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Car Hire
All the major international car-
hire companies, such as Hertz,
Avis and Europcar, have offices
in the Veneto, both at airports
and at the main train stations.
It is worth doing an online search
to find the best price or, if you
fly with a low-cost carrier, check
out the deals they offer. Always
make sure that quoted prices
include collision damage waiver,
theft protection, unlimited Vaporetto boarding point and water-taxi rank at Stazione Venezia Santa Lucia
mileage, a breakdown service
and Imposta sul Valore Aggiunto of fuel, so try to refill it before to your hotel. Porters
(Value Added Tax; see p269). returning the car to avoid (portabagagli) are very
To hire a car you must be over inflated costs. Child seats need expensive; not only do you
25 and have held a licence for at to be booked in advance. have to pay their boat fare,
least a year. You will also need to you must also pay for each
show your passport and a credit Porters in Venice item of luggage, which are
card. Visitors from outside the charged an adult fare. In
EU need an international Unless you are staying very addition to the vaporetto fares,
licence, though not all hire close to your arrival point, you the cost of a porter handling
firms insist on this. Vehicles are will need to take a vaporetto two suitcases could easily
usually supplied with a full tank to the boarding point nearest amount to €40.
DIRECTORY
Arriving by Air Tickets and Fares Venezia Lines Trenitalia
∑ venezialines.com Tel 89 20 21. Disabled
Alitalia Bucintoro Viaggi Passengers: Tel 199 303
Tel 89 20 10. Campo S Luca, San Marco Venezia Terminal 060. ∑ trenitalia.com
∑ alitalia.com 4267/c, Venice. Map 7 A2. Passeggeri
Tel 041 521 06 32. ∑ vtp.it Venice Simplon-
Antonio Canova ∑ bucintoro Orient-Express
Airport (Treviso) viaggi.com Arriving by ∑ belmond.com
Tel 042 231 51 11. Coach
∑ trevisoairport.it Transport from Car Hire
British Airways the Airport Busabout Venice
∑ busabout.com
Tel 02 6963 3602. ACTV Avis: Tel 041 523 73 77.
∑ britishairways.com Tel 041 24 24. ∑ actv.it Dolomiti Bus
∑ dolomitibus.it ∑ avisautonoleggio.it
Delta Airlines Alilaguna Europcar: Tel 041 523 86
Tel 02 3859 1451. Tel 041 240 17 01. Eurolines 16. ∑ europcar.it
∑ delta.com ∑ alilaguna.it ∑ eurolines.com Hertz: Tel 041 528 40 91.
easyJet ATVO SITA ∑ hertz.com
∑ easyjet.com Tel 042 594 36 72. ∑ sitabus.it Padua
∑ atvo.it Avis: Tel 049 864 7661.
Emirates Arriving by Europcar: Tel 049 65 78 77.
Tel 02 9148 3383. Arriving by Sea Train Hertz: Tel 049 875 22 02.
∑ emirates.com
Adriatic Lines DB Bahn Verona
Jet2 ∑ adriatic-lines.com ∑ bahn.de Avis: Tel 045 800 66 36.
∑ jet2.com Europcar: Tel 045 927
Anek Eurail
Marco Polo ∑ anekitalia.com 3161.
Airport (Venice) ∑ eurail.com Hertz: Tel 045 800 08 32.
Tel 041 260 92 60. Atlas InterRail Vicenza
∑ veniceairport.it ∑ atlas-croatia.com ∑ interrail.eu Avis: Tel 044 432 16 22.
Ryanair Minoan Lines OEBB Europcar: Tel 044 428
∑ ryanair.com ∑ minoanlines.it ∑ oebb.at 00 42.
Valerio Catullo MSC Crociere Stazione Venezia Hertz: Tel 044 423 17 28.
Airport (Verona) ∑crocierissime.it Santa Lucia Porters in Venice
Tel 045 809 56 66. P&O Cruises Map 1 C5.
∑ aeroportoverona.it ∑ pocruises.com Tel 041 78 56 70. Tel 041 71 37 19.

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