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Venice hotels & travel
Arriving in Venice
- Marco Polo Airport (8km from Venice)
- Trevisio Airport (25km from Venice)
- Santa Lucia railway station
- Mestre railway station
- Cruise port (Marittima & San Basilio)
- Pizzale Roma (bus station, taxi's)
Marco Polo Airport
Marco Polo Airport is the main airport in Venice and 8km from the city centre. It has flights to Europe, Canada, the USA, Russia and the Middle-East. The bus ride from the airport to Piazzale Roma takes 20 minutes. If your accommodation is near Pizzale Roma or Santa Lucia station, then it's a short walk. If the hotel is in the historic centre then the water bus is probably the best transportation. Most convenient to the Venice cruise port is the land taxi: fare is between €30-€40 to the terminal. Walking from Piazzale Roma to the cruise port Marittima takes 15-20 minutes. Slow but inexpensive and adventurous is the Alilaguna public water taxi. It takes up to 1,5 hour from the airport to the terminals in the Marittima & San Basilio cruise ports.
Treviso Airport
Treviso Airport has been closed temporarily till December 5, 2011 for runway maintenance. Budget airlines as Ryanair, Germanwings and Transavia have departures from Trevisio. Distance to Venice is about 25km. The ATVO has a regular connection with Piazzale Roma.
Santa Lucia railway station
Santa Lucia is the main railway station in Venice. The station is located on the bank of the Grand Canal at the border of historic Venice. To Piazzale Roma is 500m. Passengers can take the water bus to St. Mark's Square/Lido or walk into the historic centre. Santa Lucia has train connections with Milan, Florence, Rome and abroad (such as Vienna, Prague & Budapest).
Mestre train station
Mestre is a large district of Venice commune on the mainland where most citizens of Venice live. Mestre station is about 8km from Santa Lucia station. Between both stations operate several trains every hour. Bus line number 2 stops next the station and it takes 12 minutes to Pizzale Roma.
water bus
The public water bus is the main public transportation service in Venice. Venice's historic centre (5km2) is built on 115 inlets and counts more than 400 bridges. There are 28 public water bus lines. The most popular one is Line 1 from Piazzale Roma - Santa Lucia - Rialto Bridge - St. Mark's Square. With the very usefull ACTV Tourist Travel Card tourists have unlimited travel on the water bus for a period of 12 hours - 7 days.
Venice cruise port
The Venice cruise port has several cruise and ferry terminals. The main facility is the Marittima harbor nearby Piazzale Roma. The terminals of San Basilio and Santa Marta are located at the waterfront of the Giudecca Canal nearby the Marittima. When a cruise boat embarks, free shuttle busses drive to Piazzale Roma. Passengers can also take a land taxi. In front of terminal 103 is a shuttle boat to St. Mark's Square. Venice is small (5km2) and attractions/sights are not far away. The city however has many alleys and more than 400 (steep) bridges which makes hiking not so fast as in other cities.
Piazzale Roma
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