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GETTING THERE & AWAY
Air
Venice's main airport is the Marco
Polo Airport (VCE), 16 km northeast
of the city. There are buses leaving
the airport every 20 minutes for
Piazzale Roma and the Venice-Mestre
railway station (travel time: 20
minutes), and taxis (pricey) are
also available. If you want an
authentic Venice experience (albeit
at a higher price), you can also
board a waterboat service and water
taxis which run from the airport to
Venice.
A few charter flights land at San
Giuseppe Airport in Treviso which is
about 35 km north of Venice. From
here, there is a one-hour Eurobus
service to
Venice. Train
Trains to Venice stop at the
Stazione di Santa Lucia (known
locally as ferrovia). The station is
located at the end of the Ponte
della Libertà in the Cannaregio
sestiere (district), in the
northwestern corner of
town. Bus
Traveling to Venice by bus is
traditionally the cheapest way to
get to the city. The bus station is
on the southern side of the Grand
Canal. Car
The A4 is the direct line to reach
Venice from both east and west, but
visitors can only drive to as far as
the Tronchetto island or Piazzale
Roma and continue with a vaporetto
(motorboats). The parking fee is
quite expensive. A cheaper
alternative is to leave your car in
Mestre since parking here costs only
a fraction of what it costs to park
your car in Venice. Then, you can
travel to Venice by train which
departs every 5-10 minutes or by one
of numerous buses.
GETTING
AROUND
Venice reward walkers with ample
antique pavements which lead you to
experience and appreciate the
authentic city's layout full of
enchanting backstreets, winding
alleys and canalsides. The historic
center is divided into six quarters,
they are San Marco, Dorsoduro, San
Polo, Santa Croce, Cannaregio and
Castello. The city's main
thoroughfare is the Grand Canal
which you can either buy a travel
pass for the vaporetto or take a
gondola which may cost quite a
substantial sum of your expense.
There are regular buses running from
Piazzale Roma to Mestre as well as
other mainland destinations, and
taxis can be found here as well.
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