TRANSPORTATION IN VENICE
In this page you will find all the information about transportation in and around Venice. You can arrive in Venice by plane, train or car.
STATION
Address: "Santa Lucia" Centrale
Viale Stazione
30171 Venezia
Station "Santa Lucia" is in the district of Cannaregio, northeast of the Grand Canal.
You can reach your destination on foot or by using water bus provided by Actv
AIRPORT
The airport "Marco Polo" is 10/12 Km from Venice centre depending on what method of ground transportation you choose to arrive to Venice. Public transportation is available by bus, water bus and private water taxis.
See more information on our special section about San Marco Venice Airport and Airport Transfer
Address: Aeroporto Internazionale "Marco Polo"
Viale Galileo Galilei 30/1
Tessera (Venezia)
Website: www.veniceairport.it
Information office
VIALE GALILEI GALILEO 30
30030 Tessera (Ve)
phone: (0039) 041 2609260
Find also all the information regarding the airport transfer services on our section about the airports in Venice.
Arriving by car...
You can park your car in Piazzale Roma choosing between different parkings open all day. Otherwise there is the Tronchetto parking based on the island of Tronchetto.
Then you can get to Venice's old city centre using private or public transportation.
Autorimessa Comunale
Piazzale Roma, 356/b (Santa Croce)
Phone: 041 2727301; fax: 041 723131
Garage di San Marco
Piazzale Roma, 467/f
Phone: 041 52 32213
Sant’Andrea
Piazzale Roma, Santa Croce, 467
Phone: 041 2411806
Venezia Tronchetto Parking
Isola di Tronchetto
Phone: 041 520755
fax: 041 5285750
email: mailto:info@veniceparking.it
TICKETS
It is recommended for tourists to buy an Actv Pass instead of a single ticket. It allows you to use all types of public transportation for the time indicated in the pass.
There are five Actc Pass kinds:
– 12 hours ticket, € 13
– 24 hours ticket, € 15
– 36 hours ticket, € 20
– 48 hours ticket, € 30
– 72 hours ticket, € 48
Price of the ticket includes a no more than 150 cm large baggage. Otherwise you can buy a three day ticket if you are younger than 29 and have a Rolling Venice Card (€ 4), spending only € 15,00.
VENICE CARD
If you stay in Venice for more than 3 days, it’s recommended to buy a VeniceCard (not to confuse with the CARTAVENEZIA reserved only to the citizens of Veneto).
It’s a discount card guaranteed by the Municipally of Venice.
Available in two different types – orange VeniceCard and blue VeniceCard.
Blue VeniceCard includes:

Public transportation, free access to toilette services; you can buy a 12/48 hours or 7 days blue card. Senior VeniceCard is for people over 30, junior VeniceCard is for 29 years of age and under.
Orange VeniceCard includes:
Public transportation, toilette services, and free access to all Venetian public galleries. For 48 hours and 7 days card you have free access to "Chorus" churches, Querini Stampalia Foundation, Jewish ghetto.
You can buy a 12/48 hours or 7 days orange card: senior VeniceCard is for over 30 years people (in this case even free access to Casinò is included), junior VeniceCard is for under 29 years people. You can have also special discounts on parking, bars, restaurants, shops exposing VeniceCard acceptance.
In both cases you can include Alilaguna service from/to airport and have a cut price for parking "Venezia Tronchetto Parking" in Trochetto.
VeniceCard Blue:
PRICES– 12 hours card: Junior € 16,50 (15,90); Senior € 18,50 (17,90); (with Alilaguna) Junior € 39,50 (38,90); Senior € 41,50 (40,90).
– 48 hours card: Junior € 30,90 (29,90); Senior € 33,90 (32,90); (With Alilaguna) Junior € 53,90(52,90); Senior € 56,90 (55,90).
– 7 days card: Junior € 52,90(50,50); Senior € 55,90 (53,90); (with Alilaguna) Junior € 75,90 (73,50); Senior € 78,90(76,90).
VeniceCard Orange:
– 12 hours card: Junior € 22,90 (22,50); Senior € 29,90 (29,50); (with Alilaguna) Junior € 45,90 (45,50); Senior€ 52,90 (52,50 ) .– 48 hours card: Junior € 46,50 (45,50 ) ; Senior € 54,90 (53,90); (with Alilaguna) Junior € 69,50 (68,50); Senior € 77,90 (76,90 ).
– 7 days card: Junior € 72,50 (70,00); Senior €81,90 (79,90) €; (with Alilaguna) Junior € 95,50 (93,00); Senior € 104,90 (102,90).
Parenthetical prices only refer to on-line purchase!
For more information visit the site www.venicecard.it
