Venice Travel Guide - Getting There

By air: Venice Marco Polo Airport, located 13kms outside the city centre, is the major airport serving the city and there are plenty of flights here from around Europe and beyond.

A number of the world’s biggest air carriers operate services here including Alitalia, British Airways, American Airlines, Air Canada, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Qantas and United Airlines. Venice Marco Polo is a busy, single terminal airport with good facilities for travellers on its three floors.

Coming from Austria you should take the Brenner Pass, and from Switzerland the most convenient route is via the Grand St Bernard Tunnel. As with all of mainland Europe, cars drive on the right hand side of the road and if you should drive to Venice beware that parking in the city can carry some remarkably high prices.

By rail: Venice’s major station, Stazione di Santa Lucia, has a good number of connections to cities across Italy as well as some other European cities. Train services here are generally of a good standard. If you are coming from France, Switzerland or Italian locations such as Bologna, Milan, Padua or Verona you can expect efficiency and speed.

By bus: Venice is served by the Eurolines bus company, so there are connections to Venice from many different locations around Europe including London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid. There are also national bus services to cities within Italy run by ATVO with connections to places such as Milan, Padua, Treviso and Verona.

By ferry: Venice can be reached by Ferry and this can be a pleasant way to arrive in the city. Venezia Line offer services to Venice from a number of ports in Croatia including Pirano, Porec, Pula, Rovinj, Rabac and Opatija, with full details available on their website at www.venezialines.com