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Venice

A city of canals, palaces and lagoon islands

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Best time to visit: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
Currency: EUR
Time zone: UTC+1
Country: Italy

Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0

A city built on 118 islands in a lagoon, with no cars, where the streets are canals and every walk ends at a bridge.

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Venice

Quick facts

Figures are rounded recent official estimates.

Country: Italy
Capital: Rome
City population: 250,000
Population of Italy: 58.9M
Country area: 302,068 km²
Official language: Italian
Currency: Euro (EUR) · 1 USD ≈ 0.8929 EUR
Time zone: UTC+1
Calling code: +39
Drives on the: Right
Elevation: 1 m
Plugs: C / F / L · 230V
Emergency numbers: 112
Best time to visit: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct

Temperatures through the year

Average daily high and low for each month in °C. Months marked with a drop are often rainy.

Temperatures through the year

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High	7°	9°	13°	17°	22°	26°	29°	28°	24°	18°	12°	8°
Low	0°	1°	4°	8°	13°	17°	19°	19°	15°	11°	6°	1°

Best time to visitOther months

Approximate daily cost

Per adult per day: food, local transport and half a double room, without activities or flights.

ConservativeSimple stays, free and low-cost sights first.$107
HighComfortable hotels, a balanced mix of sights and trips.$230
LuxuryLuxury hotels, more paid experiences and day trips.$610

Plan a trip to Venice

Top things to do

≈ $8
St Mark's Basilica and Square
Golden mosaics inside a Byzantine basilica on the city's great square; book a time slot to skip the queue.
- Half day
- San Marco
≈ $35
Doge's Palace and the Bridge of Sighs
The seat of the Venetian Republic, its painted halls and the prisons across the Bridge of Sighs.
- Half day
- San Marco
- Indoors
≈ $10
Grand Canal by vaporetto line 1
The slow water bus past palaces from the station to San Marco; far cheaper than a gondola, and best at dusk.
- Half day
- Rialto and Cannaregio
- Good for kids
- Good in the evening
Free
Rialto Market and bridge
The morning fish and produce market (closed on Sunday), then small bars for cicchetti, Venetian snacks.
- Half day
- Rialto and Cannaregio
- Good for kids
≈ $25
Day trip: Murano and Burano
Glass-blowing on Murano and the brightly painted fishermen's houses of Burano, by vaporetto.
- Full day
- Lagoon islands
- Good for kids
≈ $18
Gallerie dell'Accademia and Dorsoduro
Venetian painting from Bellini to Titian, then the quieter canals and the Salute church.
- Half day
- Dorsoduro
- Indoors

Before you go

Entry and visas

Italy is in the Schengen area: up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Many nationalities, including Indian and Saudi citizens, need a Schengen visa; visa-exempt visitors are registered at the border in the EU Entry/Exit System (EES).

Official website

From the airport

From Marco Polo Airport, take the Alilaguna boat, a bus to Piazzale Roma (about 25 minutes) or a water taxi. Trains arrive at Santa Lucia station on the Grand Canal.

Getting around

Walk and use vaporetti (water buses); multi-day passes are much cheaper than single tickets. Gondolas are for the experience, not transport.

Local tips

Day visitors pay an access fee on set peak days; overnight guests are exempt but pay the hotel tourist tax.
Pack light: there are many bridges with steps and no cars.
High water (acqua alta) can flood San Marco in autumn and winter; sirens give warning.
Avoid sitting to eat on monuments and bridges; it is fined.