Dubai_Muthu

Hai Experts,

I plan to visit Italy and Switzerland for Leisure, someone advise me a two day Itinerary for Venice. Most probably i would like to spend my leisure in Grand Canal, so advise me excursions in Grand Canal for two days and also suggest me a best month to visit Venice with some best travel card to explore. Thanks.

Regards,
Muthu

Myer

First, contact Fodors and have them remove the trip report tag.

Then I suggest you search thru previous threads on Venice and Switzerland.

Then come back with questions you may have.

mamcalice

You have designated this post as a trip report (report after traveling) so you may not get as many responses as you want. Ask the moderators to remove the trip report icon.

It is up to you to decide on an itinerary. Use guidebooks and the "Destinations" tab on this site. Two days is not really enough for Venice. You will want to see St. Marks, the Doges Palace, the Grand Canal, the Frari Church, etc. If you like art, you will want to see one or two museums. If you like markets, visit the Rialto market early one morning. Do some research and then come back for help with details.

I would visit in May or September. You don't need a "travel card" but might get a vaporetto pass.

ellenem

mamcalice,

The vaporetto pass is actualy called a travel card" on the official site.

Here is the official site with prices and route maps--scroll down to "Tourist Travel Cards":

http://www.actv.it/en/movinginvenice/movinginvenice

Current prices for cards that might work for your time:
18,00 € - 12-HOUR TRAVELCARD TOUR OF THE ISLANDS
20,00 € - 24-HOUR TRAVELCARD
25,00 € - 36-HOUR TRAVELCARD
30,00 € - 48-HOUR TRAVELCARD
Even though you are staying two days, you might not need a travel card for the entire duration. The cards are food from first moment of use, so you might get a 24-hour card and first begin using at 1:00 PM on Day 1 and it would be valid until 1:00 PM on Day 2. You must decide what will work for your plans.

This site offers official tickets for museum passes, travel cards, and other services. Again, you have to think about what you really plan to do and see to maximize the benefit of the museum pass in so short a time. Depending on your plans, a pass may be no cheaper than buying the individual ticket you need.

http://www.veniceconnected.com/it/node/1475

I like Venice anytime except July and August--too crowded.

Dubai_Muthu

Sorry boss, I don't know how it came to trip report. I already contact with Fodors Admin to remove the trip tag.

ellenem

bad typing

The cards are GOOD from first moment of use,

TPAYT

ellenem----good info, saving for the future.

annhig

The cards are GOOD from first moment of use,>>

ellenem - i quite liked the original!

Muthu - the grand canal is not so much a destination as a thoroughfare, though an unusual and rather wet one. more or less anywhere in Venice will give access to the rest of the city, though some areas are more expensive and others are more convenient than others.

if you are arriving and/or by train and spending a relatively short period of time in Venice, a hotel near the station might be a good idea, but then you are likely to spend more time on the vaporetti [which is hardly a hardship, anyway, given the beauty of what you are sailing past].

mamcalice has already set out the main sights you may want to see - some guide books give ideas for 1,2,& 3 day itineraries, which may also help you to see what you might aim for.

As in most places, trying to group places together can make for a better trip - dotting all over the place is inefficient and tiring. so as one group you might look at all or any of the Doge's palace, the Basilica di San Marco, Santa Maria della Salute, the Accademia, the Guggenheim. another group might be the Rialto market, Scuola Grande di San Rocco and the Basilica of the Frari.

BTW, whoever said that Venice could be seen in 2 days was seriously understating the time needed to see even the most interesting sights.