Hotel Rates
Hotel prices generally run from €100 to €200 a night, depending on services, stars and location. By doing your homework, you can score a pension or 1-star hotel for as little as €60. Check out our Cheapo listings.
Restaurant Prices
Meals range in price from a couple of euros for coffee and a cicchetti at a little osteria to extremely pricey trattorias. Be sure to check out the prices of the set-price menus and menus turistici. Set-price menu choices are often quite limited, but they usually present a good deal for your money, without the shock of a service charge at the end of the meal.
For example, a restaurant charging €10 per course might charge €15 for a three-course menu fisso. Ask for the local specials and wines. Wine is often included in the price of a menu fisso.
When it comes to ordering full meals a la carte, customers are expected to order at least two courses. The first course, primi, will range in price from €8 to €15. The second course, secondi, generally will also range in price from €8 to €15.
When it comes to Cheapo eating, the choices are many. Though supermarkets in Venice are rare, there are plenty of specialty shops where goods are priced affordably. These specialty shops provide a wonderful opportunity to travel back to a time when every store owner was a master of a particular food craft.
The salumeria sells cold cuts and cheeses. Yogurt is sold at the latteria. Vegetables and fruits can be bought at a produce stand or the alimentari. For bread, visit the forno or the pasticceria, where you can also stock up on pastries. Crepes aren't too shabby, either, and pizza by the slice comes in thin New York-style slices. Never forget gelato. Look for natural colors as opposed to the ostentatiously fake varieties. Dull-looking gelato is the real deal while brightly colored gelato is processed and unnatural. | 
