A useful pass for Venice. We had the CLASSIC pass and loved the gondola ride and tour of the Opera house. We found it helpful to go onto the Turbopass website and read the detailed instructions before each visit - seeing the times of the gondola rides for example, and where to book in at the travel agents beforehand (their allocation fills up, so it is worth doing in advance). At the Doge’s Palace use the prepaid queue and once inside look for the kiosk labelled something like ‘solo group bookings’ to get your ticket. It saves a lot of waiting in the hot sun. The prepaid airport shuttle bus was great. Look out for the big white bus with ‘airport bus Venice - Marco Polo’ which is clearly marked on the side.
As our gondolier was not a singer, one passenger played ‘ a sol da meia’ on her phone which added to the atmosphere! Generally going to attractions as they open, early in the day, avoids the worst of the crowds and heat. We stayed on the Lido, which is quieter and has some good restaurants especially Grand Viale. Our 3rd visit to Venice. We would use the Turbo Pass again.
The entrance with the Turbopass almost without exception worked! Only in a church, which was advertised as included in the turbo pass, we were charged the entrance fee. Since we were only running for the church for almost three quarters of an hour, we paid the price of 7 € per person. Whether it was wrong advertised, what has changed in the meantime or the guy in the ticket office was just unfriendly to us I can not say. At other attractions everything worked wonderfully. I would buy the turbo pass again, if you want to participate in a city trip as much as possible!
Unfortunately, you can not use the tickets for local transport on any day during the validity of the pass. Therefore we could not book this.
I googled for a pass as I do with all locations, good price and value for money
Unfortunately we found it complicated because there was no map as usual. We used our printed DinA 4 slip for everything. that could have been said before because the places where we supposedly should have gotten a passport as the museums did not exist. All in all a great holiday.
We totally used our City Pass in Venice and it not only made entrances easier (skipped the lines waiting for tickets) but saved us some money. We appreciated having a shuttle from Marco Polo airport to the island, a choice of boat rides (gondola or canal tour), loved seeing the Doge (had to pay extra for the private apartment), and liked the Duomo but had to pay extra for the upper level and balconies. I would have appreciated having the extras included also.
Our suggestion is when the shuttle drops you at Piazza Roma you should pay a porter to cart your luggage to your apartment or hotel. The bridges make it very difficult to take 50# suitcases over the steps and it was only 15 euros.
Public transport ticket is worthwhile! It's fun to chug back and forth on the canal. Airport transfer is clever - these two points would also be easy to book suburb. The gondola ride was too six, but it was nice, it is definitely worth it (so we booked the Classic ticket) The tour to the islands of Murano / Burano etc. is also recommended. From the museums we were only in the da Vinci Museum and in the Markus Church - there was a Skip-the-Line Line, despite the "Skip the Line" ticket, so did not really bring anything - so there was no big savings but we had a common thread with optional attractions and maybe we have but the whole small museums also supported, then it would be OK;)
This was quite handy, as I used the water buses a lot and it was nice to have prepaid entrance for the big attractions. Overall, I would say it was a fair deal and since money is time, it was worth it for the convenience alone.
Great thing. Once you have it, everything works perfectly! Just !!!! The staff at the various counters is so not! Helpful !! We were sent 8x from switch to switch until we were at the kiosk where we were already einml dan suddenly but got the city pass. Ridiculous. But this could not cloud us the beautiful days in Venice. The rest worked without problems
The turbo pass is recommended, with a few improvements he is perfect, the local agencies are mostly not informed about the turbo pass in Venice because reaching some museums is a bit difficult if that is improved the turbo pass is perfect.
Advantage: no complicated buying of tickets, free admission to various attractions, 1-hour Canale Grande ride included in the turbo pass. Negative is that no "fast track" was granted to the Dogenplatz.
We were very satisfied with the possibilities offered by this City Pass and have also used it extensively. In particular, the trips by boat in the canals or to Murano and Burano were very interesting. Once you get the public transport ticket, it's a comfortable affair and Venice is a great way to explore. Only the activation of the public transport ticket was a bit difficult at the first attempt. The sales office at the bus station in Mestre sent us to a machine (distance about 500 meters). Once there we had to find that this was broken and was just repaired. Back to the point of sale, we then received after a long wait the desired ticket! The benefits of visiting museums, Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Basilica, etc. were very pleasant, as there are hardly any waiting times and sometimes preferred entrance at the ticket booths. We are therefore happy to recommend the Venice City Pass.
We were very satisfied with the possibilities offered by this City Pass and have also used it extensively. In particular, the trips by boat in the canals or to Murano and Burano were very interesting. Once you get the public transport ticket, it's a comfortable affair and Venice is a great way to explore. Only the activation of the public transport ticket was a bit difficult at the first attempt. The sales office at the bus station in Mestre sent us to a machine (distance about 500 meters). Once there we had to find that this was broken and was just repaired. Back to the point of sale, we then received after a long wait the desired ticket! The benefits of visiting museums, Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Basilica, etc. were very pleasant, as there are hardly any waiting times and sometimes preferred entrance at the ticket booths. We are therefore happy to recommend the Venice City Pass.
5 days in Venice with the City Pass Classic. Financially worth this pass anyway - even if you only use 50% of the offers. The fastway ticket for the Doge's Palace is great - but poorly described. You do not have to do the "group entrance" as described, but on the water side of the palace. That cost us 1.5 hours despite fastway. Also, you have to know how the "Vaporetto" tickets work. There are special counters at various stops for the locals - the tourist tickets do not work there. Here an information brochure would have been very helpful! The ticket, which you get after ordering, receives various QR codes, which can not be read at some entry points. To do this you first have to show the QR codes in a certain travel agency and then receive the tickets with barcodes. Here the organizer urgently needs to revise his information - but all in all: 100% recommendation - WORTH IT!
We stayed in a small hotel on Giudecca Island at Giudecca Venezia. By vaporetto it took 10 minutes to get to San Marco and we slept in a very quiet place. There is good restaurant on the island too but our favorite Osteria da Carla con cuccina. Then all the rest of the city delighted us.
We have consistently had good experiences with the starter. It is stress-free and uncomplicated. Only most of the museums are not in there and need to be booked extra. Even with loss of the local transport card, you have to pay again.
Found the Venice City Pass Excellent value for money, We had Five days in Venice and pretty much managed to do most of the Itinenary on it, Had the Best Pass but just make sure when you redeem the Museum pass at the Doges Palace that they give you the right pass as I got to one of the museums on the pass and had trouble getting in but after some explaining and the museum making a few phone calls managed to get in.!! The Teatro la Fenice Tour was amazing. Everything we done on the pass was excellent the only downside was that the Islands tour doesn't really give you enough time to visit the lace museum and the Glass Museum so you would need to do that on a separate trip. Also it's a shame the Arsenale isn't on the pass. All in all very good value for money.
Leaving the tourist trails, you will discover alleys, attractive side streets, pretty bridges and parks that make up Venice as well - or much more - than the usual tourist miles. Absolutely you should with the Vaporetto translate to the island Giudecca. Here it is much quieter than on the main islands, you can stroll through the streets in peace, eat in good restaurants at normal prices - and has one of the best views of the silhouette of Venice with the St. Mark's Basilica and the famous Campanile bell tower.