Time in Venice

Where would you fly out of? If VCE you will want to be in Venice night before
You can easily fill 4 days in Venice

hey hey RPL
when is this trip and where do you fly out of as ChristineH asks? my own opinion is to spend all your time in venice, it's only a short time with many things to see and do. few things to think about, check-in times at hotel 3-4pm and check-out times 10-11am.
many flights out of VCE are early early morning 6am with finding transportation that early in morning, could be 4am airport arrival for check-in and going thru passport/immigration. (been there done that)
what other attractions/activities do you plan on doing & seeing, if you need reservations ahead of time, book them ASAP. do you have a hotel booked already? venice is always busy and crowded all year long, many daytrippers 10am to 4pm on many kind of tours, wanting to be near st mark's square and rialto bridge. stay far away during those hours, walk the back canals (canareggio & castello routinelynomadic.com castello: guide to venice's most authentic neighborhood, gpsmycitycom/ venice self guided tours you download to see what they offer, taking a vaporetto to the lido, take a gondola ride ([email protected]) a gondelier we emailed to reserve the back canals and sings opera. he was great and answers promptly. we loved it
alongdustyroads.com burano
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one of my favorites places. always check restaurants and closing during afternoons hours if you go buy a R/T tickets so no waiting at ticket machines. it can get busy.
justgoplacesblog.com 7 amazing things to do in treviso
30 minute train ride from venice to see "little venice", known for tiramisu and radicchio. spend a day walking around the small town away from the crowds.
any more questions just ask. want you to enjoy your time
aloha

Thank you for your detailed and quick responses! Yes the flight is out of Venice in late spring. We fly home (on day five) and I’ve made reservations to spend the night, day four near the airport. The flight is midday.
From your suggestions, it is not to overnight away from Venice and just enjoy being there. By the way, we are staying in the Cannaregio district.

+1 for spending the entire time in Venice

Unless your flight is pre 9:00am I also advocate for spending the time in Venice proper.

The nice thing about having all that time is the ability to explore uncrushed. Have four things on your itinerary and somehow only got to two of them? No pressure - still time later. You should have time to do Burano and Murano - I suggest in that order if you want to do both. If you go to Burano get off one stop at early at Mazzorbo at walk along the wall and enter the first doorway. This will allow you wander through the organic garden of the Venissa Wine Resort and then cross the bridge to Burano. If nothing else it lets you arrive after the vaporetto has disgorged everyone else into the Piazza there.

And if the crowds get too much take the vaporetto over to Guidecca and walk along the housing and everyday life over there and stumble across the garden of Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore (weekends) and maybe the burgeoning little arts district that is starting up oner there. And if you want to get a great view of Venice - especially at sunset - you can go to the rooftop bar at Hilton Stucky and pay twice as much as you should for a drink.
Or the vaporetto to either of the S.Elena-Stadio stops and walk the trees and parks at the end of the island all the way back through the Giardini della Biennale - assuming the the Biennale is not going on. If the Biennale is going then you should definitely look into that. Venice is filled with churches few people bother to go see and the edges of Venice offer places away from the crowds in season so explore.

My $.02, enjoy Venice!
=Tod