Tickets and Passes
- Apr 4, 2016
- 2 min read
A little walk around Venice with thanks from Venice Word.
There are so many places to see in Venice and it really is very easy to get trapped into buying too many tickets for museums, churches, palaces, vaporettos and concerts when you are planning your trip.
If you only have a few days to explore, you don't need a whole lot of very expensive tickets.
The best way to see this amazing medieval city is to walk. You can walk to anywhere in the historic centre in about 30 minutes or less. There is always so much to see along the way, little alleyways, shops, churches, piazzas, monuments, gondoliers, cafes, bridges.........these are the endlessly wonderful things about Venice and you can never get really lost because there is great signage everywhere.
However, the trip on the number 1 vaporetto all the way down the Grand Canal - in the evening when the lights are on and you can see the painted ceilings and murano chandeliers - or the trip home because you have run out of steam from all the walking means you might like at least one or two tickets, also you will need a ticket if you would like to go to Giudecca, Murano, Burano or any of the other islands in the lagoon.
The busy Grand Canal is always breathtaking especially at night.
So it's worth planning your movements a little and buying a one, two, three or seven day Venezia Unica Pass which ranges from €20 - €60 and is available from any vaporetto ticket booth or from the Venezia Unica site.
This pass covers your transport on all vaporetto routes within Venice and in the lagoon. But remember that it will not take you to the airport by boat, only the Alilaguna waterbus does that trip. The Venezia Unica Pass does however give you a bus ride to the airport from Piazzale Roma.
When you buy your pass you are also able to add access to the city's museums, palaces, galleries, etc. Many of the churches are free to have a look at, but the really spectacular ones charge a fee, as you can imagine, the cost of maintaining these wonders of the world must be huge, so tourism dollars are crucial. You can also pay at the door if you haven't added access fees to your pass.
St Mark's Basilica is free to visit, but there is always a long queue so I would suggest a Skip the Line ticket from Venetoinside. This company has many very useful tours and information to help you decide what to see.
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