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vehicle decks from several
ports in Greece most months
of the year. A grand way
to travel, the Istrian peninsula
and the Dalmatian coast are
linked to Venice through the
summer by fast catamarans
and ferries run by operators
such as Venezia Lines, Atlas
and Commodore Cruises.
Venice is also a key port
for state-of-the-art cruise ships
bound for the Mediterranean.
Companies stopping here
A vaporetto boarding point along the Grand Canal include P&O Cruises and
MSC Crociere.
Marco Polo Airport Antonio Canova Both ferries and cruise
(Venice) Airport (Treviso)
ships dock at Venezia
The facilities available at Marco This small but modern airport Terminal Passeggeri, a large
Polo Airport include a tourist receives low-cost flights from terminal near Tronchetto that
information kiosk, hotel cities in the UK and other spreads along the lagoon
reservation service, car-hire European countries. It has and canalside from the Stazione
offices, post office, self-service a tourist information office, Marittima basin to Santa Marta
restaurant and currency foreign exchange and cafés. and San Basilio. Most of the
exchange office. From the airport the ATVO six terminal sections have full
The most exciting entry from bus goes to Piazzale Roma (€12, passenger facilities, including
the airport in to Venice is by 70 minutes), while the faster cafés, ATMs, duty-free shops,
vaporetto. Alilaguna operate Barzi bus as far as Tronchetto waiting halls and various
vaporetti terminal routes that (40 minutes) for the same price. information points.
travel to Venice, Murano and the Or, you can take the No. 6 public An automated people
Lido, departing regularly from bus (€1.30), which runs to Treviso mover carries passengers from
6:10am to around midnight daily. station, from where there is a the central part of the terminal
The journey to Venice takes regular train service to Venice. to Piazzale Roma in minutes.
about an hour; tickets start at However, it is usually more
€15 per person, depending on convenient to travel by
your destination, and are available Valerio Catullo the shuttle buses that are
Airport (Verona)
from the boarding point on the provided by the individual
quayside, a short stroll away. Verona airport receives flights cruise companies as they
The vaporetto stops at several from cities in the UK, other pull up at boarding points.
landing stages, including San European countries and Africa. Santa Marta and San Basilio
Marco, San Zaccaria and The bus service to Verona town are served by ACTV vaporetto
Fondamente Nuove. Water taxis centre, which links up with sched- line No. 6, which terminates
operating from the airport to uled flights, costs about €5. In at the Lido.
San Marco take about half the summer there is usually a direct Cruise ships are a cause
time but will cost around €120. minibus to points on Lake Garda. of heated debate in Venice.
There is also a €20 surcharge at Critics claim that they cause
night. Beware of water-taxi environmental damage and
touts, who will charge you Arriving by Sea UNESCO has called on the city
more than the official fare. Minoan Lines and Anek run of Venice to ban the ships
The less spectacular – but large ferries with cabins and from the city centre from 2017.
quicker and cheaper – alter-
native to the lagoon crossing
is by an ATVO bus to Piazzale
Roma. This service meets all
scheduled flights and costs €8.
For the same cost you can catch
the ACTV public bus No. 5 to
Piazzale Roma, which departs
every 30 minutes and makes
several stops along the way.
There is also a land taxi rank in
front of the airport. The journey
takes 15 minutes, and the drop-
off point is Piazzale Roma. Cruise ship moored at Venezia Terminal Passeggeri

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