Rick Steves is the tour planner that we follow, he has been in business for decades and publishes guides to places in Europe. this is his itinerary for Venice in four days:
We will use the outline but not follow religiously!
Venice in Two or More Days (Plus the Night Before)
Day 1
Night Before: Walk or boat to the train station and then, aboard an empty vaporetto #1, follow our self-guided "Grand Canal Cruise" to St. Mark's Square.
9:00 Ride to the top of the Campanile.
10:00 Explore St. Mark's Square (best with our guidebooks' self-guided tour, or with the audio-tour version). Pop into a glass shop for a glass-blowing demo.
11:00 Meander from St. Mark's Square to the Rialto Bridge, ideally off the main thoroughfares.
13:00 Lunch.
14:00 Tour the Correr Museum (ticket purchased here includes Doge's Palace).
15:30 Tour St. Mark's Basilica (closes at 17:00 in summer, at 16:00 in winter; best with our guidebooks' self-guided tour, or with the audio-tour version).
17:00 Visit the Doge's Palace (in summer closes at 19:00, last entry at 18:00; closes earlier in winter).
19:00 Dinner (if a nice one, make a reservation) and maybe a gondola ride (or vice versa, as a gondola ride at sunset is best).
22:00 Enjoy a drink with the orchestras on St. Mark's Square.
Day 2
9:00 Enjoy the action at the Rialto Bridge and Rialto Market.
10:00 Make your way to the Frari Church via the San Polo neighborhood, ideally following our guidebook's self-guided "Rialto to Frari Church Walk."
11:00 Tour the Frari Church (also covered by a free audio tour).
12:00 Wander into the Dorsoduro district toward Ca' Rezzonico, exploring and enjoying lunch along the way. (Visit Scuola San Rocco only if you're an art lover.)
14:00 Tour Ca' Rezzonico (Museum of 18th-Century Venice, closed Tue).
16:00 Tour the Accademia museum (only if you're an art lover), then stroll across the Accademia Bridge and back to St. Mark's Square.
18:00 Commence pub crawl for dinner (consider taking Alessandro's Classic Venice Bars Tour).
Day 3: Lagoon Tour
10:00 Catch boat at Fondamente Nove to San Michele (old cemetery), then continue to Murano.
11:00 Tour Murano, and (on weekdays) see glassworks.
13:00 Boat to Burano for lunch and browsing.
15:00 Boat to Torcello, tour church, back to Burano.
18:00 Zip back to Fondamente Nove in 45 minutes, or — if you'd like to see more of the lagoon — take the long way back by boat via the mainland peninsula of Cavallino and the Lido (no need to stop there — just enjoy the cruise).
20:00 Dinner and/or concert in Venice.
Day 4 and Beyond
Shop and browse some of Venice's more characteristic areas (such as the zone between Campo Santa Margarita and Campo San Barnaba; the back lanes of Cannaregio, near the Jewish Ghetto; or the sleepy part of Dorsoduro behind the Accademia and Guggenheim).
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