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VENICE
How to arrive in Venice
By car
Venice is accessible by car via the A4 highway (Turin-Milan-Trieste). At Mestre the highway connects with a superhighway 11 kilometers in length (via "Ponte della Libertŕ," Liberty Bridge), that one traverses to reach the lagoon.
With the car, however, one cannot go beyond Piazzale Roma, where there is pay parking.
Another way of reaching Venice is to leave the car in the Mestre area and use public buses, which guarantee excellent connections with Piazzale Roma.
By Plane
The airport of Venice/Tessera, the "Marco Polo," is located 13 kilometers from the city and is served by most large international airlines. The more expensive options for reaching your hotel are taxis to Piazzale Roma or watertaxis (a normal taxi around €25, watertaxi may be three times that depending on destination, luggage etc).
There are waterbuses (motoscafi) every hour to San Marco (€8), and two bus services to Piazzale Roma from outside the airport terminal - the more expensive of these is just a couple of euros.
Ryanair fly to Treviso Airport, 30km away.
You need to get a coach to Venice - this travels to Mestre, Venice's mainland industrial zone, then onwards to Piazzale Roma.
By Train
The Venice train station is called Santa Lucia and is located at the S. Lucia Quay, near the final stretch of the Grand Canal. It is served daily by Intercity and Eurocity trains.
The Mestre station, on terra firma, is found in Piazzale Favretti.
How to get around in Venice
Vaporetti (steamers) and gondolas. I
n Venice one can take a very normal taxi (Radio Taxi's number is 041/ 5237774) or one can rent a car. The only public means available for traveling in the center, however, are the canals: via water taxis (in service 24 hours out of 24), vaporetti, and traditional gondolas.
The vaporetti and passenger-bearing speedboats can traverse only the largest canals, including the Grand Canal. Boats and gondolas, though, can insinuate themselves into the narrowest waterways and are advised for those who want to preserve a particularly romantic memory of the city.
Connections with the Lido (beach) and nearby islands are also guaranteed.
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