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How to reach St. Mark's Basilica

   

From Piazzale Roma:

By the water-bus lines:

  • 1 (in about 40 minutes)
  • 51 direct (in about 20 minutes)
  • 2 direct (in about 30 minutes)
On foot it takes about 40 minutes to reach it.


From the Railway Station (Santa Lucia):

By the water-bus lines:
  • 1 (in about 35 minutes)
  • 51 direct (in about 25 minutes)
  • 2 direct (in about 25 minutes)
On foot it takes about 30-45 minutes to reach it.

If you arrive in Venice by:
Plane | Train | Car | Ship

Plane

Marco Polo airport is located in Tessera, on the mainland. To reach Venice, which is about 12 kilometres away, you can choose among several means, according to the time you have available and your budget.:

  • Bus: there are two bus services to Piazzale Roma, the terminus for all four-wheel vehicles: the ATVO one, faster (it takes about 25 minutes) and leaving in connection with the arrival of many flights, and the ACTV line 5, taking about 35-40 minutes.
    If you arrive after midnight, you find traditional taxis reaching Piazzale Roma in 20 minutes.
  • Water-taxi: are moored outside the arrival hall, in 20 minutes they reach every corner of the city.
    This service ends after the last landing.
  • Alilaguna: it's a public launch that reaches Saint Mark Square in 70 minutes, stopping at Murano and Lido.
    Departures every hour from 4.45 a.m. to midnight.
Train

Surely the most convenient way to reach Venice. Travelling by train, either the whole way or simply the transfer Mestre-Venice, you have no problems, just check that the train goes on to Santa Lucia station.
From the central station you can reach every destination by the many water-buses stopping outside.

Car

Arriving by car, you must park it at Piazzale Roma, where you find three parking areas open all day long: the Autorimessa Comunale, the Garage San Marco and the Sant'Andrea; moreover you have the Tronchetto, a wide car park on an island very close to Piazzale Roma.

Another valid solution can be leaving your car on the mainland, in Mestre or Marghera, and go on to Venice by bus or train across the Ponte della Libertą

Ship

It's possible to reach Venice by ship.

The present landing points are:

  • S. Basilio (at the end of Zattere)
  • Stazione Marittima
  • Riva dei Sette Martiri (in the Castello district)
   

 

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