2 Days in Venice
Day 1 Venice
Arrive at Venice Marco Polo Airport
Take the coach to Venezia Santa Lucia
Take Water Taxi / Venice Gondola Ride on Canal Grande / Venetian Lagoon
Visit St Mark’s Square – Street Food/ Local Markets
Walk-through Ponte Dei Sospiri
Places to eat in Venice:
Pizza
Pizza [late night] Pizza al Volo
Piazza San Marco
Antico Forno
Rossopomodoro
Pasta
Dal Moro – pasta [Dal Moro, Calle De La Casseleria, 5324, 30122 Castello, Venezia VE, Italy]
Al Giubagio, Fondamenta Nuove, Cannaregio, 5039, 30125 Venezia, Italy+39 041 523 6084
Osteria Alla Staffa - Osteria Alla Staffa, Sestiere Castello, 6398, 30122 Venezia, Italy
Alla Rivetta, Castello, 4625, 30122 Venezia, Italy+39 041 528 7302
Gelato
Gelateria Alaska, Address: Calle Larga dei Bari 1159, Santa Croce, Venice, Italy.
Gelateria il Doge, Address: Dorsoduro 3058/A, Rio Terà Canal, 30123, Venice, Italy.
La Mela Verde, Castello, 30122 Venezia, Italy
Gelateria Nico, Fondamenta Zattere al Ponte Longo, 922, 30121 Venezia, Italy +39 041 522 5293
Murano, Torcello & Burano Islands Half Day Guided Tour
It’s less than 7 miles from Venice and takes about 40 minutes to get there by motorboat, called a vaporetti, and makes for a great day trip.
How to Get to Burano From Venice: There are two places to catch the express ferry from Venice to Burano. Every 30 minutes you can catch the Laguna Nord from San Zaccaria stop near St. Mark’s square or at the Fondamente Nova stop. It costs €6.50 one way which is a bargain compared to a private water taxi which costs €125 or more.
This ferry also stops at Murano and Mazzorbo if you’d like to explore more than one island. Mazzorbo is small but connected to Burano by a bridge, it’s only a five-minute walk and you can catch the 14th century Santa Caterina church. As a working island for fishermen you must eat fish. Restaurants in Burano are pricey and there are a few tourist traps. I’d bring snacks and then save time for Trattoria al Gatto Nero, which focuses on traditional classics with lagoon fish. If you’re looking for the local dish order the risotto de gò which is risotto with the local goby fish.
Day 2 Florence & Pisa
Things to do:
Jump on the train and visit Florence/ Pisa for the day.
Taste of Chianti Wine – tasting Tour – Tuscan Cheese, Wine and Lunch. Chianti offers a unique landscape, with green, gentle hills covered with wide fields of vineyards and olive groves, small stone villages, characteristic parishes and countryside homes in stone.
Visit the Mer Tuscany, Italy Cato Centrale – Foodie Heaven
Visit the Bardini Gardens for its flowers and views
Grab some traditional ice-cream at Vivoli Gelato
Visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa which is one hour away from Florence by train
Take the train back to Venice and fly home from San Marco Airport the next day.
