted February 7 4 hours ago, jinpasco said: I guess I focused on the word Venice but it does say Trieste in parenthesis on the paperwork. On to checking excursions for the correct town. Thank you We just got a port change on HAL another cruise and it says (Skagway) for our Haines Alaska stop too - a bit deceptive since it too is several hours away by shore excursion. But then Hanoi, Saigon, Tokyo, Bangkok and Beijing are also now many hours way by bus/train too. How great they provide and overnight- that can make it the best of both worlds now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOPPERTESTER Posted February 7 #9 Share Posted February 7 Go to the Postjana caves in Slovenia ! Amazing tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirate cruiser Posted February 7 #10 Share Posted February 7 We were on the 12 day Med. on Oosterdam this past Sept. and finished in Venice (Trieste ). It is misleading to say Venice IMO-Trieste was not crowded and very nice but since this was our first time we were disappointed not seeing Venice. If we had known how far away it was we would have looked into disembarking at Trieste and staying overnight in Venice especially since our flight home was from there-maybe next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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