Theodora

Hi, I tried to find information on yesterday's release of the Venice card at www.venicecard.it and with my limited Italian knowledge can not seem to understand the benefits over the 1 day stay to 3 day stay. Also, do you need this card to use public washrooms? Last time I visited Venice, they excepted tips to use these facilities. Anyone with Italian language knowledge that can fill me in?<BR><BR>

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Till last week (have no idea if this has changed), a 1/3-day transportation pass cost Euro 9.30/18. With the new Venice card this has increased to Euro 11/23. On the other hand, onde gets the benefit of "free" toilet use (actually one would be paying approx Euro 1.70 per day).<BR><BR>Regarding the Orange Pass, it really depends on which museums one plans to use. As a reference, the cost of individual passes is the following:<BR><BR>a) Piazza San Marco Museums (Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Biblioteca Marciana) = Euro 9.50<BR><BR>b) Area del Setecento Museums (C&aacute; Rezzonico, Museo Mocenigno, Casa di Goldoni) = Euro 8<BR><BR>c) Islands Museums (Museo del Vetro, Museo del Merletto) = Euro 6<BR><BR>Once the difference between the Blue and Orange passes is Euro 15/19, respectively, for the 1/3 day passes, IMO it hardly justifies from a cost point of view. Not having to stand on lines to buy tickets would be a big plus, though.<BR><BR>For the "average" 3-day visitor to Venice I'd recommend buying:<BR><BR>a) a 3-day vaporetto pass - Euro 18<BR>b) Piazza San Marco Museum Pass - Euro 9.50<BR><BR>Once this totals Euro 27.50, one would be saving Euro 14.50 (compared to the 3-day Orange Pass) which would be more than enough to pay for toilets and/or an extra museum. <BR><BR>

carlo

Adding the normal pass for ALL the nine museums considered (which costs E$ 15.50) to the 3-day vaporetto pass (E$ 18), totals E$ 33.50. This is E$ 7.50 less than the 3-day orange pass. Unless you're hit with a diarrea, there's no way you'll spend that much in toilets

theodora

Thanks for the clarification. I much appreciate it.

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