I've never been to Venice. I'll need to get from Marco Polo Airport to Hotel Antigo Trovatore in April 2026. I'll probably use the Water Bus. In the Airport I plan on getting Euros at an ATM and then Getting a Water Bus ticket to the Hotel at the desk that sells them. I'll get the ticket by credit card. Any tips or suggestions about what to watch out for and how to do this?
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
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Water bus or Vaporetto do not serve the airport
Scroll down to Aussie’s post in this thread to see your options
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/getting-to-venice-from-airport
Also cueck yout hotel website as they will usually have directions how to reach them
Posted by
Massachusetts
1596 posts
Your hotel’s website has the following suggestion: https://www.antigotrovatore.it/en/location
Alilaguna: you can catch the Alilaguna shuttle bus Blue line (it is a water bus) to the San Zaccaria stop
This is the schedule for the blue line:
https://www.alilaguna.it/en/linee/blue-line
Posted by
Torrance, CA
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The first time we went to Venice, my wife and I scheduled a water taxi online ahead of time. The trip from Marco Polo to Venice was great. The trip back — early morning, foggy, no crowds, buildings looming out of the mist, the boat speeding up and racing across the lagoon, feeling like a movie star — was so cool we've done it every time we've been back. Venice can be overrated, but that boat ride is pure magic.
Posted by
Atlanta
5562 posts
Many like to get a hundred of so euros from their local bank before leaving home. It will cost a few dollars more that an atm at the airport, but it will save a lot of hassle with trying to find the machine, waiting to use it, and hoping it works. And the extra cost is not that much compared to the whole trip.
To get to the hotel, consider doing the following:
From the airport, take the ATV bus # 5 (or a regular land taxi) to Piazzale Roma, and then the vaporetto # 2 from there to the S. Marco-San Zaccaria "E" stop. It is then a very short walk to the hotel. By using google maps and the street view feature. you might be able to "walk" the route before leaving home.
You can get a vap. pass at the airport for the number of days you'll be there and can also add a one or two way bus ticket. I think you can still do it on line from home, print out a voucher, and turn the voucher in for the pass at the airport. Just make sure to validate the vap. pass every time you take it or the bus to P. Roma.
We've done the above a number of times. Easy-peasy! Have a good trip.
Posted by
Torrance, CA
89 posts
In Venice, we once had what remains our most memorable ATM experience. We were looking for a cash machine that wouldn’t impose an additional fee. The first one, near the Fenice opera house, didn’t work. The second didn’t work either. We went to a nearby branch of the same bank. The ATM outside was also out of service.
So we went inside.
The teller listened politely to our request for cash, then smiled broadly, lifted his shoulders in a small, philosophical shrug, and said cheerfully — in a deep Italian accent — “We have no money.”
We assumed we’d misunderstood. But no: this was a bank that had no money. There hadn't been a delivery for days.
Later on, we walked past again and found the doors sealed with yellow police tape. That morning, it turned out, the government had closed the bank, and its directors were reportedly arrested.
What stays with us, though, is not the scandal but the teller: cheerful, untroubled, and genuinely helpful in his way, happily explaining the situation. “We have no money.” It seemed, somehow, like the most Italian answer possible.