Current thoughts on Venice Card?
 

I found a couple old threads that mention the Venice Card, but not much current.

We bought these cards a couple years ago, and found them fairly useful, especially the ability to just hop on and off transporation, which can add up quickly otherwise. We also stopped into a number of museums that we might have otherwise passed up since admissions can add up quickly.

I was just checking online, and the prices seem to have gone up quite a bit, and they now only offer options for 12 hours, 48 hours, or 7 days. I might be wrong, but I think we bought one for 4 or 5 days last time.

The prices for the 7 day Blue cards - transporation and museum discounts -are:

EU53.90 without the airport transport
EU76.90 with the airport transport

For the orange card - transporation and museum admission - they want:

EU79.90 without the airport transport
EU102.90 with the airport transport

(these prices include the online discount)

While I think the scope has increased slightly - we bought separate "Chorus" church passes last time and now they're included, this just seems to me like prices have gone up a lot.

Thoughts on the value, especially for someone who'll be there for 5 days?

If you answer yes to all of the following questions then the cards will save you money

#1 - are you arriving/departing by plane
#2 - do you plan to visit a lot of museums/churches
#3 - do you plan to ride the vaporetto

Tourist Travel Cards
 

milepig:

Thanks for posting the link ... lots of information on this websites.^

For transportation you can buy this:

http://www.actv.it/english/navigazio...f3f883e1a0e45a

With $1.31 for the Euro, Europe has become an expensive destination.
Anyway, have fun in Venice!

You are correct. I have bought several 3-day cards in the past, but now it seems that you must buy the 7day and like it.

In the past, the Venice card included free transport on the #5 bus from the airport to P. Roma, which left every few minutes. We have always used this route after picking up the card at the airport desk.

Ten-ride ticket
 

Hello -- I have seen reference to the ten-ride ticket for the vaporetto but have not seen a price, or a comparison to the Blue or Orange card, or simply to the timed cards (12 to 72 hours).

A rough calculation would indicate that you would have to get on and off the vaporetto fairly frequently to make a timed ticket worthwhile.

But who has the price for the ten-ride ticket? I assume this is good on any vaporetto and Mestre busses?

Thanks!

it is in here somewhere.

http://www.actv.it/english/navigazio...iffe_vaporetto

we usually do 4 rides a day. the Venice card was definitely the way to go.

the card was also available at some ACTV booths(one was at the train station)

Thanks, Slawecki -- It is in there -- 10 rides for 10 Euros. Not bad. As a family of five, we'd have to buy the equivalent of 150 rides with 5 x 72 hour passes. I suspect I'll try the 10-ride ticket, although I understand it does not let me on the "locals'" vaporetto, is that right? :(

You need to read the fine print about the 10 card ticket more carefully. You can only use those tickets in conjunction w/a "Carta Venezia" - which will cost you 40EU/person if you live outside of the Veneto, so it would by 5 x 40 EU = 200 EU then 1 EU/ticket/person/ride. You cannot simply use the 10 booklet w/o the Carte.

i guess i should have translated for them(course i do not read italian)