The Rough Guide to Venice and the Veneto

The card for I Musei di Piazza San Marco,
costing e12 (e6.50 for ages 6–14, students
under 30, EU citizens over 65 & Rolling
Venice Card holders), allows you to visit
the Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr, Museo
Archeologico and the Biblioteca Marciana.
The Museum Pass, costing e18/e12, covers
all the museums listed above, plus Ca’
Rezzonico, Casa Goldoni, Palazzo Mocenigo,
Museo Fortuny, Ca’ Pésaro (the modern
art and oriental museums), the Museo del
Merletto (Burano) and the Museo del Vetro
(Murano). Passes are valid for six months,
allow one visit to each attraction, and are
available from any of the participating museums.
The Musei di Piazza San Marco can
only be visited with a card; at the other places
you have the option of paying an entry
charge just for that attraction. The website
for information on all the civic museums, and
for online ticket booking, is wwww.museiciviciveneziani.it.
Note also the orange version
of the Venice Card (see p.37) covers all of
the museums covered by the Museum Pass,
and that accompanied disabled people have
free access to all of these museums. There
is also a combined ticket for the city’s state
museums (the Accademia, Ca’ d’Oro and
Museo Orientale), costing e11/5.50.
Sixteen churches are now part of the everexpanding
Chorus Pass scheme (wwww.
chorusvenezia.org), whereby an e8 ticket
allows one visit to each of the churches
over a one-year period. All of the proceeds
from the scheme are ploughed back into the
maintenance of the buildings. The individual
entrance fee at each of the participating
churches is e2.50, and all the churches
(except for the Frari) observe the same
opening hours: Monday to Saturday 10am
to 5pm. The churches involved are: the
Frari (Mon–Sat 9am–6pm, Sun 1–6pm); the
Gesuati; Madonna dell’Orto; the Redentore;
San Giacomo dell’Orio; San Giobbe; San
Giovanni Elemosinario; San Pietro di Castello;
San Polo; San Sebastiano; San Stae;
Sant’Alvise; Santa Maria dei Miracoli; Santa
Maria del Giglio; Santa Maria Formosa; and
Santo Stefano. The Chorus Pass is available
at each of these churches; the orange Venice
Card gives free admission to all of them.
The opening hours listed below are the
latest available times of the major tourist
museums and monuments, excluding the
Chorus Pass churches. Bear in mind that
these hours are prone to sudden alterations,
especially in winter, when afternoon opening
hours are frequently truncated if business
is particularly slack. Last admission for the
major museums is one hour before closing
time; for smaller sights, tickets are generally
sold up to half an hour before closing.
An asterisk after the price indicates that a
concessionary rate is available for students
who can prove their status; children under
6 years of age pay nothing, while 6–12s are
entitled to reductions at nearly all attractions,
provided they are accompanied by an adult.
Visitors from EU countries who can prove they
are aged under 18 or over 65 are entitled to
free admission at the Accademia, Ca’ d’Oro,
Museo Archeologico and Museo Orientale.
Accademia Mon 8.15am–2pm, Tues–Sun
8.15am–7.15pm; e6.50; T041.522.2247.
Basilica di San Marco May–Sept Mon–Sat
9.45am–5.30pm, Sun 2–4pm; Oct–April
Mon–Sat 9.45am–4.30pm, Sun 2–4pm; free;
T041.522.5205.
Museo Marciano and Loggia dei Cavalli daily:
May–Sept 9.45am–5pm; Oct–April 9.45am–4pm;
e3.
Pala d’Oro May–Sept Mon–Sat 9.45am–5pm,
Sun 2–4pm; Oct–April Mon–Sat 9.45am–4pm,
Sun 2–4pm; e1.50.
Tesoro (Treasury) same hours as Pala d’Oro; e2.
Biblioteca Marciana same hours and ticket as
Museo Correr.
Ca’ d’Oro Mon 8.15am–2pm, Tues–Sat 8.15am–
7.15pm; e5*; T041.522.2349.
Campanile di San Giorgio Maggiore daily: May–
Sept 9.30am–12.30pm & 2.30–6.30pm; Oct–April
closes 4.30pm; e3; T041.522.7827.
Campanile di San Marco daily: April–June, Sept
& Oct 9am–7.45pm; July & Aug 9am–9pm; Nov–
March 9.30am–4.15pm; e6*; T041.522.4064.
Campanile di Torcello daily: March–Oct
10.30am–5.30pm; Nov–Feb 10am–5pm; e3;
T041.270.2464.
Casa di Carlo Goldoni Mon–Sat: April–Oct
10am–5pm; Nov–March 10am–4pm; e2.50;
T041.244.0317.
Cattedrale di Torcello daily: March–Oct
10.30am–6pm; Nov–Feb 10am–5pm; e3;
T041.270.2464.
Convento di San Francesco del Deserto
Tues–Sun 9–11am & 3–5pm; closed Mon; donation;
T041.528.6863.
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