✓Good DealAiFly Score: 55/100Verified 28 May 2026 18:23 UTC
Venice to Seoul with China Eastern from €518 — 34% below the typical deal price of €780.
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🏷️ 34% below typical deal priceTypical deal price: €780
This deal vs. typical deal price for this route — verified 28 May 2026 at 18:23 UTC
Tickets from €518 both ways — checked baggage included.
✈️ China Eastern — AFR 59/100 (full-service)
In this fare:
- Checked baggage: 1 × 23 kg
- Onboard meal: Hot meal
- WiFi: Paid wifi
- Cabin: 31″ pitch on A320neo
📍 Routing & layovers
- Outbound — Layover 4h (Long layover) ⚠️
- Return — Layover in PVG: 15h 12m 🌆
- Return — 🌆 15h 12m in Shanghai (Pudong) — Visit the Bund (52 European-architecture trading houses along the Huangpu), walk to Shanghai Tower observation deck at 546 m (632 m total — the tallest building in China), or see the French Concession (Wukang Road / Anfu Road heritage walks) (or Yu Garden + Old City (classical Ming-dynasty scholar's garden, 1559)). 45 min from PVG to the city · 240-hour visa-free transit at PVG covers stops up to 10 days (54+ nationalities, onward to a third country); EU/UK/CA/AU/NZ also have unilateral 30-day visa-free through Dec 31 2026 · EU/UK/CA/AU/NZ passports: 30-day visa-free; USA: 240-hour transit with third-country onward ticket.
📖 Traveler Resources:
✈️ Airport Guides
📍 Venice Marco Polo International Airport (VCE) — The Complete Master — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📍 Seoul Incheon (ICN) — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📍 Seoul Gimpo (GMP) Airport — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📚 Seoul Travel Guide
✈️ Airport Guides
📍 Venice Marco Polo International Airport (VCE) — The Complete Master — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📍 Seoul Incheon (ICN) — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📍 Seoul Gimpo (GMP) Airport — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📚 Seoul Travel Guide
🇨🇳 Free Shanghai stopover on the return leg
15 h 10 m on the ground at Shanghai Pudong — long enough for the Bund at dusk, a Shanghai dinner, and a few hours of sleep between Seoul and Venice.
The return arrives Pudong at 10:10 and the long-haul to Venice doesn’t leave until 01:20 the next morning — 15 hours 10 minutes on the ground. That’s a full day plus the early evening window — easily enough for a proper Shanghai visit. EU passport holders (Italian, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, etc.) qualify for China’s 30-day visa-free programme (extended through 31 December 2026), so no transit visa paperwork needed — just walk through immigration with your onward boarding pass.
Realistic 15h plan: Metro Line 2 from PVG into Pudong (45 minutes for ¥7) or maglev to Longyang Road (8 minutes at 431 km/h, ¥50) → drop bag at a hotel near the Bund or in Jing’an → late afternoon walk along the Bund with the 52-building European trading-house architecture, crossing the Huangpu by ¥2 Huangpu Ferry at dusk for the iconic Pudong skyline view → dinner in the French Concession — xiaolongbao at Jia Jia Tang Bao, drunken chicken in shikumen lanes, or Michelin-starred Cantonese at Yongfoo Élite → ~5 hours of sleep at a Bund-area hotel → metro back to PVG for the 01:20 departure.
📖 The full Shanghai City Guide 2026 covers the three-layered city (1842 concession Bund / 1990 Pudong / 2022 lockdown aftermath), the Top 12 attractions, where to stay near the Bund for a one-night stop, what to eat (Taian Table holds Shanghai’s only Michelin three-star; ten Bib Gourmand options sit in the ¥150-250 band), and a Best Day Under ¥350 (≈€41) itinerary built for exactly this kind of stopover.
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4 Jun – 19 Jun€518✈︎ 17h 25m · 1 stop via ShanghaiSkyscanner →
4 Jun – 20 Jun€566✈︎ 17h 25m · 1 stop via ShanghaiSkyscanner →
5 Jun – 19 Jun€562✈︎ 17h 25m · 1 stop via ShanghaiSkyscanner →
5 Jun – 20 Jun€566✈︎ 17h 25m · 1 stop via ShanghaiSkyscanner →
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🌍 About Seoul
Seoul moves between centuries with effortless grace—wander the alleyways of Bukchon Hanok Village where traditional hanok houses cluster beneath terracotta rooftops, then step minutes later into the neon-lit energy of Gangnam. The city's five grand Joseon palaces, particularly Changdeokgung with its secret garden, offer moments of quiet reflection amid the urban pulse. Street vendors at Gwangjang Market serve up steaming bowls of bibimbap and crispy hotteok while the evening skyline glows from Namsan Seoul Tower above. Whether you're exploring the art-covered warehouses of Hongdae or finding stillness at Bongeunsa temple, Seoul reveals itself as a city that reveres its heritage while charging headfirst into the future.
