VENICE. transport from cruise ship to hotel colombina

The advantage of many hotels in Venice is that somewhere in their web page they give clear directions on how to find them.

For this hotel it is pretty straightforward. If you can follow these directions then you can skip the taxi - if you want to. Since you will probably want a vaporetto pass for the duration of your stay (how long?) it won't cost any extra.

So here goes -

You want to click the second button on their webpage "Where We Are" and if you click here it will take you there:= http://www.hotelcolombina.com/where-we-are

Here's what it says about arriving on a cruise ship:==

By Ship
To reach us from the Cruise Terminal (normally used by cruise operators such as: MSC, Costa, Carnival, P & O, Princess, Cunard, Aida, etc.) you can either take a private water taxi (yellow band on its sides, officially authorized) from the nearby floating dock which will directly take you, in about 15-20 minutes, to the private jetty of the hotel, or walk to the nearby automated monorailtrain station (so called "People Mover"), take it (3 minutes trip), reach Piazzale Roma square and from there takethe ACTV water bus line 2 (summer season only) or line 1 (all year) that will get you in about 35 minutes to “San Marco - Vallaresso” boat stop / pier.

To reach us from San Basilio Terminal (normally used by cruise operators such as: Venezialines, Windstar, Yachts Charter, Club Med, etc.) from the nearby ACTV floating pier, you can either take a comfortable private water taxi (yellow band on its sides, officially authorized) which will directly take you to the private jetty of the hotel or the ACTV water bus line 2 (direction: San Marco), which will get you in about 25 minutes to“San Marco - Vallaresso” boat stop / pier,from where you’ll have to walk for 10 minutes to the hotel, following the instructions outlined below.

DIRECTIONS FROM "SAN MARCO - VALLARESSO" BOAT STOP / PIER IN FRONT OF HARRY'S BAR (ACTV: LINE 1 or 2 or N)
1. Leaving the pier behind you, turn immediately right,
2. cross a small white stone bridge and continue straight on. Once you pass "SAN MARCO - GIARDINETTI" STOP / PIER please keep on following the instructions from nr. 3 to 9.
DIRECTIONS FROM "SAN MARCO - GIARDINETTI" BOAT STOP / PIER (ACTV: LINE 2 otherwise ALILAGUNA: BLUE or ORANGE LINE)
3. Get out to the right until you see, 10 meters further, on your left, the "GIARDINI REALI” (Royal Gardens), meanwhile on the right hand side you’ll see boats and the basin of San Marco,
4. a few meters further on, after a wide and short bridge where “COMPAGNIA DELLA VELA” (Sailing Company) is located, you will reach PIAZZETTA SAN MARCO square (where the two columns are),
5. turn left and go straight through the whole PIAZZA SAN MARCO square towards the CLOCK TOWER, which has got two moors and a bell on its top,
6. walk through the arcade located under the watch tower, pass it and take the first street on the right, named CALLE LARGA SAN MARCO,
7. walk down to the end (about 50 meters), and turn left into CALLE DELL' ANGELO, just a few meters before reaching a canal,
8. walk 10 meters ahead and turn right into RAMO DE ANZOLO street, where you will find a small bridge, and right in front you’ll read the hotel sign on the façade: HOTEL COLOMBINA,
9. just cross the bridge and you’ll find the entrance of the hotel: BENVENUTI !

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DIRECTIONS FROM "SAN ZACCARIA" BOAT STOP / PIER in front of SAVOIA & JOLANDA HOTEL (ACTV: LINE 1 or 2 otherwise ALILAGUNA: BLUE LINE)
1. Leaving the pier behind you, turn immediately left,
2. cross the bridge that leads to Danieli Hotel. Once you pass "SAN ZACCARIA" STOP / PIER, please keep on following the instructions from nr. 3 to 8.
DIRECTIONS FROM "SAN ZACCARIA" BOAT STOP / PIER IN FRONT OF DANIELI HOTEL (ACTV LINE 5.1 or 5.2)
3. Turn right when at the corner of Danieli Hotel Palace into CALLE DELLE RASSE streetand walk down to the end,
4. turn left, then right into CAMPO DEI SANTI FILIPPO E GIACOMO square, then CALLE DRIO LA CHIESA street, coasting the pharmacy on the corner,
5. you’ll pass in front of RISTORANTE ANTICA SACRESTIA restaurant,
6. take the first street on the left and you will arrive toCAMPO SAN ZANINOVO small square,
7. walk for 25 meters, then turn into the first street on the right walking under a porchand you’ll reach FONDAMENTA DEL REMEDIO street,
8. take the first one on the left, CALLE DEL REMEDIO street, keep on for 20 meters and you’ll arrive in front of the hotel entrance: BENVENUTI !

Considering the peculiarities of Venice historic maze of streets and hoping to please the guests who decide to get to the COLOMBINA HOTEL walking, please feel absolutely free to call us at any time, telling us what number of directions instructions here described you arrived at, in order to assist you and facilitate your arrival to the hotel.

Hotel Colombina4star Ponte del Remedio sul Rio della Canonica o del

Ponte dei Sospiri - Castello 4416 - 30122 VENEZIA -
Tel: + 39 041 2770525

GPS Coordinates:45.436195, 12.340608

so does that make sense?

Personally if this is your first visit to Venice (and navigation) just take a water taxi. Zipping off in a private taxi and being delivered directly to your hotel's own water taxi door is THE way to begin your stay there. Of course I'm sure you could probably find it on your own - it will be MUCH more enjoyable for you if you just spend the money and travel leisurely (along with your luggage) to your hotel. Getting lost in Venice is a pleasure. Getting lost trying to find your hotel while dragging luggage is not.

You don't have to get your hotel to provide a taxi because there will be plenty of them waiting for customers at the cruise port.