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Venice Chorus Pass

ABOVE: Admission to the church of San Giacomo dall'Orio is free with the Chorus Pass. (The church, which is one of the oldest in Venice, has an attractive keel-vaulted wooden ceiling. It's located on a friendly neighborhood campo in Santa Croce.)

By Durant Imboden

Some of Venice's churches use admission fees to help with their maintenance and restoration. You can save money and avoid the hassle of buying individual tickets with the Chorus Pass, which costs only €14 and lets you visit 17 Venice churches that charge admission during a one-year period.

Since the price of an individual ticket is €3,50, you'll recoup the price of the pass if you visit only four churches. (A family pass is available for €28 and covers two adults plus any number of children under 18. Students up to 25 years of age can buy the Chorus Pass for €10.)

You can purchase the Chorus Pass at any participating church and at several other locations around town. It's also available online.

For details, including a list of Chorus Pass churches and their opening hours, see the Chorus Venezia Web site.

About the author:

Durant Imboden has written about Venice, Italy since 1996. He covered Venice and European travel at About.com for 4-1/2 years before launching Europe for Visitors (including Venice for Visitors) with Cheryl Imboden in 2001.

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