Has anyone driven to Venice by car. Any suggestions?
Places to see in Italy ( from Zurich )?
Info needed : Travel from Zurich to Venice
Nicest and closest beach in Italy
If you want ot break your journey along the way, a car can be handy. But, you can;t use it in Venice itself. (park and walk, or take water taxis.)
I went from Zurich to Verona first.
And then from Verona to Venice (Just beside)
But as explained above, car is not really useful in Venice You can park it in one of the big parkings at the entrance of the city.
On the drive to Venice we left early to get through the Gotthard before any traffic began to build but then got stuck in the unsightly traffic as we by passed Milan. The rest is easy.
On the way home we had a day trip through Verona. Quite honestly it was me who just wanted to do the Romeo and Juliet tourist thing. Then we headed north through Austria to come home. It was a beautiful drive through the Tyrol but the toll roads were an unexpected expense.
You might want to avoid the Gotthard on the way home. And unless driving at 2am you could choose a different and probably faster route over the Alps. There is some spectacular scenery in the South Tyrol part of Italy. On our way home we decided to come back just to that area for another holiday/long weekend.
Enjoy
You can get cheap flights on EasyJey from Basel.
I have a few questions:
1 - Is it easy to park the car? Can we park in the street or we have to leave it in a park somewhere?
2 - Where did you stay over night? Any suggestions?
3 - How long does it take to Venice by ferry?
4 - How about toll roads in Italy? Do we have to buy in advance?
Thank you.
1 - Is it easy to park the car? Can we park in the street or we have to leave it in a park somewhere?
--It is better to stay and park in and around Mestre .
2 - Where did you stay over night? Any suggestions? No comments as we stayed in our friends place
3 - How long does it take to Venice by ferry? from where you planning to go venice by ferry ?
4 - How about toll roads in Italy? Do we have to buy in advance?
We paid by cash . So you need to go in cash line in toll. for us it is around 30 eur one way
or you can buy viacard
https://www.tcs.ch/de/camping-reisen...en/viacard.php
Thank you.
Overnighting is up to you, you can look for airbnb, or hotels, depending on your budget
Toll roads in italy are like you get a ticket by entrance and pay when you leave it (VISA is possible, or cash, or a special card that can be bought in advance)
Going there by car is a nice journey. Most of the time in Italy they have 3 to 4 lane flat highways. The only "-" is the price - trip to Venice cost ca. 25 EUR.
Tom
Flat, and no curves for hundreds of km!
It's like driving in the mid-west of the US!
Tom
Yep, although the mid-west doesn't stink like the po valley in late summer. Were it me, and the trip was just to Venice, I would take the train.