Venice travelcards - 3 days or 72 hours?
January 6, 2018 10:59 AM Subscribe
Venice transportation options have me absolutely confused. The ACTV fares page and most tourist sites say the travelcards / time limited tickets are valid for 1, 2 or 3 days. The same ACTV's vaporetto page says 24, 48 or 72 hours. Can anyone who used them confirm which of those is correct?
I'll be in Venice for 4 days, but of course two of those are flight days, so if the tickets are 72 hours, that would be enough to cover my entire sojourn in Venice proper. Or do I have to buy an additional (rather extortionate...) vaporetto ticket to get to my hotel on the first day?
(General Venice recommendations also welcome, especially if anyone was there over Palm Sunday...)
I'll be in Venice for 4 days, but of course two of those are flight days, so if the tickets are 72 hours, that would be enough to cover my entire sojourn in Venice proper. Or do I have to buy an additional (rather extortionate...) vaporetto ticket to get to my hotel on the first day?
(General Venice recommendations also welcome, especially if anyone was there over Palm Sunday...)
The question is calendar days vs. hours. If the ticket is validated at noon on Monday, is it good through midnight on Monday or noon on Tuesday?
posted by lazuli at 12:25 PM on January 6, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by lazuli at 12:25 PM on January 6, 2018 [4 favorites]
I was in Venice recently and to be honest, we hardly used the water transport at all. Only to head out to Monaro etc one day, and to get in from the airport another. The water transport is really slow and Venice is really small and beautiful to walk through, so we didn't use it to get around in Venice itself. I think between the two opposite sides of Venice it is only about a 45min walk (say from the train station to St Marks). So you may not need as much water travel as you thought.
Also when wondering around the streets (as everyone recommends you do). We tried to find particular points, that made it a little more fun. Such as the narrowest street in Venice (one of the narrowest on the world) or the bridge with no sides.
posted by daffodil at 12:42 PM on January 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
Also when wondering around the streets (as everyone recommends you do). We tried to find particular points, that made it a little more fun. Such as the narrowest street in Venice (one of the narrowest on the world) or the bridge with no sides.
posted by daffodil at 12:42 PM on January 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
Under 'Time-Limited Tickets' in your first link it mentions "time tickets for tourists (1, 2, 3 and 7 days from the moment of validation)". So hours, rather than calendar days.
posted by corvine at 1:32 PM on January 6, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by corvine at 1:32 PM on January 6, 2018 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Yep, I just checked the Italian version of the site to make sure, and it's hours, not calendar days.
However, a warning, in case you haven't realised this. How are you planning on getting from the airport to your hotel?
I'm asking because you have two options: you can take a shuttle bus to Piazzale Roma and from there take a vaporetto water bus, which is of course included in the ACTV ticket (though you need to pay extra for the shuttle bus), to wherever your hotel is, or you can take an Alilaguna water bus directly from the airport, which is not included in the ACTV ticket, so you'll have to buy a separate ticket for that. Which of the two is more efficient depends entirely on your hotel location.
Depending on your flight times and hotel location, your options then end up like this:
posted by sailoreagle at 4:32 PM on January 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
However, a warning, in case you haven't realised this. How are you planning on getting from the airport to your hotel?
I'm asking because you have two options: you can take a shuttle bus to Piazzale Roma and from there take a vaporetto water bus, which is of course included in the ACTV ticket (though you need to pay extra for the shuttle bus), to wherever your hotel is, or you can take an Alilaguna water bus directly from the airport, which is not included in the ACTV ticket, so you'll have to buy a separate ticket for that. Which of the two is more efficient depends entirely on your hotel location.
Depending on your flight times and hotel location, your options then end up like this:
- Vaporetto is most convenient to get to your hotel (shuttle bus + 72hr ACTV ticket)
- Alilaguna is most convenient to get to your hotel, and you're not planning on riding the vaporetto on arrival or departure days (Alilaguna return + 48hr ticket)
- Alilaguna is most convenient to get to your hotel but you're landing early and/or leaving late enough that you'll be riding the vaporetto on arrival and departure days for the sake of sightseeing, too (Alilaguna return + 72hr ACTV ticket)
posted by sailoreagle at 4:32 PM on January 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thank you everyone! The question was indeed about calendar days vs hours - I should have specified. In my experience this can differ between cities in the same country, hence my confusion. I'm travelling with a person who sometimes has trouble walking, so I'd rather plan for the potential bad days.
Incidentally, we're flying into Treviso, so our only decent option looks to be a bus to Piazzale Roma and either walk or vaporetto to our hotel at Fondamente Nuova...
posted by I claim sanctuary at 11:46 PM on January 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
Incidentally, we're flying into Treviso, so our only decent option looks to be a bus to Piazzale Roma and either walk or vaporetto to our hotel at Fondamente Nuova...
posted by I claim sanctuary at 11:46 PM on January 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
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