How many days do you need in Venice?
Three days. That is the length of the itinerary we built for Venice.
Here is what each day holds. Every stop below carries its time, and every gap says how to get to the next stop, with the walk or drive time wherever both stops are mapped.
Venice · 3 days Italy
Best time: April to early June and late September to October.
San MarcoDay 1
⛪8:30 AMSt Mark's Basilica
Byzantine domes and eight thousand square metres of gold mosaic, built to house relics stolen from Alexandria. Book a slot; the queue is otherwise ruinous.
🚶 ~2 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 302 ft
🏰11:00 AMDoge's Palace
The Gothic seat of the Venetian republic, with the Bridge of Sighs leading to the prisons. The Secret Itineraries tour gets you into the interrogation rooms.
🚶 ~10 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.4 mi
📍5:00 PMVaporetto line 1 down the Grand Canal
The full length of the canal on a public boat for the price of a fare. Stand at the back rail; go at golden hour.
Dorsoduro and RialtoDay 2
🍽️9:30 AMRialto Market
The fish and produce market that has fed the city since the 1090s. It is a morning-only affair and closed Sundays and Mondays for fish.
🚶 ~20 min · 🚗 ~3 min · 0.7 mi
🖼️1:00 PMGallerie dell'Accademia
Five centuries of Venetian painting: Bellini, Carpaccio, Tintoretto, Titian, in a former religious complex.
🚶 ~5 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.2 mi
📍5:00 PMZattere waterfront
A long southern promenade facing Giudecca, where locals walk in the evening and the light goes gold across the water.
The lagoon islandsDay 3
📍9:00 AMMurano
Glass furnaces moved here in 1291 so the fires would not burn the city down. Watch a demonstration, then look at the glass museum.
🚗 ~12 min · 3.6 mi
📍12:30 PMBurano
A fishing island of houses painted in saturated colours, reportedly so crews could find their own in fog, plus a centuries-old lace tradition.
🚶 ~23 min · 🚗 ~3 min · 0.8 mi
📍4:00 PMTorcello
The island Venice started from, now near-deserted, with a seventh-century cathedral holding a vast Byzantine Last Judgement mosaic.
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