By plane

Visitors flying to Venice may arrive through one of these airports: Venice-Marco Polo at Tessera, or Canova at Treviso.

From Marco Polo Airport…

…to Old Venice

Depending upon where your final destination is, there are several available options:

Public transport:

  • Land bus number 5 ACTV or land bus ATVO airport shuttle are located outside the arrival hall and will take you to Piazzale Roma, the only place in Old Venice where busses can enter. From here you can walk by foot or take a water bus to your final destination.
  • Alilaguna (public water bus) is available from the airport, taking you into old Venice. Different lines are available depending on your final destination. Find more info and time tables visit: alilaguna.it/en
    • Follow the signs indicating “Water Bus/ Darsena”.
    • Be aware that there is an approximately 15 min walk from the arrival hall to the pier (La Darsena).
    • Price: Euro 15. Tickets can be bought on board.
    • Time can vary between half an hour to an hour.

OR

Private transport:

  • Water taxis (boats) are available from the airport, taking you directly to your hotel. The taxi information desk is located in the arrival hall. Be aware that there is an approximately 15 min walk from the arrival hall to the water taxi pier (La Darsena). Follow the signs indicating “Water Bus/ Darsena”.
    • Prices: a water taxi costs ~€120 for up to max. 4 persons. After that, there is a €10 fee for each additional passenger up to max. 8 persons with luggage / 11 persons with no luggage
    • Water taxi numbers:
      • Consorzio Motoscafi +39- 041 5222303 website
      • Venezia Taxi +39- 328 2389661 website
      • Venezia Turismo +39- 041 2770563 website
    • Land taxis (cars) are available from the airport, taking you to Piazzale Roma, the only place in Old Venice where cars can enter. From here you can walk by foot or take a water bus to your final destination.
      • Price: €40
      • Radio taxi +39.041.59.64 website

…to Mestre

  • Land taxis (cars) are available from the airport outside the arrival hall. Price: ~€35

…to Lido

Public transport:

  • Alilaguna water bus is available from the airport, taking you to the central bus/boat station in Lido (Santa Maria Elisabetta). Find more info and time tables on: alilaguna.it/en
  • Follow the signs indicating “Water Bus/ Darsena”. Be aware that there is an approximately 15 min walk from the arrival hall to the pier (La Darsena).
  • Price: € Tickets can be bought on board.

OR

Private transport:

  • Water taxis (boats) are available from the airport, taking you directly to your hotel. The taxi information desk is located in the arrival hall. Be aware that there is an approximately 15 min walk from the arrival hall to the water taxi pier (La Darsena). Follow the signs indicating “Water Bus/ Darsena”.
    • Prices: a water taxi costs ~€120 for up to max. 4 persons. After that, there is a €10 fee for each additional passenger up to max. 8 persons with luggage / 11 persons with no luggage
    • Water taxi numbers:
      • Consorzio Motoscafi +39- 041 5222303 website
      • Venezia Taxi +39- 328 2389661 website
      • Venezia Turismo +39- 041 2770563 website

From Canova Airport (Treviso)

Public Transport

  • ATVO’s (www.atvo.it) Eurobus service runs throughout the day between the airport and Venice’s Piazzale Roma with departures timed for incoming and outgoing flights. Tickets (5 euros single, 9 euros return, valid seven days) can be bought in dispensers in the arrivals hall, at Piazzale Roma or online. The journey takes one hour and ten minutes.
  • http://www.atvo.it/en-treviso-airport.html

OR

Private Transport

  • Taxi: A taxi ride from Treviso airport to Piazzale Roma in Venice with Radio Taxi Treviso costs 70 euros. it ; +39 0422 431515

By Car

If you are going to reach Venice by car you will need to leave your car at one of the car parks on the mainland, at Piazzale Roma or on Tronchetto Island or Mestre because inside the city there are no vehicles of any kind.

  • ASM Venezia Piazzale Roma Garage website; +39 041 272 7301
  • Garage San Marco website; +39 041 523 22 13
  • Parking Sant’Andrea website; +39 041 272 73 04
  • Venezia Tronchetto Parking website; +39 041 520 75 55
  • Garage Europa in Mestre website; +39 041 959 202

To take your car to the Lido, take the ferry from the Tronchetto-Ferry Boat stop to San Niccolò on the Lido. Here you can find all the information you need: http://actv.avmspa.it/en/content/actv-ferry-boat

Many hotels have special deals with a car park: you should ask your hotel before choosing one at random.

By Train

Venice has two railway stations: Venezia-Mestre on the mainland and Venezia-Santa Lucia in Old Venice. If the train stops at Venezia -Santa Lucia train station you can take a vaporetto (public water bus) or water taxi to your final destination.

If the train stops at Mestre, and you are not staying in Mestre, you will need to hop on a local train (or any train which stops at Mestre and continues to Santa Lucia) or take a bus or a taxi just outside the train station (see information below).