Ciao beddazzi and welcome back to my channel!
Last summer Ryanair launched a new route from Cork to Venice,
so we planned our trip to Italy going from Cork to Venice and then Venice to Palermo.
On the way back we had a five hour layover before hopping on our final flight back to Ireland
so we thought: Is it possible to take a quick walk around beautiful Venice within those five hours?
The answer is: Yes.
Once landed at a Venice Marco Polo Airport, look for the ATVO Express Bus that will take you straight to the city.
Make sure you buy a round-trip ticket so you can save some money.
We just landed in Venice and we just got the tickets to go directly to the city
It takes about 20 minutes, I think.
There's a bus every 20 minutes here and the ticket is only 15 Euro round trip,
so in about 20 minutes we'll be down in Venice.
Sit back and enjoy the views, especially while crossing the famous "Ponte della Libertà",
a four kilometer bridge that connects Venice to the mainland.
You'll start seeing Venice's domes from afar and in the blink of an eye
You're here.
We're on our way to the iconic Piazza San Marco, but the place is packed, there's people everywhere. Let's see if we can make it.
Walking around the narrow streets of Venice is an amazing experience.
This unique city has some of the finest architecture worldwide,
amazing colors and everything has hidden secrets,
like the Teatro Italia, for example.
Built in 1915, this place was once a theatre, then a cinema and it's now become a fancygrocery store.
Ryanair will operate the Cork to Venice Marco Polo flight twice a week, every Wednesday and every Saturday
but only until March 2023.
Hurry up to get your tickets or check the other airport nearby which is Treviso's.
We've been walking a lot but we haven't gotten to San Marco yet.
Not even to Rialto and the temperature is rising I'd say we're well over 30 degrees right now.
And you can probably see it from my face.
Finally after roughly two kilometers and what seemed to be billions of tourists we managed to get to the iconic
Rialto Bridge the oldest of the four bridges on the Grand Canal.
Rialto was first built as a floating Bridge back in 1173, while the masterpiece we can see now was built in 1591.
Ponte Rialto has been there for 432 years already.
Goal achieved, we finally reached Piazza San Marco, the most important Square in Venice
and one of the most famous Italian symbols worldwide.
Saint Mark's Basilica guards the city since its reconstruction back in 1094.
San Marc's Campanile is the tallest building in Venice and it's called "Master of the House"
by the locals because it can be seen from anywhere.
Time's up, we need to get back to the bus stop and get ready to catch our flight back to Ireland.
What you saw in this video is an example of what can be seen and done in Venice
in just two hours.
So if you have a long enough layover, I would suggest you take advantage
of it and explore this amazing City however
However, no visit to Venice can finish without sipping on a Spritz,
the legendary cocktail born here in the city.
I really hope you liked this video, even though we didn't have enough time to hop on a gondola.
We'll have to come back to Venice, then.
Have you ever been to Venice? Let me know in the comments!
In the meantime, ciao beddazzi!