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Sport As in all Italian cities, football (calcio) remains the predominant passion among sports fans. The city team, Venezia (website: www.veneziacalcio.it) is enjoying new-found popularity, having climbed back into Serie A after 30-odd years in the doldrums. During the season, the team plays alternate Sunday afternoons at the Pierluigi Penzo stadium (tel: (041) 523 999) in L’Isola Sant’Elena, the easternmost corner of Venice. Tickets cost from L30,000/EUR15.50 and can be purchased 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 fitness devotee braves the murky waters of the Adriatic. Golf: The Golf Club Lido, Via del Forte, Alberoni-Lido (tel: (041) 731 333), is considered one of Italy’s top ten golf courses. Located just ten kilometres (six miles) from the centre of Venice, it can be reached by taking the vaporetto to the Lido, then bus B to Alberoni. Facilities include three practice greens and an 18-hole course. The club opens daily 0830-1800 (until 2000 in summer) and is accessible to non-members for approximately L90,000/EUR46.50. 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, then Bus B. Courts are floodlit and open until 2300. Guests will pay around L16,000/EUR8.50 per hour and reservations are recommended. A swimming pool and gym are also available at the club. |
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