Where is the best place to pick up a car rental leaving Venice to drive to Tuscany? What car rental agency would you suggest? We will be driving from Venice to Tuscany.
Posted by
Portlandia
3313 posts
I'd sugggest booking through Autoeurope and picking up at Piazzale Roma. Easy to get out of Venice and onto the Autostrada.
Posted by
Huntsville, AL, USA
8371 posts
Just be very careful driving on the causeway over to the mainland.
They have radar cameras, and they'll ticket you for 1 mph over the speed limit. Venice is a speed trap.
Hope you now can avoid what I went through to pay a ticket almost a year later.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16238 posts
Piazzale Roma.
Posted by
Alta Loma, CA, USA
1446 posts
We picked up our rental car this past August at Piazzale Roma and it was very convenient and easy. We reserved through AutoEurope and the rental agency was Europcar. We also used AutoEurope & Europcar in '09 for the Tuscany portion of our trip. Remember to take your driver license with you and to get an International Drivers Permit as well (got ours at AAA). Have a great trip.
Posted by
OP
New York
49 posts
Thank you - this is great!
Posted by
Toronto area, Canada
174 posts
I picked up my rental car from Sixt Car Rental in Mestre, which is just across the causeway from Venice. Very easy, we took the very short train ride from Venice across the causeway to Mestre, then walked about a block to to the Sixt parking lot/rental office. From there it was a very easy drive out of town. Now I'm planning another trip to Italy and this time I will drive to Mestre and drop off my rental car there, and take the quick train into Venice.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
7737 posts
What Roger said.