I am working on my Venice itinerary and trying to get a feel for time on my arrival day in Italy. My flight is scheduled to land at Marco Polo at 1pm on a Wednesday. I will be traveling with carry on luggage only and am wondering how long it may take me to get to the bus area for transport to Piazzale Roma where I will need to get water transport to the Rialto area. I know no one has that crystal ball with an answer, but a rough estimate would be welcomed. I have such limited time in Venice that I am trying to make the most of.
Thanks in advance!
I looked at the water taxi prices again, but refuse to pay 140 euros. I'm already splurging on a number of things, but this will not be one of them.
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
6964 posts
No need to take an expensive water taxi-just take a vaporetto to Rialto
Vaporetto is like a water bus
Be sure to validate your ticket
They run every few minutes
I’d guess you are at P Roma by 2:30 if your flight arrives on time and Passport Control goes quickly ( or have you already entered Schengen?)
Posted by
OP
78 posts
Thanks Christine. I will be departing from Wash DC connecting in Istanbul.
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
5317 posts
I recently found a YouTube video with one of the best explanations of all the options for getting into Venice from the airport. Have a look: https://youtu.be/aWHxP496414?si=TSK4YGSrlvlfDg35
Posted by
Minnesota
552 posts
The bus departure area at the airport is right outside the arrivals area - just a couple minutes walk. You can buy a ticket for the bus (there are two different companies) inside the arrivals area at their service counters. They also sell vaporetto passes of varying lengths there. These passes will most likely save you a lot of money as individual ride tickets are expensive. Plus they are convenient! You validate the pass every time you board a vaporetto.
From Piazzale Roma, it’s an easy vaporetto ride down the Grand Canal to the Rialto stop.
Posted by
San Diego, California, USA
1022 posts
An often overlooked option for areas that are not San Marco is the Alilaguna. You can take the Linea Arancio (Orange Line) from the dock beside the airport to the Rialto bridge stop in just under an hour for 15e.
https://www.alilaguna.it/en/lines/linea-arancio/orario
https://www.alilaguna.it/en/lines/linea-arancio/mappa
With carryon luggage this should be easy enough to manage. It's certainly not as much of a status symbol as coming by water taxi from the airport but then neither is the bus. ;)
Venice is amazing, have a great visit!
=Tod
Posted by
Washington State
357 posts
Another option is the shared water taxi, at €32 per person. We have used this three times, and it’s a wonderful, easy way to arrive in Venice. Their desk is in the main terminal. You can reserve a time in advance, but they are very understanding if your flight is delayed. We have just walked up each time, let them know which vaporetto stop we needed, waited for perhaps 10 minutes until they have six or eight other people, walked to the dock and found our water taxi. I haven’t used the bus/water transportation option, but the shared taxi might be faster, but a bit more expensive perhaps? Just our experience and might not be what you’re looking for.
Posted by
OP
78 posts
Thank you all! I have a number of options. I wish my flight arrived early in the morning, but I'll take what I have and make the most of it. My goal is to get to my Airbnb as quickly as possible so I can begin exploring the sights that can only be visited during set hours/days.
Posted by
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It depends when you are traveling. If it is a busy day the queue for vaporetto can be long, so maybe one / one and half hour.