Is it worth taking ship's excursion from Chioggia to Venice?

[fruitmachine]

23 minutes ago, maggie777 said:

The transfer is by boat

Ahhh

 

There was previous references to the size of the road and accidents, so I'd assumed it was by road. 

 

Even the local public transport have ditched the direct boat option. 

[Host Jazzbeau]

1 hour ago, fruitmachine said:

Ahhh

 

There was previous references to the size of the road and accidents, so I'd assumed it was by road. 

 

Even the local public transport have ditched the direct boat option. 

I believe this boat goes straight to St. Mark's.  How long would it take when you add up the bus trip plus the extra transit time to St. Mark's?

[fruitmachine]

19 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

I believe this boat goes straight to St. Mark's.  How long would it take when you add up the bus trip plus the extra transit time to St. Mark's?

It's a 20 minute walk, but you would want to walk much of that route in the opposite direction  to see the sights if you arrive in St Mark's first. 

[Wilba]

The local bus costs €12 Return and takes one hour.into Piazalle Roma

From memory they run every 45 minutes to 1 hr

Tickets are purchased in the main street in Choggia at the bus ticket office.

Edited September 5, 2023 by Wilba

[Denfox]

We just got off the Quest which had an overnight and disembarkation at Chioggia. 

 

1. We decided to not do an excursion into Venice as we were staying 2 days there after the cruise. In retrospect it was definitely the right thing to do for us. If you weren't staying afterwards you probably would do an excursion if you wanted to see Venice. Didn't make sense for us to spend 2.5 - 4 hours round trip on a bus or boat when we were heading into Venice the next day anyways.

 

2. We toured around Chioggia and to call it "Little Venice" is generous. A nice little town with mostly locals but it only takes 90-120 minutes to tour the town. There were some local boat tours you could do and easily buy tickets for in the town but we did not partake. Absolutely nothing negative about Chioggia other than don't expect to do/see much.

 

3. We took the Azamara organized shuttle service into Venice post-cruise. If this is your plan sign up right away as it did sell out and there was a considerable waiting list, enough for another bus but they were unable to procure another one. It's about an hour drive into Venice and it drops you off at bus area - Tronchetto. We took the People Mover to Piazzale Roma as our hotel was near there. I believe you can take a water taxi or the Vaporetto water bus from Tronchetto, you definitely can from Piazzale Roma.

 

It all seems a bit confusing at first but it wasn't too bad to figure things out and all the tourist facing staff speak perfect English.