Where a car takes you from Venice
These are the day trips from Venice on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Padua (Padova) Padua is the canonical Veneto food day trip from Venice, the home of Aperol (created in Padua in 1919), Caffè Pedrocchi since 1831 and the Piazza dell
- Treviso Treviso is the canonical Veneto food day trip for radicchio season, with the tiramisu invented at Le Beccherie in 1972 and the canal-side fish market
- Verona Verona is the food day trip for Veneto reds, with the Valpolicella wineries 30 minutes north and risotto all'Amarone at trattorias like Bottega del Vi
- Vicenza Vicenza is the canonical food day trip for baccala alla vicentina, the Veneto's famous salt-cod-and-milk dish, served at trattorias certified
- Burano Burano is the colourful fishing island in the northern lagoon, the canonical day trip for risotto di go (lagoon goby) and Burano biscuits at Trattoria
- Torcello Torcello is the silent first-settled lagoon island, the canonical Hemingway day trip for Locanda Cipriani's garden lunch since 1934 and the Byzantine
Booking a car in Venice
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 17.4 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, Locauto
- Pick up at
- Venice Marco Polo Airport · Venice Mestre Railway Station · Venice Santa Lucia Railway Station · Venice Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.