Comment by 8draco8

When I was going to Venice for the first time one of my co-workers gave me one little advice "when you will go out of train station, go right not left" and it was a fantastic advice. Route to the left is main route to Piazza San Marco, it's almost always overcrowded, with a lot of shady sellers, lots of shops selling cheap, china made souvenirs etc. pretty much all the things that you most likely want to avoid. On top of that advice I am also adding my own: "get lost in Venice", just go in the other direction and I will guarantee you that in 5 minutes you will end up alone in a beautiful place with some small restaurant, seemingly waiting just for you. Venice is still beautiful and worth visiting, just don't spent so much time on visiting places from the guides, get lost and you will find gems that you wouldn't find otherwise.