General Information

Getting to Venice

1. By plane

Venice is easily reachable via an international airport, Marco Polo, which has an airport WEB page where you can find a lot of useful information, including the flight schedule to/from Venice.

There are many ways of getting from the airport to the center of Venice, with different features and at least two orders of magnitude in the price. They are listed below by increasing cost.

  1. Public bus (ACTV n. 5) from the airport to Venice (P.le Roma). It runs every 30 minutes, costs LIT 1,400, and takes about 30-35 minutes.
    2. You can check the timetable online.

  2. Direct bus (ATVO) from the airport to Venice (P.le Roma). It runs every 20 minutes, costs LIT 5,000 (baggage included), and takes about 20-25 minutes.
    3. You can check the timetable online.

  3. Motorboat (ACTV Alilaguna) from the airport to Venice (either P.za S. Marco or P.le Roma). It runs every hour, costs LIT 17,000, and takes about 1 hour.
    4. You can check the timetable online.

  4. Taxi from the airport to Venice (P.le Roma). Most frequent, expensive and fastest: it can cost you more than 60,000 LIT.
    5. You can check the timetable online.

  5. Water Taxi from the airport to almost any place in Venice. Definetely the most expensive: it can easily cost you over LIT 150,000. It is always essential to agree on a water-taxi fare before boarding.

Sorry, no gondola from the airport to Venice :-)

2. By train

Venice has rail connections with every major city in Italy and the rest of Europe. The main train station (Stazione F.S. Venezia S. Lucia) is on the Grand Canal in the northwest corner of the city. You can locate it in the map of Venice, clicking 1 and then A2. Some through trains do not terminate at Santa Lucia, stopping only at the Venezia-Mestre Station on the mainland. All trains traveling to and from Santa Lucia stop at Mestre, so to get from Venezia-Mestre to Santa Lucia, or vice versa (a 10-minute trip), take the first available train, remembering there is a supplemento (extra charge) for traveling on Intercity and Eurocity trains, and that if you do not pay it before boarding, you are liable for a fine. You can also check the European train schedule in case you are arriving by train from Europe or the Italian train schedule if you are getting to Venice from another Italian city.

3. By car

If you bring a car to Venice, you will have to pay for a garage or parking space during your stay. Parking at Piazzale Roma (in the Autorimessa Comunale run by the city) costs between 15,000 and 25,000 lire, and at the private Garage San Marco (next door) between 30,000 and 45,000 lire per 24 hours, depending on the size of the car. To reach the privately run Tronchetto parking area, follow the signs to turn right before Piazzale Roma. Warning: Do not be waylaid by illegal touts--often wearing fake uniforms--who may try to flag you down and offer to arrange parking and hotels, but continue on until you reach the automatic ticket machines. Parking here costs around 35,000 lire per 24 hours under cover and slightly less outside. (Do not leave valuables in the car. There is a left-luggage office, open daily 8 AM-8 PM, next to the Pullman Bar on the ground floor of the municipal garage at Piazzale Roma.) The Venetian Hoteliers Association (AVA) should have arranged a discount of about 40% for hotel guests who use the official Tronchetto parking facility. Be sure to ask for a voucher on checking into your hotel; it will be issued when you settle the hotel bill. Present the voucher at Tronchetto when you pay the parking fee. Another solution would be to park your car in front of the train station in Mestre. Parking here costs much less (around 7,000 ITL per day), and there are frequent trains between Mestre and Venice. You can also park for free in via Torino in Mestre, in front of our Department building. You can get directions on how to reach via Torino in Mestre. The area is locked at nights. Please note that this place will also be locked on saturdays and sundays (so you will not be able to access your car in these days).

Touristic information

You can obtain additional information about culture and tourism in Venice