Venice Transportation info Q for Jan

[derricj]

Jan, this is posted on the Ask Questions board. Someone did a good job of summarizing a number of posts regarding transportation. Do you have any thoughts about the info?

 

"I am going to Europe for the first time in October, so I have no first hand knowledge. I have done a lot of board reading for months and here are the notes I have on Venice transportation. My notes have Princess references because that is the cruise line we are using and would imagine the other ships “Venice transportation passes” are similar.

 

Marco Polo airport (Venice) is 7.5 miles (12 km) from Venice

Venice Airport - http://www.veniceairport.com/

 

The airport luggage carts require either 50 cent, 1 e or 2 e coin which you get back when you plug your cart back into the cart line.

 

How to get from airport to Venice:

1) $42 Princess transfer from Venice airport straight to ship, approx 20 minutes by bus.

 

2) 3 euro ACTO blue bus with luggage compartment underneath. Make sure to buy ACTO ticket and not ACTV (which includes land and water buses) because the ACTV only allows 1 piece of luggage, and makes stops on the way. Catch it right outside baggage claims and ride to Piazzale Roma

Bus website http://www.atvo.it/eng/airport.php?l...php&id=0&var=v Make sure to click on timetable, map airport, and map Venice Piazzale Roma links to see animations.

 

3) 50-80 euros total for 2-6 people in a private land taxi directly to ships pier or Piazzale Roma if coming in pre-cruise. Here are a few of the many:http://venice.airports-shuttle.com/ http://www.limousineandriver.com/inglese/index.htm

http://www.veniceguideandboat.it/transferapt.htm

 

4) 15 euros Alilaguna public airport water taxi to Stazione Marittima where the ship will be docked, or St Marks Square and a few other stops for pre-cruise stays. Price includes 2 pieces of luggage, extra luggage is 3 euros each piece. Dock to catch this boat at the airport is 10 minutes walk from baggage claims. Luggage carts available, need coin to get one and will be refunded when you put cart back at dock. http://www.alilaguna.com/

 

5) 90-120 euros for a private water taxi total for up to 6-8 people

 

 

 

Venice is an island, actually hundreds of small islands connected with many bridges, and the Grand Canal through the middle. There is a bridge that connects it to mainland Italy and from the airport. After you cross that bridge, you will come to the bus plaza area, and a side road leading to the port area. This is as far as you can go with a land vehicle. For the rest of Venice, access is by boat only. There are 3 main types of boats in Venice. First is the privately owned that includes personal and for hire boats, the public transportation system called ACTV, and the public airport transfer system called Alilaguna company.

 

The public ACTV system has oodles of stops all over Venice and also goes to the nearby islands like Lido, Murano (glass), Burano (lace), and Torcello. They can get you anywhere you want to go once you are in Venice, but not to the airport or port. For the ACTV you can buy individual tickets and multiple day passes with unlimited rides for a good price. You can think of them as the hop on, hop off boats if you buy the multiple day pass. This boat service does not go to the pier.

 

 

Now about the Alilaguna company. They have far fewer stops because the main purpose of this company is to get visitors from the airport to Venice by public transportation. They are mass people movers with fewer stops. Other than their airport runs, they have only one route that goes anywhere else and that is from St. Marks square, the heart of Venice, to the port. Once at St. Marks square, you can get anywhere else you want to go in Venice by walking or by the ACTV public water taxis. This company has no need to make multiple use tickets available to the public, because of the nature of their business—airport transfers. It appears that they have a deal with the cruise lines to offer unlimited ride tickets for cruise passengers through the ship. This is the $15 ticket you should find in your stateroom when you board the ship. Keep and use it, the $15 charge is automatically on your account. The Princess Patters that w0kie posted online says this service starts at 12 noon and runs every 10-15 minutes with last depature from St Marks square at 1 am. If you do not want it, take it to the purser’s desk for credit to your onboard account.

 

If you want to go to the outer islands (Murano, Burano, Lido, S. Michele) you will need the ACTV pass. If you only want to go to St. Marks square and walk everywhere else, the Princess ticket would be enough. Once at St Marks square, it would be possible to buy tickets to other places on the ACTV water taxis.

 

Another thing to note is that if you are coming in for a pre-cruise stay is that the Piazzale Roma bus station has luggage storage available for 3.5 euros per piece per 24 hrs. If you take the bus to P. Roma, store luggage, take public ACTV to hotel with only one manageable bag, you then return to P Rome bus station to collect stored luggage and take shuttle bus to ship.

http://maps.venicexplorer.net/pr/pro...gs=en&brows=ie

 

Hope some of this info may be helpful.

__________________

Joy

I am going to Europe for the first time in October, so I have no first hand knowledge. I have done a lot of board reading for months and here are the notes I have on Venice transportation. My notes have Princess references because that is the cruise line we are using and would imagine the other ships “Venice transportation passes” are similar.

 

Marco Polo airport (Venice) is 7.5 miles (12 km) from Venice

Venice Airport - http://www.veniceairport.com/

 

The airport luggage carts require either 50 cent, 1 e or 2 e coin which you get back when you plug your cart back into the cart line.

 

How to get from airport to Venice:

1) $42 Princess transfer from Venice airport straight to ship, approx 20 minutes by bus.

 

2) 3 euro ACTO blue bus with luggage compartment underneath. Make sure to buy ACTO ticket and not ACTV (which includes land and water buses) because the ACTV only allows 1 piece of luggage, and makes stops on the way. Catch it right outside baggage claims and ride to Piazzale Roma

Bus website http://www.atvo.it/eng/airport.php?l...php&id=0&var=v Make sure to click on timetable, map airport, and map Venice Piazzale Roma links to see animations.

 

3) 50-80 euros total for 2-6 people in a private land taxi directly to ships pier or Piazzale Roma if coming in pre-cruise. Here are a few of the many:http://venice.airports-shuttle.com/ http://www.limousineandriver.com/inglese/index.htm

http://www.veniceguideandboat.it/transferapt.htm

 

4) 15 euros Alilaguna public airport water taxi to Stazione Marittima where the ship will be docked, or St Marks Square and a few other stops for pre-cruise stays. Price includes 2 pieces of luggage, extra luggage is 3 euros each piece. Dock to catch this boat at the airport is 10 minutes walk from baggage claims. Luggage carts available, need coin to get one and will be refunded when you put cart back at dock. http://www.alilaguna.com/

 

5) 90-120 euros for a private water taxi total for up to 6-8 people

 

 

 

Venice is an island, actually hundreds of small islands connected with many bridges, and the Grand Canal through the middle. There is a bridge that connects it to mainland Italy and from the airport. After you cross that bridge, you will come to the bus plaza area, and a side road leading to the port area. This is as far as you can go with a land vehicle. For the rest of Venice, access is by boat only. There are 3 main types of boats in Venice. First is the privately owned that includes personal and for hire boats, the public transportation system called ACTV, and the public airport transfer system called Alilaguna company.

 

The public ACTV system has oodles of stops all over Venice and also goes to the nearby islands like Lido, Murano (glass), Burano (lace), and Torcello. They can get you anywhere you want to go once you are in Venice, but not to the airport or port. For the ACTV you can buy individual tickets and multiple day passes with unlimited rides for a good price. You can think of them as the hop on, hop off boats if you buy the multiple day pass. This boat service does not go to the pier.

 

 

Now about the Alilaguna company. They have far fewer stops because the main purpose of this company is to get visitors from the airport to Venice by public transportation. They are mass people movers with fewer stops. Other than their airport runs, they have only one route that goes anywhere else and that is from St. Marks square, the heart of Venice, to the port. Once at St. Marks square, you can get anywhere else you want to go in Venice by walking or by the ACTV public water taxis. This company has no need to make multiple use tickets available to the public, because of the nature of their business—airport transfers. It appears that they have a deal with the cruise lines to offer unlimited ride tickets for cruise passengers through the ship. This is the $15 ticket you should find in your stateroom when you board the ship. Keep and use it, the $15 charge is automatically on your account. The Princess Patters that w0kie posted online says this service starts at 12 noon and runs every 10-15 minutes with last depature from St Marks square at 1 am. If you do not want it, take it to the purser’s desk for credit to your onboard account.

 

If you want to go to the outer islands (Murano, Burano, Lido, S. Michele) you will need the ACTV pass. If you only want to go to St. Marks square and walk everywhere else, the Princess ticket would be enough. Once at St Marks square, it would be possible to buy tickets to other places on the ACTV water taxis.

 

Another thing to note is that if you are coming in for a pre-cruise stay is that the Piazzale Roma bus station has luggage storage available for 3.5 euros per piece per 24 hrs. If you take the bus to P. Roma, store luggage, take public ACTV to hotel with only one manageable bag, you then return to P Rome bus station to collect stored luggage and take shuttle bus to ship.

http://maps.venicexplorer.net/pr/pro...gs=en&brows=ie

 

Hope some of this info may be helpful.

__________________

Joy

I am going to Europe for the first time in October, so I have no first hand knowledge. I have done a lot of board reading for months and here are the notes I have on Venice transportation. My notes have Princess references because that is the cruise line we are using and would imagine the other ships “Venice transportation passes” are similar.

 

Marco Polo airport (Venice) is 7.5 miles (12 km) from Venice

Venice Airport - http://www.veniceairport.com/

 

The airport luggage carts require either 50 cent, 1 e or 2 e coin which you get back when you plug your cart back into the cart line.

 

How to get from airport to Venice:

1) $42 Princess transfer from Venice airport straight to ship, approx 20 minutes by bus.

 

2) 3 euro ACTO blue bus with luggage compartment underneath. Make sure to buy ACTO ticket and not ACTV (which includes land and water buses) because the ACTV only allows 1 piece of luggage, and makes stops on the way. Catch it right outside baggage claims and ride to Piazzale Roma

Bus website http://www.atvo.it/eng/airport.php?l...php&id=0&var=v Make sure to click on timetable, map airport, and map Venice Piazzale Roma links to see animations.

 

3) 50-80 euros total for 2-6 people in a private land taxi directly to ships pier or Piazzale Roma if coming in pre-cruise. Here are a few of the many:http://venice.airports-shuttle.com/ http://www.limousineandriver.com/inglese/index.htm

http://www.veniceguideandboat.it/transferapt.htm

 

4) 15 euros Alilaguna public airport water taxi to Stazione Marittima where the ship will be docked, or St Marks Square and a few other stops for pre-cruise stays. Price includes 2 pieces of luggage, extra luggage is 3 euros each piece. Dock to catch this boat at the airport is 10 minutes walk from baggage claims. Luggage carts available, need coin to get one and will be refunded when you put cart back at dock. http://www.alilaguna.com/

 

5) 90-120 euros for a private water taxi total for up to 6-8 people

 

 

 

Venice is an island, actually hundreds of small islands connected with many bridges, and the Grand Canal through the middle. There is a bridge that connects it to mainland Italy and from the airport. After you cross that bridge, you will come to the bus plaza area, and a side road leading to the port area. This is as far as you can go with a land vehicle. For the rest of Venice, access is by boat only. There are 3 main types of boats in Venice. First is the privately owned that includes personal and for hire boats, the public transportation system called ACTV, and the public airport transfer system called Alilaguna company.

 

The public ACTV system has oodles of stops all over Venice and also goes to the nearby islands like Lido, Murano (glass), Burano (lace), and Torcello. They can get you anywhere you want to go once you are in Venice, but not to the airport or port. For the ACTV you can buy individual tickets and multiple day passes with unlimited rides for a good price. You can think of them as the hop on, hop off boats if you buy the multiple day pass. This boat service does not go to the pier.

 

 

Now about the Alilaguna company. They have far fewer stops because the main purpose of this company is to get visitors from the airport to Venice by public transportation. They are mass people movers with fewer stops. Other than their airport runs, they have only one route that goes anywhere else and that is from St. Marks square, the heart of Venice, to the port. Once at St. Marks square, you can get anywhere else you want to go in Venice by walking or by the ACTV public water taxis. This company has no need to make multiple use tickets available to the public, because of the nature of their business—airport transfers. It appears that they have a deal with the cruise lines to offer unlimited ride tickets for cruise passengers through the ship. This is the $15 ticket you should find in your stateroom when you board the ship. Keep and use it, the $15 charge is automatically on your account. The Princess Patters that w0kie posted online says this service starts at 12 noon and runs every 10-15 minutes with last depature from St Marks square at 1 am. If you do not want it, take it to the purser’s desk for credit to your onboard account.

 

If you want to go to the outer islands (Murano, Burano, Lido, S. Michele) you will need the ACTV pass. If you only want to go to St. Marks square and walk everywhere else, the Princess ticket would be enough. Once at St Marks square, it would be possible to buy tickets to other places on the ACTV water taxis.

 

Another thing to note is that if you are coming in for a pre-cruise stay is that the Piazzale Roma bus station has luggage storage available for 3.5 euros per piece per 24 hrs. If you take the bus to P. Roma, store luggage, take public ACTV to hotel with only one manageable bag, you then return to P Rome bus station to collect stored luggage and take shuttle bus to ship.

http://maps.venicexplorer.net/pr/pro...gs=en&brows=ie

 

Hope some of this info may be helpful."

__________________

Joy

[Jancruz]

It looks accurate as far as I know..I have always used the Vaporetto for public transportation and met wonderful people on it..I usually jump on at St Marks Square and just ride until I see somewhere I want to get off..kid of use it as a hop on hop off (water) bus..

Jan

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