Hello! My family of 5 is arriving at the Venice airport at 3:30 am on a Monday in August. What are our options if we do not want to pay for a hotel for only a couple hours? We're all adults and all healthy, so unconventional sleeping/lodging arrangements are a possibility. What time in the morning do the water shuttles start to the islands? Are there water taxis available at 4am? Is safety a concern? We plan to spend the entire next day sightseeing in Venice.
Thank you!
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23666 posts
You are kidding ! Right? Who in their right minds arrives at 3.30am? I am surprise that there is even a plane flying at that time. Will you have luggage? It must have been a really cheap ticket. However, if you are serious, try,
Posted by
Chicago
792 posts
It looks like water shuttles at the airport start anywhere from 0800 to 1000. You will not need to worry about safety. Where are you staying? If you are staying within walking distance of the bus station/taxi drop off, you can take a taxi into the city center, walk to your hotel (make sure reception would be there), and drop off your luggage. But I do not recommend trying to navigate a far distance in the dark. It is hard enough to navigate Venice during the day!
There is also a VIP lounge at the airport that opens up at 500. It is 22 Euro a person according to the website. You could shower in shifts, nap for a few hours, and then head into the city.
EDIT: If you go to the Marco Polo website, there is information about the VIP lounge and transportation links that will give you timetables. Good luck to you!
Posted by
Pensacola
9110 posts
For odd-hour airport transportation, ask a pilot.
Twenty-four hour water taxi: http://motoscafivenezia.it/eng/
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16240 posts
AFAIK there are no scheduled flight arrivals between 1:30am and 6:50am.
I'm curious to know which airline you are flying and from where.
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
34349 posts
There are 2 scheduled arrivals between midnight and 6 am. Both are on Volotea Airlines. From Catania at 00:15 and from Corfu at 02:35.
The next flight is AirOne at 06:22 from St Petersburg.
I don't see any 03:30 arrivals at all.
Are you sure it is at 03:30, Luke? And that it is VCE Marco Polo, not Treviso or some other RyanAir outpost?
Is it your inbound from Phoenix?
Posted by
Green Bay
21384 posts
Later in the year there are Volotea arrivals on Mondays from Heraklion at 3:45.
Posted by
OP
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
52 posts
We're flying Volotea. It seems they do several flights into Venice in the middle of the night from various places in Greece.