Venice Connected Discount Card
 

I will be traveling to Venice with my family of 5 in November. We will be staying in an apartment in the Dorsoduro area for 3 nights before moving on to Florence. While in Venice we plan to visit St. Marks, the Doge Palace (Secret IT tour), possibly visit Murano and possibly the Accademia or Correr Museums. I have about a Venice Card or Venice Connected Card that includes water travel and some discounted admissions. I have also read that Venice is a very walkable city. Given the places I've outlined above would it make sense for me to get a Venice Connected Card? Do I need one for each member of my family including the kids (ages 9, 11 & 12)? Does the card include vaporetti and traghetto?

eurocheapo.com/venice getting around details issues

short stays with large family walking saves a lot

Dorsuduro close to everything best residential area

stayed there in May... 5-10 minutes walking max to

everywhere I went... I loved wandering around visited

San Marco right at 8 AM surprisingly deserted.

So personally would skip it for better exercise cost saving

Happy Travels!

Kids till 6 years of age travel free..

This site should provide the information you are looking for, plus more-

http://livingveniceblog.com/venice-i.../coming-going/

Even though I walk a lot in Venice, I always get the vaporetto pass through Venice Connected (pre-purchased at a discount- see the website). It only takes a few rides to get my money's worth. Also, the kids will want to ride the vaporetto and it is a nice way to view the city.

Venice Card (Adults: €39.90 / Ages 6–29: €29.90): This card includes free entrance to the Doge’s Palace, the Jewish Museum in the ghetto, sixteen churches (the Chorus Pass), ten Musei Civici di Venezia (Museo Correr, National ArchaelogicalArcheological Museum, Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Ca’ Rezzonico– Museum of Eighteenth-Century Art, Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo, Carlo Goldoni’s House, Ca’ Pesaro, International Gallery of Modern Art and Oriental Art Museum, Glass Museum – Murano, Museum of Natural History, and Lace Museum – Burano*). The bonuses are a free map, two public bathroom passes, discounts at the Peggy Guggenheim museum, and no waiting in lines! This pass is good for seven days and can be purchased at any HelloVenezia or Venezia Si’ ticket office (Venezia Si’ locations: Mestre & S. Lucia train stations, or Accademia, Rialto, and San Marco vaporetto stops), the Marco Polo airport, or at the Agenzia 365 offices at the train station. For more info, see www.venicecard.com

If you visit www.veniceconnected.com, you can save up to 25% on these same public transportation passes based on the days you will be visiting. Use the calendar to choose the day of arrival and pre-purchase the same 72-hour travel card online for €25.75 instead of the regular €33!

But in the end the best part of seeing Venice is walking. For more information on savings tips, I would recommend the Venice for Rookies guide.

It's definitely not worth getting the Venice Cards, especially for such a short trip and when you are not intending to visit that many paid attactions. I've never found it worthwhile myself in fact, for longer visits.

With only 2 full days plus, what - 2 half days ? - you will be walking nearly everwhere. The only place you mention maybe visiting for which you'd need a boat is Murano. Plus presumably getting to/from the apartment - from/to the railway station or the airport ? Either way you don't *have* to pay for 72 hours transportation - you may find that some combination of 12 hour passes and even maybe singles works out best - to work out the cheapest option you'd need to draw up a plan of when you will use boats and maybe the airport bus. For instance you might find it best to get 12 hour passes for the day you arrive - transport from arrival point to apartment, then after settling in take vaporetto rides up and down the Grand Canal to sightsee. Then walk everywhere, and just get singles back to the railway station when you leave.

Or if that's too difficult, or you don't want to pre-plan your schedule to that extent, or paying the minimum possible is not that important, you could just get 72 hour passes :-)