Chances are, the Venetian weather will not be perfect every day of your stay. I am forever hearing some visitor whine about how the humidity and heat or the rain and chill or the inconvenient acqua alta absolutely spoiled the vacation.
Here's what I say: "Crybabies, stay home!"
If you hole up in your hotel or hostel because of a little nasty precipitation or an overheated breeze, you're likely to miss a real opportunity. Venice is often at her most beautiful when the weather is at its worst. So get out and see what the lady La Serenissima really looks like.
Study the colors of the Grand Canal and Bacino waters as they shift and change. See that old magician "La Nebbia" (fog) make entire islands and buildings and boats disappear and reappear before your eyes. Pick a trattoria with big windows on a narrow street so you can catch the nimble ballet of bobbing umbrellas. Bundle up and enjoy the poetic solitude - a rare thing in Venice - when all the timid souls have scurried inside to stay dry. Have a really good glass of wine somewhere near the water and watch as the incoming tide bubbles up through the pavement, creeps up the fondamenta steps or down the street, changes a campo into a pond. (And if you're coming at acqua alta time, for Heaven's sake, remember to bring your waterproof boots!)
Savvy travelers know, it's far more romantic here when the forecast is less than rosy. And besides - the prices are better too.
