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Hi, My name is Ankesh , I am coming to Venice on 9th June and will return on 10th June. I have few questions listed below :- 1) I am in city for nearly 36 hours , I will reach Venice at Marco Polo Airport, So what would be the best way for exploring Venice by public transport. Should I take 36 hours ACTV Card or 3 Days youth card (18 Euro)with Rolling Venice(4 Euro) and take return back to hotel Marco Polo ?? 2) What is the best location to take hotel in budget which is near to the main places to go around Venice or either it is connected to public transport? 3) What are the other areas in the outskirts of Venice that is worth going ? Thanks Ankesh
Hello Ankesh. Welcome to VT. 1. Venice is a very small city and you can very easily explore it simply by walking. It only takes an hour or so to cross on foot. So I suggest you wait until you are in Venice itself before you buy any sort of transport card. You may find, as I have done on my visits, that you do not need to use the vaporetti (water-buses) to explore Venice at all...and so you will not need to pay for any transport card. If you want to explore the islands in the lagoon then you might buy a 12 hour card just for a day spent visiting one or two islands? I think you mean ACTV, rather than ATVO. ATVO runs the airport buses and some mainland routes whereas ACTV runs the vaporetti and also some land routes (buses). Here's the ACTV site in English: actv.it/en/movinginvenice/mo... The ATVO airport bus (you will see the stop directly outside Arrivals at Marco Polo) will cost you 5 euro and will drop you in Piazzale Roma, where all land traffic stops: atvo.it/index.php?lang=en&ar... 2. All of Venice is expensive, I'm afraid. It does not really matter where you stay, although staying near Piazzale Roma is useful for trains and buses. You will find cheaper accomm options in Mestre, across the causeway on the mainland. There are frequent buses to Venice and trains every couple of minutes from Mestre station to Venice Santa Lucia station. 3. You might take the train for a daytrip to lovely Padova, or to Verona. Train times, details and fares in English here; trenitalia.com/homepage_en.h... Or you could visit the lagoon islands, such as Burano, Murano, Lido etc. Put each place names into the searchbox top right of this page to see member pages, photos and tips about each place.
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36 hours isn't much time for such a remarkable place, but if you want a break from the mobs of tourists I highly recommend a trip out to the island of Torcello. This was the original settlement, and has the first cathedral, and a neighboring round church, both very ancient, a nice place to eat, and not much else. It's very peaceful, and the artwork in the cathedral is well worth the trip. On the return trip, I suggest Burano instead of Murano, for nice stroll around a prettily painted working neighborhood with far fewer tourists than Burano--unless you're really interested in glass-blowing tours.
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