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Plan a Trip to Venice
Canals, gondolas, and a city floating on water
There’s nowhere like Venice — a car-free maze of canals and bridges, Byzantine mosaics, quiet backstreets, and lagoon islands of glass and lace. Best explored by getting deliberately lost.
BEST TIME
April–June and September–October
TYPICAL BUDGET
$1,100–$2,200 per person for a long weekend
Top things to do in Venice
- St. Mark’s Basilica and Square
- Grand Canal by vaporetto
- Rialto Bridge and market
- Doge’s Palace
- Islands of Murano and Burano
- A quiet-canal gondola ride
A sample Venice itinerary
1
St. Mark’s
Basilica, Doge’s Palace, and the square.
2
Get lost
Backstreet Venice, Rialto, and cicchetti bars.
3
The islands
Murano glass and colorful Burano.
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Venice itineraries by trip length
Good to know
💡 Stay overnight — Venice is magic once the day-trippers leave.
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