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35 minutes ago, mapleleaves said:

A 2hr taxi ride would be very costly!! 

Getting dropped off at the airport isn't THAT bad. You could transfer to an ATVO airport express bus and be at Piazzale Roma 20 minutes later,, then a short walk to the hotel. 

Ok thank you for your advice.

Sam

10 hours ago, Alberta Quilter said:

It would be helpful if you specified which port as I think there are two or three near Venice.  You could also try the Port of Call forum for Europe.

So sorry--- the port is Trieste which I now understand is 1-2 hours from Venice.

Regards,

Sam

4 hours ago, TGCRUISEO said:

Holland America now ports in Trieste

 

this is about a hour from Venice. There are lots of shuttles.  You could also use the Holland America Transfers. Did you book your post stay thru Holland America?  

Thanks for the quick answer. No, we booked our stay on our own.

Regards,

Sam

22 minutes ago, mapleleaves said:

If the port is Trieste, it's a 2hr journey to Venice. Which hotel are you going to?

Check with HAL about their shuttle.  It might only go to the Venice Airport or it may drop off in Tronchetto (at the edge of  Venice) as well. About $60 pp.

Otherwise you could take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia S.Lucia. The train station in Trieste is about a 15-20 minute walk from the pier. About 15e pp.

Or FlixBus  is an option. It has drop offs  at the airport or at Tronchetto.

About 15e pp. The bus depot is on the same block as the train stn.

Thanks for your response---

I was trying to avoid carting the luggage that's why I wanted to know about a taxi.

In the past Hollands shuttle only went to the airport, but I will ask. We are staying at Albergo Marin Hotel

Sam

Can anyone give us advice on the best way to travel from the cruise port into Venice. We will be traveling in July and need to get to our hotel for our post stay. Are there car taxis at the port? We are not interested in a water taxi.

Thanks for the advice.

Thank you, Nancy. It looks like the casino is above the cabin. I hope it's not a problem.

Has anyone ever had a cabin on the main deck of the Oosterdam?

We have a cabin booked on that deck but we worry about noise from the deck above.

Hello All,

I'm reading about the ship being sold. Can anyone confirm that? Can anyone tell me about the ships condition? We are thinking of booking for the Iceland trip in July 2015.

Thanks for your help.

Good for you! Sounds like a great deal.

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Dave

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Thanks for the tip! Would you know how to get in touch with Christian? Does he have a web site or e-mail address?

Sam

:) Well we did it! We are going around the horn. We have 2 question for cruisers who have done this trip.

• When you got off the ship at the end of the cruise (Valparaiso) there is a lot of time before the trip home. What did you do to use up the time and where did you store your luggage?
  
• What side trips would you say was a "Must do".
  

Thank you for your help.

Sam

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