The turbo pass is highly recommended for Venice, especially if you have booked a hotel on the mainland and every day to Venice. The included museums / actions are rewarding and well chosen. For all who like to do a lot and visit the price-performance ratio is definitely right. The many churches that were included in the pass you definitely need to give your feet a break in between. For the island tour Murano-Burano-Tocello, the time for the individual islands was too short for us, we would rather plan the next time individually. The turbo pass was a very good decision.
Even if the price is not a bargain at first glance, the Turbo Pass has paid off. The handling of the download was perfect, better than last year in Rome, where you had to pick up the passport on the spot. That is too complicated. We had a hotel in Mestre, so it was great from the beginning that we had the local transport. This also significantly facilitates locomotion in the city. The tour on the Grand Canal and the island tour were ok. The stay on the islands was partly too short and partly unnecessary in our view (Torcello). The visit of the Doge's Palace was awesome and is definitely recommended. All in all, the pass is definitely worth it and in the end, the time is not enough to discover all the beauties of the city.
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So far, I've bought the City Pass for every city I've traveled. In Venice, however, the Stader is completely sufficient. The church, which is included in the extended version classic, is superfluous in Venice. I did not need a passport in any of the churches listed there or I have to pay admission. The churches, which are only accessible with admission, are unfortunately not included in the churches. In Venice, it is better to donate the money than to spend it on the church square.
We were 2 days in Venice and could only use part of the many "City Pass" opportunities. Everything is well described and has worked fine.
The airport transfer to the bus terminal in Venice works wonderfully. The buses run every half hour and are very punctual. At the bus terminal you can redeem the Turbopass at the kiosk in front of the landing stage of the vaporettos (not at the left side of the counter). Then you have free travel on all boats to all the islands, which is especially worthwhile when you are in Venice for the first time. Since we had booked two nights on Burano, we used the option for the local traffic. Booking these trips individually is much more expensive. Doge's Palace, Scuola Grande and the Opera were our highlights, the Jewish Museum closes earlier on Fridays (Sabbath). For adults and children, the Da Vinci Museum is also interesting. The gondola ride, however, we had imagined romantically. We were led with about 50 other people to the dock and then put in a gondola to six, where we could not even sit next to each other. The drive through the channels is ok.
A wonderful week in Venice
Good to get past the complete snake at the Doge's Palace!
Everything works, but it is necessary to always carry the printed matter, so that the required voucher is available at the respective locations. Better would be a customer card with a QR or barcode for all locations, which is read there. Everything is fine except for carrying all the prints.
The Venice City Pass helped us a lot. We booked without public transport and was for all those who would like to walk and want to explore so much in Venice just right. Through the Venice City Pass we have also gone to exhibitions and saw in addition to the planned attractions, a lot what we would not have done otherwise.
After having such great experiences with the Turbopass in Rome last year, we wanted to use it in Venice this year as well. However, this time there were a few things that were not great: The airport transfer applies only to the Marco Polo airport. For Treviso we had to book another. The 3 different parts (for museums, public transport, churches) had to be exchanged at different places. We did not come to all churches. In the Peggy Guggenheim and the Leonardo da Vinci Museum are also did not come and had to pay extra. The pass has simplified a lot, but there is still room for improvement here.
We got the Complete package for the Venice Pass. It included many of the churches, which did not charge in the first place. The gondola ride was at a specific time and we were never able to make that time. Gondola rides from that location were like sitting in gondola rush-hour traffic anyway. The museums included weren't really included. One of them even saw the pass and informed us that they'd never seen the pass before and made us pay to get in. They said the tickets had to be purchased at the Ducale? What? We were no where close.
Getting tickets for some of the sights was very confusing. Overall, I'm glad we purchased. I'm not sure if we saved much money, but the convenience and skip the line was nice once we figured out what we needed to do for each site. My advice is to arrive early so you can find out where to get your tickets. Read the instructions for each site very carefully. They all have specific hours and times you can use the pass.
The information about the passports received via email that you prefer to be admitted to St. Mark's Basilica is wrong. Anyway, it did not work for us and we tried it on all entrances. We were referred to the "normal" snake.
The Venice city pass was good. We had an islands tour and a Grand Canal tour. According to the website when we were buying the tickets it was supposed to include more than what we were able to experience. Luckily we only had one day there and so we went on the two tours that day that took up most of our day. The other downside is that this is not a known service there. That meant that asking for directions to meeting points was not easy.
I start with the service. Unclear e-mails how to use the passport or what should check beforehand (name eg). The answers came quickly in the beginning, but then I had to ask 2 times until the answer came I had asked: No matter what passport ... It's about that we had booked 3 passes together and was not clear which name belongs to whom. In the mail stood: check your name. This is not possible. Which turned out to be. We did not travel together. the tickets for the means of transport came out all 3 together at the machine although you only needed 2 and I the 3 later. Very unfavorable! I can not recommend booking passes together unless you travel back and forth together! If you are good on foot you need no tickets for transport. I would always look where you live and what you can see exactly where. You can stroll through the streets without using a vaporetto. But if you are traveling a lot and in the evening far back then worth the drive back with a water taxi. I can not say that we took advantage of the 3 day ticket. Buying individual tickets several times a day would be more expensive than the 10 € day ticket ... Well, my recommendation is superior. Bus transfer is only useful for those who rather have a central accommodation. Because of the bus station you have to take a vaporetto or walk again. It is useful to look first if not from the airport the water taxi makes sense closer to the accommodation. That was the case with us, for example. Gondola lift was great class. pretty much a check-in, but our gondoleur was great and we were almost alone on the road ... Can recommend the first ride in the morning to take, otherwise you stand in line ... service on site was great. Everything went fast, it was used exactly where it started. We recommend. But if you are 4 people and more you should do it privately because the gondola east costs 80 € everywhere and that goes through 4, 5, 6 for example. Many churches can be seen, even those who are particularly interested. The tour at Le Fenice we could have saved us. The lady was not understood at all, only in English, no translation, no hint that also offers the Fenice audioguides ... The opera is beautiful for it has been successful, but not because of the tour. My conclusion. For us, the passes were not worth it. We paid 155 € for three days and that's just not enough time to use everything this pass offers, which is actually designed for 7 days. (3 days of which were transport for 30 €) Believe well before thinking about what you want to do and see exactly.
Basically ok, but not necessary. Price wise no big differences to normal tickets. Waiting time reduction uninteresting. Have not waited so long. Absolutely necessary and good is the Vaporetto multi-day ticket.
Good gondola and island tour. But you could purchase them separately and save money that way. I was not as happy with Doge's Palace and other places - than I was with places like Rome and Florence. I would prefer getting lost in Venice instead. For what it was, I still had a good time - so take this review for what it is worth.
The city pass was not worth it for me because many sights are still payable and the airport transfer to my airport was not offered ... Since the turbo pass for Rome was rather good.
The redemption was complicated.
At first glance, such a passport seems practical - but it's not nearly as straightforward as stated. We did not have to queue in the Doge's Palace anyway - but we had to exchange our print-out for a ticket at a second counter, which took a while. We did not want to get involved in the theater "La Fenice" because we were supposedly missing a special paper that we had not been told. Fortunately, the nice lady left us without any red tape without the said paper. Incidentally, we had to hire ourselves at all counters and did not get to our turn any faster. In contrast, the island tour and the ride on the Canale Grande went without a hitch. My conclusion: For people who, like us, only want to spend three days in Venice, this passport means stress, because one wants to "work off" the money; To many churches, which demand anyway only a low admission price, we did not arrive at all and there was only little time to stroll. Financially, it was not worth it; For us, the whole thing was just like that. Maybe this pass is recommended for people who want to stay in the city for more than three days.