Venice City Pass & Travel Cards
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Review of the best tourist cards, ACTC Tickets, Venezia Unica, Museum Cards and Venice city passes; which travel cards really save you money or avoid waiting times?
Review: Venice City Pass & Tourist Cards
Venice has a number of different tourist passes and travel cards. A number of these discount cards will really save you money and, above all, a lot of unnecessary waiting times, such as the Venice Pass, Venezia Unica Card and ACTV travel card. We have reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of all tourist cards, so that you can consider which Venice City Pass is most suitable for you.
1) Recommended : Venice Pass
This is absolutely the best tourist pass while this card gives access to two popular activities. The Venice City Pass gives you fast track access to the popular Doge's Palace and Saint Mark's Basilica, two top attractions in Venice city. In addition, a classic gondola ride on the canals of Venice is also included (Book your Venice City Pass here). During the booking process you can conveniently reserve your desired dates and time slots for the various activities. After payment you will receive your tickets by email or you can show them via smartphone.
This Venice City Pass includes these attractions:
- Skip The Line entrance to the Basilica of San Marco
- Fast track entrance for the Doge's Palace'
- 3 museums on St. Mark's Square: Museo Correr, the Archaeological Museum and Biblioteca Marciana
- Choose between: Murano & Burano Boat Tour or Classic Gondola Ride (If you prefer not to go on a gondola ride, you can also book this Venice Super Combi)
- Optional: public transport tickets (ACTV) and/or water taxi from airport
- App with audio guide for a city tour in Venice
- 10% discount on various attractions and excursions
- More info and reservations Venice Pass
2) ACTV Public transport card
When you plan to use public transport in Venice you always have to rely on ACTV's waterbuses (vaporettos). Book your ACTV travel card easily via this link. During the booking process you can indicate for how many days you need a travel card. You will receive a smartphone voucher, which you can easily exchange at a Venezia Unica self-service ticket machine at a Vaporetto stop or at the Venezia Unica counter at Piazzale Roma (next to the station and main bus stop).
If you want to use public transport (via water), you are always depending on ACTV in Venice. You can pre-order your tickets for the Vaporetto waterbuses, choosing between the following ACTV travel cards:
- Regular ACTV ticket for 75 minutes (9.50 €)
- One day ticket, which is valid for the water buses in Venice and the islands of Lido, Murano and Burano (25 €)
- Travel card for 2 days, which is valid for the water buses in Venice and the islands of Lido, Murano and Burano (35 €)
- Travel card for 3 days, which is valid for the water buses in Venice and the islands of Lido, Murano and Burano (45 €)
- Travel card for 7 days, which is valid for the water buses in Venice and the islands of Lido, Murano and Burano (65 €)
- Venezia Unica Card, a city pass with tickets for the water buses, the Doge's Palace and 11 museums (from 77 €)
Suggestion: Are you considering the use of the Vaporetto? Then download the 'AVM Venezia app' in the Play Store. This is a handy route planner from the transport company ACTV, so that you know exactly which line to take to and from your hotel.
3) Venice City Pass (Turbopass)
The Venice City Pass (or Turbopass) is the most comprehensive city pass for Venice. The Venice City Turbopass is valid for 1 to 7 days and gives access to various museums, 20+ attractions and churches. Furthermore, the Venice City Turbopass also includes some boat rides. This new tourist card is very interesting if you stay for a longer period in Venice.
This Venice City Pass includes the following attractions, namely:
- Ticket for the Doge's Palace
- Admission to Correr Museum, National Archaeological Museum & Biblioteca Marciana
- Boat trip to Murano, Burano and Torcello
- A shared gondola ride
- Various museums and attractions such as: Cà Rezzonico, Palazzo Mocenigo, Cà Pesaro, Palazzo Fortuny, Scuola Grande di San Rocco and Scala Contarini del Bovolo
- Access to 15 Chorus Churches
- Optional: Entrance to St. Mark's Basilica
- Optional: Boat trip on the Grand Canal
- Optional: Public transport card (including Vaporetto) and/or airport transfer
- Info and bookings Venice City Turbopass
4) Venice Museum Pass
This Venice Museum Pass is especially interesting if you plan to visit many museums. It is a pass that is valid for no less than 180 days and includes 11 museums, including a number of important museums on St. Mark's Square like the popular Doge's Palace. However, the disadvantage of this card is, that after your order, you still have to pick up the 'physical card' at one of the (central) collection locations in Venice. When booking, note that the museum card comes in two variants: the Museum Card Chorus (only interesting if you want to visit a lot of churches) and the most booked Museum Card Plus.
The Venice Museum Card Plus gives access to the following museums:
- Fast track ticket Doge's Palace
- Correr Museum
- National Archaeological Museum
- Biblioteca Marciana
- Ca 'Rezzonico
- The house of Carlo Goldoni
- Palazzo Mocenigo
- Ca 'Pesaro
- Glass Museum (Murano)
- Lace Museum (Burano)
- Natural History Museum
- Info and bookings Venice Museum Pass
5) Single tickets
Sometimes it is cheaper to purchase seperate tickets instead of a Venice City Pass or Venezia Unica Card. In addition, a number of popular activities and sights are not included in most Venice tourist pass, such as the boat trip to the islands of Murano and Burano. Below is an overview of the most sold tickets for a city trip to Venice:
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