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Transportation: The Vaporetti-Not Romantic at all!!!
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  • Written by JetlagCity on Jan 12, 2005
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    Category: Ship/Boat
    Getting TO/AROUND: Other than your own two feet, water buses, or vaporetti, are the only way of getting around the mess of water and land that is Venice. I wouldn't call them cheap, but at least there are many different tickets offered, for one trip, a day pass, etc. Buy your ticket before you board - occasionally there is someone on board who goes around checking to see that you have one.

    I was quite amazed at how these boats operate. When they're maneuvering around to approach the dock they are quite loud and it sounds like they're grinding gears. Then half the time they slam into the dock and you get knocked around a little bit! They can be quite overcrowded on the Grand Canal and around the St. Mark's Basilica area, too. My best advice to you is to try to get one of the few seats outside at the front or back of the boat, because inside it gets really stuffy, no matter how many windows are open. Sitting inside an overcrowded vaporetto is one of my least favorite memories of Venice.

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    Transportation: Alilaguna Water Bus from the Airport
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    Getting TO/AROUND: Since Venice's Marco Polo airport is actually on the mainland, you'll still have to get from there out to the islands of Venice. We did this by taking Alilaguna, a private water bus service. They have two lines that make several stops around the lagoon (see the website, below, for their routes). You can buy tickets in the airport at the Alilaguna counter, then take their free shuttle bus from the airport to their dock nearby.

    Being landlubbers, when we first arrived at the dock we thought the dock was the boat itself, and kept waiting for someone to drive it away! Boy did we feel dumb when we figured it out! What's my excuse, jetlag? In our defense, I can say we were not the only ones who thought that...!

    A ticket is only about 10 Euro, which is quite cheap compared to taking a water taxi, which are eight to nine times more expensive. However, the Alilaguna boats are loud and slow. It takes about an hour to an hour and a half to get to various stops around Venice, compared to about a half hour in a water taxi. Both of Alilaguna's lines leave from the same floating dock

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    Comments for JetlagCity about Venice
    hunterV Mon Sep 29, 2008 19:35 UTC
     Hi, Jane! What a great place to walk about! The Eternal Venice!
    Maurizioago Fri Dec 1, 2006 21:26 UTC
     This is a good page about a beautiful city. Ciao!
    yeah_baby Wed Oct 25, 2006 16:58 UTC
     Love going thru your Venice pages--makes me want to be back now! thanks safe travels
    NJRealtor Tue Jun 27, 2006 04:17 UTC
     Do not miss this magnificent church. The artwork, history, and craftmanship are incredible. This church is included in the Secrets of Venice Tour which is well worth doing - a great walking tour!
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