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ABOVE: An
ACTV water bus barely
fits under the Guglie Bridge during an
acqua alta flood tide.
Plan your trip to Venice, Italy
By Durant and Cheryl Imboden
Venice for
Visitors has offered unbiased advice to more
than 30 million travelers over the last quarter century. PC Magazine has called our site "The
premier visitors' site for Venice, Italy."
Jumpstart your Venice travel plans by browsing the topics below, or scroll quickly through our
Main Travel Guide Index.
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Learn about
Venice and
its 118 islands in the Venetian Lagoon. Our advice for first-time
visitors includes
how to arrive by plane, train,
car, or ship and what do do in a
medical
emergency.
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Read our Venice Q&A,
Top 11 Tourist Mistakes
(and how to avoid them), acqua alta flooding, tips on
walking in Venice,
a guide to public toilets,
a sampling of Venice
tourism statistics, a warning
about Euronet ATMs, our guide to Venice's
"access fee" for
daytrippers on certain dates, and examples of tourist fines
for "forbidden behavior."
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We also have guides to Mestre
and the Lido di Venezia and advice on
luggage storage and
baggage porters.
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Are you eager to avoid crowds?
Learn how traveling to Venice in
the winter lets you see the city at its best while saving money on
hotels and vacation rentals.
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Finally, our Accessible Venice article has advice and resources for mobility-impaired
visitors.
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We
provide up-to-date information on the
vaporetto (water bus)
network, including vaporetto fares,
water bus routes,
how
and where to buy vaporetto tickets,
ACTV maps and timetables, vaporetto stops, and
1- to 7-day transportation passes.
We also describe the new "Tappy" scanners
that let you pay fares on the spot with your credit or debit card.
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You'll find guides to
airport
transportation, gondola rides,
Venezia Santa Lucia railroad
station, parking,
bicyling, and the
Piazzale Roma
transportation hub where land taxis
and most buses from the mainland
arrive.
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Note: Some budget flights use
Treviso airport
instead of Venice Marco Polo Airport, and some trains to Venice arrive
and depart at Venezia
Mestre on the mainland.
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Read
about the Piazza San Marco,
St. Mark's Basilica, the
Rialto Bridge, the
Venetian Ghetto, the glassmaking
island of Murano, and
more.
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Two other articles,
Bridges of
Venice and Canals of Venice,
are packed with photos and useful advice.
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Don't miss our
Top
11 Free Sights in Venice, our do-it-yourself
Grand Canal vaporetto cruise,
and our
Venice islands tour itinerary
by public transit.
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When you're looking for green space or a place to
sit, check
our guides to parks and gardens
and public benches.
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