Things to do in Venice in one day, Italy incl. map

This is a masterpiece of the Romanic and Bizantine architecture it is one of the most visited attractions in Venice. Normally it is recommended to book before if you do not want to wait for more than one hour to visit it: you can do it by clicking here.

7) On the leftside of the Basilica there is the famous St Mark’s clocktower. Here the two Mori ring the bell every hour with their hammers.

Here you can see the balcony where the Duke was used to appear in public, or after his election.

The Doge’s Palace has some columns where the people who were in jail could get the freedom if they were able to jump from one column to the other one with only one foot and without touching the next column or falling down. This exercise was so difficult that almost anybody was able to do that.

The ticket costs around 19 Euros: for me not a good choice, since once you could pay around 7-8 Euros. This ticket allows you to visit other museums in Venice, but if you are visiting the city for one day maybe you’re not interested in these museums. Anyway you can find all the info here.

You will see stunning halls and also the jails.

After the visit to the heart of Venice, let’s now go back and explore other interesting parts and also go off the beaten tracks.

Leaving Piazza San Marco from the northwestern side, you can easily reach the Bacino Orseolo dominated by the luxury hotel Albergo Cavalletto Doge Orseolo. 

If you follow the Sotoportego del Cavalletto, a typical Venetian sotoportego, you can walk along one of the narrow streets of the city.

11) Following Calle Barcaroli and Calle Fuseri and finally reaching Calle Locande, you find a sign that takes you to Scala Bovarini del Bovolo. This is an off the beaten path place: a little tower of Pisa and called the hidden treasure of Venice. It is located not far from Campo Manin and it is a mix between Renaissance, Gothic and Byzantine buiding. You can now visit the building and its rooms ( Oratorio dei Cruciferi, Sala del Tintoretto e Sala della Musica). The tickets costs 7 Euros and please check the opening times here. Maybe you can skip the visit and go ahead.

12) Left the Scala, you can come back to Campo Manin, and later take again Calle della Mandola and then again Rio Verona until you find another landmark, the fabolous Teatro La Fenice. After the Teatro La Scala in Milan. Fenice in Italian means phoenix and a fire in 1996 destroyed or damaged most of the theatre due to an electrical problem under the roof. Well, the theatre like a phoenix came back to its magnificence from its ashes. The recent but now legendary story gave to this already known theatre even more prestige.

It is really worth a visit! 🙂 You can find opening times, prices and the eventually to get information about the opera’s by clicking here.

Probably for one day it is enough…we visited a good mix of the main attractions and some hidden gems like the Scala Contarini al Bovolo. You can follow the indications of the following map if you want to come back to the railway station: you can take the vaporetto at Sant’Angelo.

Map: click on the top left to see the days and/or on the top right to enlarge the map.

• In Venice, you eat the cicchetti, similar to Spanish tapas but made by local ingredients. Normally you can eat them together with a gotto de vin (ombra) – a small glass of wine.
• Some of them are: Osteria al Squero, close to Accademia, Bacareto da Lele in Tolentini and Hostaria Vecio Biavarol in Fondamenta Tolentini close to Giardino Papadopoli. These are great to spend not that much, eat local food and have an aperitive.

• If you wanna have a nice lunch or dinner and eat local food: Osteria Antico Giardinetto and Osteria Trefanti.

Travel tips:

• To visit the Basilica of San Marco, you need to book in advance or you could wait for 30 – 60 minutes to visit it.
• You should not miss the Palazzo Ducale (Duke Palace), to have the panoramic view from San Marco towerbell and the visit to the Teatro La Fenice.
• If you still have time, you can also visit the Scala Contarini al Bovolo.
• To shorten the time from the railway station you can always opt for the vaporetto (The Venetian Bus) and reach Rialto and San Marco. Personally i think that it can also be a nice experience to see Venice from its channels.
• If you are on a budget, do not miss the opportunity to cross the Canal Grande on a gondola to feel the experience to be there.
• A gondola tour can cost up to 80 Euros per person: it is a nice experience and even better a romantic experience.
• Another thing that locals do is the tour of bacari; it is the tour of the typical Venetian bars – I already recommended one above: the Bacareto da Lele. I will write a specific post about it.
• Venice by night is a thing you cannot miss since it is even more charming.
• If you are thinking about joining the Carnival of Venice, please my relevant posts, about the opening and the closure. From Sunday to Mardi Gras, it is a big challenge to visit the city. I would recommend to avoid those days since the city is over crowded.

• Budget accomodation: if you prefer sleeping in dorms you can opt for the Generator Venice located in the island of Giudecca. Prices around 20-30 Euros per night per person (breakfast not included). In 10 minutes vaporetto ride, you can get to San Marco.
• A good alternative is Venezia Appartamento,  a studio located at 800 meters from the central railway station (Venezia Santa Lucia), prices around 65 Euros per night. Please consider that you will be charged 27 Euros per stay for cleaning expenses.

• Medium budget: Locanda Cà Le Vele located at just 1 km from Piazza San Marco, breakfasr included and particularly recommended, prices around 105-150 Euros per double room per night.

• Luxury budget: Hotel A La Commedia, located at just 200 meters from Rialto Bridge in a historical and recently renovated palace, with a terrace and a nice view over Venice. Breakfast included and prices around 280 – 325 Euros per night per double room.

Please do not miss other places of my beautiful region – the land of Venice.

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