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Orient Express
London will have to change
in Paris or Ostend. Fast intercity Operating between March
trains link Venice with Verona, and November, the Venice
Bologna, Milan, Rome and other Simplon-Orient-Express
major Italian cities. travels between London
If the ticket office is closed, and Venice, stopping at Paris,
it is possible to purchase train Innsbruck and Verona en route.
tickets from the automatic A one-way journey with cabin
machines in the station. They from London to Venice is the
display instructions in six ultimate romantic experience,
languages and accept notes, but it can cost as much as
coins and some credit cards. 10 times the price of a
Electronic display screens give low-cost flight. Prices are
up-to-date information on more reasonable for a return
arrivals and departures, as trip. Visit the website for
An electronic ticket machine at a vaporetto well as notice of any delays. further information.
stop on the Grand Canal Facilities include a tourist
information office, hotel
Arriving by Coach reservation service, telephones,
Long-distance regional and bank, currency exchange
international coaches use Piazzale office, left-luggage storage, self-
Roma as their terminus in Venice. service restaurant and café, and
Regular lines run by SITA link a shop that sells international Orient-Express logo
Venice with Padua, while services newspapers and magazines. Arriving by Car
run by Dolomiti Bus travel to Just below the steps of the
various localities in the Dolomite station are vaporetti landing To drive your own car in Italy
Mountains. For Europe-wide stages with lines to all parts of you will need an international
routes, try Eurolines, which offers the city. There are also water Green Card and your vehicle
a good-value multi-day pass and taxis, a gondola service and registration documents. Also,
pick-ups from Piazzale Roma, porters. The bus and coach check that your car insurance
or the slightly more costly terminal and the land taxi covers you to drive abroad. EU
Busabout, with similar routes rank are located in Piazzale nationals who do not have the
but pick-ups outside Venice. Roma, a short walk away. standard pink-coloured driving
Tickets can be purchased at the Trenitalia offers reduced- licence will need an Italian
office in Piazzale Roma or online price tickets for travel through- translation of their licence,
in advance of your travels. out Italy and Europe if you buy available from most Italian
them in advance online. Europe- tourist offices. UK drivers do not
wide train passes such as Eurail require a translation; however,
Arriving by Train (no age limit) and InterRail those with an old paper licence
The Stazione Venezia Santa (for those under 26 years of age) will need to carry additional
Lucia, Venice’s railway station, are accepted; however, you photo ID, such as a passport.
is a modern, well-equipped will have to pay a supplement Requirements for visitors from
station located at the western to travel on the fast trains. non-EU countries vary; check
end of the Grand Canal. Santa The German DB Bahn and the with your insurance company.
Lucia is the terminus for trains Austrian OEBB also provide rail The toll-paying A4
from Paris, Munich, Innsbruck, links between Venice, Verona, auto strada (motorway)
Vienna, Geneva, Zurich and Munich and Innsbruck. Tickets links Turin to Venice via
other European cities. for these services can be Padua, Verona and Vicenza –
Passengers travelling from purchased online or on board. simply take the relevant exit
for your destin ation. The
A27 from Venice leads north
beyond Vittorio Veneto
towards the Dolomites.
In Venice, parking is difficult
and prohibitively expensive.
The closest car parks to the city
centre are at Piazzale Roma
or on the Tronchetto, linked
to Venice by vaporetto and bus.
There are cheaper car parks
at Fusina and San Giuliano,
near Mestre (see City Map).
For information on Italian
Eurostar train travelling through the countryside in the Veneto road rules, see p287.

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