getting to and from Hotel Campiello in Venice - train station and airport

As you walk out of the train station, the Grand Canal is at your feet. Buy your vaporetto passes before boarding at one of the kiosks.
As you exit the vaporetto, you have about 2 football fields to walk before reaching your hotel.

Info here for transportation.

https://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/vi-transport.htm

So there are four of you?

Here is the schedule of fares for the water taxi from the train station ( Ferrovia) to San Marco area:

http://archive.comune.venezia.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.php/L/IT/D/9%252Ff%252F6%252FD.0df521a73bb1e92a747d/P/BLOB%3AID%3D19521/E/pdf

It says €60 for that trip.

Vaporetto individual tickets would be €30 for four people. Or if you buy a multi-day Pass, it would be included. But I would think carefully about whether you need a vaporetto Pass, particularly a multi-day one. Venice is very walkable; indeed that is part of the pleasure. The vaporetti are very crowded these days, and last time we were there only used them because one of our traveling companions could not walk far. Earlier, when we were in. End e for a whole month, we walked everywhere we could, and then concentrated all our off- island trips ( Murano, Sant’Erasmo, Giudecca) into one 24-hour period and bought a pass for that.

My personal choice in your situation would be the water taxi. Your family will enjoy entering Venice this way. We were treated to a ride in a water taxi by the traveling companion I mentioned above in 2015, and I have to admit we really loved it. So much nicer that being packed like sardines in a crowded vaporetto, especially with luggage.

For the return to the airport on Saturday, I would use the vaporetto plus land bus combo mentioned by the hotel. After enduring several rides to or from the airport by Alilaguna, we swore off that mode of transport. It is a long slow noisy ride in a boat with windows you can barely see out of. And that part of the lagoon is not particularly scenic anyway.

Thank you! Interesting your suggestion NOT to get a multi-pass. For my 15 year old, if he buys another card, it would be 28 euros for 72 hours. One vaparetto ticket is 7.50, so if he takes 4 rides, it pays for itself. If we don't take a vaparetto from the train station but do take it to the airport, that's 1 trip. I did think we would do a Grand Canal Tour (so that's there and back = 2 trips), then a trip to Murano/Burano (so 2 more trips per person). So that's 5 trips per person right there. Seems worth it? Would be 30 euros for the rest of us for 48 hours.

Thanks.

If you do the Grand Canal “Tour” I suggest that instead of riding up and town the Canal, you take one of the circular routes from Piazzale Roma down the Grand Canal and then around the “outside” back to Piazzale Roma. We like the southern route ( clockwise) via the Giudecca Canal. I can find the actual number of the vaporetto for you if you like.

I suggest starting at Piazzale Roma because you have a chance of getting a good spot. The boats fill up pretty fast at the next stop, Ferrovia.

Lola - yes, please let me know the actual vaporetto number. Also, how would we get to the Piazzale Roma to start?

My wife and I stayed at Hotel Campiello 2 years ago. Loved the hotel, staff and breakfast. PERFECT location. We flew into Venice. Took the Alilaguna ferry and it took about 1 hr 15 min. Very dependable service. We took the vaporetto to train station. Can't remember how long it took but check their schedule. Their service was very dependable. Enjoy your trip

RE: a circular route from Piazzale Roma down the Grand Canal and back to Piazzale Roma via Giudecca Canal. You would have to start on Line 2 from either San Marco Giardinetti or San Marco San Zaccaria. No way to do a circular route starting at Piazzale Roma.

HI there. We stayed at Hotel Campiello last Oct. I hope you will love it as much as we did. Getting there is easy from the train station, as previously described. You can either splurge a lot on the water taxi to get there a bit faster, or buy your vaporetto passes and ride the vaporetto to the San Zaccaria stop (about 45 min max). While it might be crowded, at least it won't be rush hour. The hotel is a 2 minute walk from the vaporetto stop. Going to the airport, take the vaporetto from San Zaccaria stop to Piazzale Roma (about 45 min) and then the bus to the airport. Or splurge on the Alilaguna boat to the airport. Up to you (I'm cheap, so we happily stayed with the vaporetti). Given your plans, I'd get the vaporetto passes. You really appreciate them at the end of the day when your feet may object to the long walk back to the hotel.

Thanks. Do you know if the "48 hours" and "72 hours" are counted as actual hours from the time of the first use of the pass, or is it 2 days on the calendar - i.e., if we first buy a 48 hour pass and use it at say 3 pm on a Wednesday, when would it expire?

It's a true 48/72 hr pass. A 48 hr pass bought at 3pm Wed would expire at 3pm Fri.

Just for clarity, in the above example you must complete your last vaporetto trip and be off the boat by 3 PM Friday.

Basically, at any time you are aboard, your pass must be valid.

Also: the ACTV vaporetto tickets and passes are NOT able to be used on the Alilaguna boats to and from the airport.
Each is run by a completely different company.
Vaporetto passes are good for everywhere around Venice including Murano, Burano, Lido etc.; but you have to buy completely separate tickets to get to the airport by Alilaguna boat.
And the Water Taxis are different again; much more pricey than the Alilaguna boats, but of course, private, and just you, so no crowds of people, and no waiting.

Read all about it all here:
https://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/local-transportation-index.htm

This website has a mass of great information for visiting Venice!

I'll just add that I'd recommend taking a look at google street view from the San Zaccaria stop area to Hotel Campiello. The hotel is down what looks like a really narrow alley altho it widens out into a small plaza back by the hotel front door. I would have missed it if I hadn't tried to walk it first online!

Thanks Pam!

S Jackson - that link you supplied has SO much information! One thing I quickly went to was advice for picking a hotel. It says one should book near the train station so you are not waiting on a long line to get to your hotel once you get there, plus in general, being at the start of the vaporetto route means no line (as opposed to where I am staying which is near St. Mark's - which is now concerning me). I would have thought staying near St. Mark's is great given how close the major sites are (yes, I realize its all relatively close no matter what!). Curious what others think about the recommendation to stay by the train station instead, for the 2 reasons given?

Thanks.

I would not choose a hotel near the train station simply to avoid the vaporetto ride to your hotel. It is far from the main sites and unless you like to walk long distances you would be tied to the vaporetto every time you wanted to visit the San Marco area. The lines at the Ferrovia vaporetto stop are always long and often you cannot get on the first boat to come along.

You have a nice hotel booked, in a great area. Don’t second-guess your choice.

I completely agree with everything Lola said.

Ditto...agree with Lola. I loved coming out of the alley/street where Hotel Campiello is located early, early in the AM before the vendor stalls were set up. It was SO cool to see all the gondolas lined up along the water's edge. Really, stay with what you've got.