As in all Italian cities,
football (calcio) remains the predominant passion among sports fans.
The Lido that attracts the golfers, riders and tennis players, although
only the most dedicated of fitness devotees brave the murky waters
of the Adriatic.
Football
The city team, Venezia
(e-mail: info@veneziacalcio.it),
currently enjoying new-found popularity, is currently playing a
game of yo-yo with serious financial implications by flitting between
Serie A (Italian premier league) and the lower division. During
the season, the team plays alternate Sunday afternoons at the embarrassingly
shabby Pierluigi Penzo stadium, L’Isola Sant’Elena (telephone
number: (041) 238 0711), in the easternmost corner of the city.
Tickets cost from €16 and are available at two branches of
the Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta – Campo San Bartolomeo,
San Marco, and Strada Nova, Cannaregio. It is the Lido that attracts
the golfers, riders and tennis players, although only the most dedicated
of fitness devotees brave the murky waters of the Adriatic.
Golf
The
Golf Club Lido, Via del Forte, Alberoni-Lido (telephone
number: (041) 731 333), is considered one of Italy’s top ten
golf courses. Located just 10 kilometres (six miles) from the centre
of Venice, it can be reached by vaporetto to the Lido, then bus
B to Alberoni. Facilities include three practice greens and an 18-hole
course. The club opens daily 0830 hrs-1800 hrs(until 2000 hrs in
the summer) and is accessible to non-members for approximately €50.
Fitness Centres
Those concerned with health and wellbeing should head off for a
session at Palestra
Club Delfino, Zattere (telephone number: (041) 523 2763).
Tennis
Ten tennis courts are available to non-members at the Tennis Club
Cai del Moro, Via Ferruccio Parri 6, on the Lido (tel: (041) 770
801). Players can reach the club by taking the Lido vaporetto and
then bus B. Courts are floodlit and open until 2300. Guests pay
around €10 per hour and reservations are recommended. A swimming
pool and gym are also available at the club. |
