3redheads Posted April 7, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Looking at a variety of cruise combinations and am leaning toward taking a 7 day cruise starting and ending in Venice in September or October and taking another cruise from Barcelona the next day. It appears we would have over 24 hours to get from Venice to Barcelona. Does anyone have any suggestions on what method of travel? From what I can see online, there are rather cheap flights from Venice to Barcelona. Has anyone had any experience doing this? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobal Posted April 7, 2017 #2 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Definitely fly. You can get frequent and really cheap flights within Europe and the flight will only be a couple of hours - giving you longer in either of the cities. Just be careful of which airport you fly from in Venice (it should be Marco Polo and not Treviso which one of the cheap carriers uses). Also make sure you book a direct flight, as some of them stop in Madrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wotan758 Posted April 7, 2017 #3 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I did once some time ago by train. Very good option. If I remember I made a train change in Milan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchhalm Posted April 8, 2017 #4 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Spanish airline VUELING has several non-stop flights a day between VCE and BCN. Flight time is just 2 hours. The VUELING flights are also a code share of Iberia (The Spanish national airline) and British Airways. So all 3 airlines sell the seats. Prices can vary considerably depending on which airline you look. Be aware that VUELING is a "low cost" airline. Their base price is very cheap, but adding checked in luggage, seat selection etc etc the cost goes up quickly. Booking through BA may work out cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3redheads Posted April 8, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Thanks for the responses! I'm going to crunch some numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare marazul Posted April 8, 2017 #6 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I did once some time ago by train. Very good option. If I remember I made a train change in Milan. The train is about 16 hours travel time. You need to add time for the connections. Fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3redheads Posted April 8, 2017 Author #7 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I'm definitely planning on flying. I don't want to chance ANY delay. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemz1949 Posted April 11, 2017 #8 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Fly but keep in mind the luggage weight limitations for both checked and carryon. Found out the hard way on Vueling a couple of years ago to the tune of $400. Also remember that Marco Polo is a small airport compared to others. Bummer. I'm looking at B2B in 2018 but starting in BCN....flying to Venice likely on Ryan to Treviso. Anyone have experience getting from Treviso to Venice ports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3redheads Posted April 11, 2017 Author #9 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Fly but keep in mind the luggage weight limitations for both checked and carryon. Found out the hard way on Vueling a couple of years ago to the tune of $400. Also remember that Marco Polo is a small airport compared to others. Bummer. I'm looking at B2B in 2018 but starting in BCN....flying to Venice likely on Ryan to Treviso. Anyone have experience getting from Treviso to Venice ports? I am going to try to fly with just my carryon. I may be able to do it. No formal nights on the cruise ship and I might be ok. Thanks for the reply!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare marazul Posted April 11, 2017 #10 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Spanish airline VUELING has several non-stop flights a day between VCE and BCN. Flight time is just 2 hours.The VUELING flights are also a code share of Iberia (The Spanish national airline) and British Airways. So all 3 airlines sell the seats. Prices can vary considerably depending on which airline you look. Be aware that VUELING is a "low cost" airline. Their base price is very cheap, but adding checked in luggage, seat selection etc etc the cost goes up quickly. Booking through BA may work out cheaper Also check the prices through Iberia. We have found that sometimes their prices are better than BA for the same flight. Especially for flights to or from Spain. Also, check the website for the size of the carryon they allow. It may be smaller than in US flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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