Water taxi from Santa Croce to st marks basilica

You may have to walk a bit to get to the nearest Vaporetto station on the grand canal.

Here is a link to vaporetto maps:
https://actv.avmspa.it/en/content/consult-map

Where in Santa Croce? The above link gives an interactive map. Vaporetto #1 or 2 would be the obvious lines. If you want the expense of a water taxi, you can likely have them pick you up at almost any dock. But it would be EXPENSIVE.

I believe you are a group of 13 with infant and toddler?
If you are in Venice for any length of time a vaporetto pass * might* save you money but you’ll have to do the math- a single ride in 9.50 euros

A group your size may have trouble all getting aboard same vaporetto boat and I don’t think you’d all even fit in a water taxi

There is nothing wrong with walking from S Croce to San Marco - just be sure you have a good PAPER map.

The vaporetto app is Che Bateo?

just to clarify - the question mark is part of the name of the app.

It can work out which is the closest vaporetto stop to you, with the timings and durations.

Santa Croce is a big sestiere. It has a number of vaporetto stops.

If you say where exactly you want to start we can help you walk - although with your group of 13 including 2 wee ones you will have to break up a bit - or where the nearest vaporetto stop would be.

A water taxi can pick up from any usable water dock and can go to any one. If you are not near a place where taxis hang out you will need to arrange for one - a concierge or a webpage can help with that. Limit on a water taxi is 10 so you will have to break up (I think I mentioned that, or somebody else did, in one of your previous questions).

Will all 13 likely go on every visit to everything?

Past thread for this poster which includes apartment location in Santa Croce ( Lista dei Bari 1170, Santa Croce, 30135 Venice, Italy):

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/transportation-from-the-marco-polo-airport-to-venice

According to past posts, their stay in Venice is Sept 1 and 2 (arrival 8/31 evening). As it's halfway through their last day at this point....

good catch Kathy. Hope the trip was a good one, but still sounds a little fraught.

Would have been Riva de Biasio to San Marco Vallaresso, takes 38 minutes, 13 stops, route 1, every 12 minutes.

Do not get on the 4.1 or 5.1

I wish we would get a trip report and hear how the trip with 11 + 2 went, and who liked what.

ChristineH — I’m going to Venice for the first time in two weeks and I’m curious why you emphasize a paper map.

I"m thinking the same, Nigel (on fraught + report.)

Hacksaw, Venice has a lot of narrow streets squeezed between 3-, 4-, or 5-story buildings. Your phone may not always have cellular data so if you depend totally on an electronic map, you may be on your own at times. Walking to the nearest campo (square) usually helps. A paper map may help you find that nearest campo.

Why a paper map for first-time visitor? So you can see the “big picture” and understand the geography of
Venice.

On our most recent trip to Venice (last March) there were 3 times in one day that we came across people staring at their phones, luggage in hand, trying to figure out the Google map directions to their hotel or apartment. In 2 of those cases, I was able to show them my paper map, help them get oriented, and align the Google directions with the map.

The third couple was having a heated argument in German, with the wife in tears, and I decided it best not to intervene.

Hacksaw, the streets of Venice can be very tricky to navigate. I've visited Venice half a dozen times and have always gotten temporarily lost multiple times per trip. Its no big deal unless you're in a hurry. A paper map can be easier to read than a wee map on a phone. OTOH, that little blue GPS dot will always tell you where you are, as long as you aren't in a dead zone.

Thank you all for explaining! I will be sure to have a paper map. We can’t wait to go — Rome, Cinque Terre, Venice, Florence. First trip to Italy and first big trip as empty nesters.