Venice is Accessible, Affordable
The Venice Card is Good Value & Helps With The Language
The Venice Card is an easy way to pay in advance for discounted travel in Venice. You can buy it when you get there, but do use the Card website for planning.
Venice Using a Wheelchair
Don't assume that Venice is hard to visit. It is one of the world's most famous destinations and can be enjoyed on foot or with a wheelchair. Venice is accessible.
The main drawback to accessibility for wheelchair users is that the bridges over the canals have stairs to climb. It is not an easy place to roll around, but it can be done and the organization Accessible Venice exists to make accessibility as easy as possible in such an old city.
The Venice Card
A number of cities in Europe and Great Britain offer City Cards. Sometimes these are great money-savers, but not always. It depends on the attractions you want to see, and what you can reasonably fit into the time you're there.
The Venice Card is good value, particularly if you don't speak Italian. What has language got to do with it?
Because Venice receives so many tourists every year, virtually everyone in the front line of the service industry speaks some English. They are in the tourism business and are generally very hospitable. However, it's not always easy in Italy generally to get into a detailed conversation in English without the language barrier coming into play. Although the sound of spoken Italian is music to the ears, in the middle of a trip when the energy is running a bit low, it's nice to simplify things a bit.
With a Venice card, you have already paid your entry fee or fare, so there's no questions asked and no money changing hands when you show up at one of the included attractions, or ride the water bus.
The Venice card website is worth exploring, as you will have some choices to make. The pass comes in 1, 3 or 7 day lengths, and two levels (orange and blue). Because you get unlimited use of public transportation, you can ride the water bus as much as you like. This is a fantastic way to see Venice.
Popular Venice Attractions
Almost everyone visits the Doge's Palace. The Museo Correr in the buildings surrounding St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco) is less frequently visited. Admission to both is included in the Venice Card. At some places, however, the Venice Card entitled the holder to a discount rather than to 100 percent of the admission fee. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is one of the places where the Venice Card gets you a price reduction.
The card does not allow repeat free admissions to the included attractions. For example, after going to the Doge's Palace once on the Venice Card, you will have to pay full price to go there again.
Link for Barrier-Free Venice Planning
The Venice Card website has a link to Accessible Venice with information on barrier-free itineraries. The website is a very good resource for planning a trip to Venice.
Let's talk about accessible Venice.
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