How much will a vacation in Venice cost on your own and what a tourist needs to know? Consider all the main aspects of a vacation in the northeastern part of Italy, find out the prices of air tickets, how to get from Rimini, cheap accommodation, food and an excursion program with Russian-speaking guides. We give advice on the correct travel planning using online services that allow you not to overpay and choose a route according to your wallet.
There is no need to explain the attractiveness of a trip to the most indented European city with canals. But if such a choice is made, it is worthwhile to thoroughly find out the prices for a trip to Venice in 2021. This information will allow you to sensibly plan your visit and get real pleasure from it, and not a string of endless problems, as is often the case with inexperienced vacationers.
The cost of plane tickets to Venice
You can get to the northeastern part of Italy by land transport, and even by waterways. But over 98% of travelers choose faster and more convenient air connections. A direct flight to Venice from Moscow for two people for one day (returning the next day) will cost a minimum of 16480 rubles. If you make one change, you can reduce the fee to 21,900 rubles. Non-stop flights are organized by Aeroflot, its aircraft leave Sheremetyevo and reach the target for 41 thousand rubles, having spent 3 hours and 15 minutes in the air.
Flights from St. Petersburg will be more expensive. There, the minimum tariff is already 43,000 rubles, and you will have to spend more than 13 hours in the air. Travel within 4 hours 30 minutes will cost from 80 thousand at least. More or less weighted prices (50-60 thousand rubles) are ready to offer AirBaltic, Lufthansa, Alitalia.
- Aviasales always helps to find cheap plane tickets, he looks for special offers from all airlines and compares prices:
Prices for hotels in the center
Finding out how much it costs to go to Venice for two, one cannot ignore the rates of hotels. A specific offer (places in an eight-bed dormitory, that is, an ultra-budget hostel) will cost 16 euros per day or 160 euros per week. A double room in "just budget" hostels for the same time will cost an average of 280 euros, or 40 per day. Having rented an apartment for a whole month, you will have to pay 750 European money, and the surcharge for connecting to the Internet will be another 22.
A selection of housing with good conditions in the city center, on the island of Lido, in the Mestre area, can be found in a separate article that will help you choose an excellent hotel, apartment or a cheap hostel.
Cost of a ticket to Venice from Moscow
Prices for tours to Venice in 2021 with a flight from Moscow, St. Petersburg is also very important to know, you can find good deals with discounts. Self-organization of such trips is not too easy, but here they offer ready-made packages with comfortable conditions for a visit.
You can check in with a tourist voucher at the four-star President hotel (double room, beach vacation) for four days, paying from 22,000 rubles.
The three-star hotel "Ariston" is ready to accept guests at the same time, and also for beach activities, but the contribution will be at least 30,000, and the usual price (not on the hot program) rises to 38,000. These offers are valid for those who board Moscow planes.
Traveling from St. Petersburg usually means a visit not only to Venice, but also to many other cities in Italy and even Europe as a whole. These programs cost from 80 - 100 thousand for two, do not always fit into one week, for the most part they are produced in the format of bus or combined (air-bus, rail-bus) trips.
Excursion tours to Italy in Russian
Food and meal prices
How much does it cost to eat in cafes and restaurants?
Arrival and check-in at hotels obviously does not exhaust all the costs that will have to be incurred when traveling to the city of canals. Food prices in Venice are quite high. So, a lunch for two in a restaurant, which is visited mainly by locals, will cost 25 euros at a time. Accordingly, using such services all week, you will need to pay at least 175 - 200 euros (the amount will grow because otherwise the diet will become too monotonous).
Eating in specialized restaurants for tourists will need to double this estimate. Using McDonald's services (in a combo set format) will reduce daily lunch expenses to 14 euros, and weekly to 100.
Prices in Venice for food are not that low in stores either. So, a kilogram of rice costs 1.4 euros, 500 g of bread - almost 3, 1 kg of potatoes - 1.15. You can buy a kilogram of chicken for 13 euros. It is much more correct to try to save money by visiting places remote from the main tourist streets. Moreover, they offer truly traditional Italian food, and not a universal parody of it, which is sometimes promoted through specialized establishments for tourists.
Breakfast in good places costs about 12-16 euros, and for a set lunch you will need to pay already 50-60 euros. It is recommended to try side dishes of vegetables and chiquetas, cheese plates (a number of types of cheese are produced and sold only in the Veneto region.
Product cost
When supplementing your food with store food, it is worth considering that for 1 kg of fruit you will have to pay 1.5 - 3 euros, the same is for a miniature sausage cut (up to 100 g); the fee for a bar of chocolate will be 75 euro cents. Fish and fruits are best bought in the markets, where they are not much cheaper, but it is much easier to find a fresh product.
Prices for excursions in Venice
Gastronomic adventures do not exhaust the appeal of the Venetian region. People go there mainly for the sake of acquaintance with the beautiful and acquaintance with attractive cultural monuments, with the heritage of past eras.
A visit to the Ca Rezzonico Palace will be attractive for any tourist. Careful reproduction of old interiors, Rococo furnishings, other decorations and frescoes will please every vacationer.
The walking tour can be accompanied in Russian, for two hours they pay 150 euros. A six-hour trip along the main city canal on the "vaporetto" motor ship will cost 340 - 350 euros; the price includes a tour of the glorious islands of Murano and Burano. If you go only to these islands and devote five hours to exploring them, you can save about 60 - 70 euros.
The cost of visiting attractions
No matter how attractive and good travel with a guide is, many people prefer that since a trip to Venice on their own, then let everything be on its own. It is advisable to start exploring the main attractions from St. Mark's Square and the cathedral of the same name. The entrance ticket costs 8 euros. Stunning with its splendor even the people of the 21st century familiar to everything, the Doge's Palace receives visitors for 11 euros. This fee also includes a tour of museum exhibits. And lovers of thrills and just wide landscapes should certainly climb the Campanile bell tower, there is no charge for it.
You should definitely visit the Golden House, built in the fifteenth century. The palace complex got its name because of the special decoration of the facade. A visit to the Gothic building with an abundant selection of sculptures and paintings costs 12 euros. Connoisseurs of temple architecture do not hesitate a minute when you have to pay 2.5 euros to enter Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Transport fares
Moving around the city autonomously, without the help of guides or tour bureaus, it remains to rely on your knowledge of the transport nuances of travel.There is no question about the cost of renting a car in Venice at all, here you cannot drive a car anywhere in principle. Public transport fares are € 1.3 per person.
The most common and profitable option is the vaporetto, or river tram, which runs along the street canals. The motor ship fleet is represented by vessels of various capacities, and the most compact ones move through the areas where there are bridges. Thanks to two dozen carefully designed routes, boat trips allow you to get acquainted with 100% of the places of interest included in the guidebooks.
The first line makes it possible, having arrived at Piazzale Roma by bus or taxi, in 45 minutes to be on the island of Lido. The majority of travelers take this route to San Marco. The third route is chosen by those who need to get to the island of Murano.
To Venice on your own for a week
The cost of a trip to Venice for two is relatively easy to calculate. Suppose the flight is from St. Petersburg; then, in order to save money, you will have to choose the minimum cost of tickets (43,000) and endure the inconveniences of long travel in the air.
Hotel services and meals in various establishments of an acceptable class will cost (in a weekly tour) 480 - 500 euros.
About 100 euros should be reserved for buying in stores at least occasionally products that allow you to diversify the menu at your discretion.
The average cost of an excursion is 200 - 250 euros, and it is unreasonable to limit yourself to one in such a charming city, if you cannot pay for at least two or three, you will have to travel on your own ... or even choose another resort for leisure.
In total, after deducting the fees in favor of the airline, the total tariff will be 700 - 1000 euros, depending on the richness of the excursion program and the exactingness of the level of hotels.
And by the way, when traveling on your own, be sure to use applications for a smartphone for a tourist, which significantly improve rest and allow you to save even on the simplest things.
Be sure to post a link to the heading that will help you to travel to Italy inexpensively and plan your trip without problems in terms of finances and time.
