Transportation Guide - Venezia, Italy

Venice (Venezia) is a city in northeast part of Italy. The city stretches across 117 small islands in Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea. Canals in Venice is very famous in the world. 177canals are formed in lagoon and islands are connected by 455bridges. So Venice has been known as the "City of Canals".

Venice is also famous for its musical, particularly opera and history. The city is divided into six areas - Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro, Santa Croce, San Marco and Castello. Other main districts are Isola Della Giudecca and Lido di Venezia. Venice is also famous for its musical, particularly opera and history. It is also known as one of the most romantic cities in Europe.

Transportation

Getting into Venice

By Air

Newly rebuilt Marco Polo International Airport (VCE) is located on the mainland. This airport runs a shuttle bus service at approx. Euro3/person/way to jetty. Or it takes less than 10mins walk from terminals to there. If you take water-buses (vaporetti ) to Venice, it costs approx. Euro13/person for 75mins boat trip to San Marco via Murano, Lido and the Arsenale. If you hire a speedy water-taxis, it costs approx. Euro100/way for 30mins' journey.

Another gateway airport is Treviso Airport in Treviso, where is 25 km away from Venice.

The San Nicolo Airport (ATC) is situated on the Lido. This airport handles only private small aircrafts due to no scheduled flights available and short runway.

By Rail

The Venezia - Santa Lucia train station is situated on mainland and it is just few steps away from a vaporetti jetty. This railway station serves direct trains from nearby international destinations.


The easiest way to travel within in Italy is by rail.

The length of train journey to Venezia from following cities,
Rome is less than 4hrs away
Firenze is just 2hrs away
Milan is around 2.5hrs

The tricky way for taking train is to check the ticket price. Let's say the ticket for Firenze to Venezia. The direct train costs approx. Euro42/person for 2nd class and it takes around 2hours' ride. However, if you interchange in Bologna, the ticket costs much cheaper, approx Euro18.9/person for 2nd class. You also can stopover in Bologna for few hours, before getting into Venice. It takes around 1hrs from Firenze to Bologna and another 2hrs to Venezia. Bologna is a small nice town. Why not spend less in ticket and visit one more Italian town? There is a left luggage counter at Bologna railway station.


Useful links:

The official website of Trenitalia - http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3fdbe14114bc9110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD

Online ticketing for getting in Venice - http://www.venicelink.com/