It is generally safe to walk around Venice at night, but as with any city, it's always a good idea to be aware of your surroundings and take some basic precautions to protect yourself.
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Go for a long walk past Venice's most iconic sights.It may sound a bit obvious, but this is truly, 100%, without a doubt, our favorite of all the things to do in Venice at night. Stroll over the Rialto Bridge without fighting crowds. Walk across Piazza San Marco and admire how enormous and empty it is.
Even Venice's dark and distant back lanes are considered very safe after nightfall. You can enjoy a slow dinner in a romantic canalside or piazza setting, or eat your way through a Venetian pub crawl. This tradition is unique to Venice — where no cars means easy crawling — and is known as a giro d'ombra.
Most stores in Venice are open from Monday to Saturday from 8:30 am until 12:30 pm and from 3:30 pm until 7:30 pm. Many shops are closed on Monday mornings.
When is Night in Venice? The parade starts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2023. Where does the parade route begin and end? The boat parade begins near the Ocean City-Longport toll bridge and travels along the bayside to Tennessee Avenue, looping in and out of lagoons along the way.
Train travel makes seeing Venice in a day easy. Once you arrive in Venice, the best way to get around is on foot. All the main tourist attractions are within walking distance of one another. However, public transport is available via expensive water taxis, traditional gondola rides, and easily accessible ferry boats.
Venice is small. You can walk across it, from head to tail, in about an hour. Nearly all of your sightseeing is within a 20-minute walk of the Rialto Bridge or St. Mark's Square.
GPS doesn't require cell data so you can always see exactly where you are and which way you are moving in real time. It's not perfect - it takes a second to catch up, you may miss a street. But it's close. In Venice a paper map is good but many streets are tiny and not signed, so GPS data is better.
Venice is arguably one of the world's most pedestrian-friendly cities. With the canals and narrow streets, there are no cars, bikes, motorcycles, or scooters– just foot traffic and boats. As such, the vast majority of the city's attractions are best explored on foot.
Most shops are open from 9.30 am to 7.30 pm. While some supermarkets stay open throughout the day, other food stores close at lunch time from 1.00 pm to 4.00/5.00 pm. On Sundays you can shop in the city centre, but in other districts most of the stores are closed.
During the summer months, when there's low tide (bassa marea), which is usually happening more frequently than in winter, the silt and mud are exposed and it smells.
Hours of Operation: Main routes operate from 5 a.m. to midnight, and three nighttime routes run from 11:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. on the Grand Canal between Piazzale Roma and the Lido.
How late do water buses run in Venice? Approximately about midnight. Three nighttime routes run from 11:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., while the main routes run from 5 a.m. to midnight.