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Vaporetto dell'ArteVenice's 'hop on, hop off' sightseeing boat
Archived article The Vaporetto dell'Arte's service was suspended in October, 2013.
In June, 2012, the city of Venice and its marketing partners introduced a new "hop on, hop off" waterbus line called the Vaporetto dell'Arte. The idea behind the boat was to reduce crowding on Venice's public ACTV vaporetto network while promoting museums and other cultural attractions along the route. The VA line has nine or 10 stops, depending on the time of year. It starts at Ferrovia (a.k.a. Venice's Santa Lucia Railroad Station) and works its way up the Grand Canal, stopping at or near the Accademia Galleries, the Salute Church, the Piazza San Marco, the island church of San Giorgio Maggiore, and the Naval Museum at Arsenale. When the Biennale art or architectural exposition is open, the line has an additional stop at Giardini. With your Vaporetto dell'Arte ticket, you can get on or off the avocado-green VA boats as often as you like during your ticket's period of validity. Benefits of using the boat include:
Now for the bad news:
Still, the Vaporetto dell'Arte may be worth considering if you're already buying a time-delineated Tourist Travel Card for the ACTV public waterbus network. Here's why:
Bottom line: If you're buying a Tourist Travel Card for a few days or a week, the extra €10 for the Vaporetto dell'Arte may be worthwhile. Otherwise, the Vaporetto dell'Arte card isn't likely to be a good value.
About the author:
Durant Imboden has
written about Venice, Italy since 1996.
He covered Venice and European travel at About.com for 4-1/2 years before launching
Europe for Visitors (including
Venice for Visitors) with Cheryl
Imboden in 2001. |
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