About the City - How to get to Venice
Arriving by Road to Piazzale Roma-Venice
Piazzale Roma is the public bus terminal and parking area in Venice.
Parking facilities are available at Piazzale Roma. Information can be
found on the Azienda
Servizi Mobilità S.p.a. website.
You may take a private water taxi or use the public water-bus service
in order to arrive to your final destination within the City
Private Water Taxi From Piazzale Roma - Venice
Private Taxis are available 24 hours a day from Piazzale Roma. You will
find the water taxi rank on the waterfront in between the vaporetto
stops in Piazzale Roma. The Taxi Company in Piazzale Roma is Cooperativa
Veneziana and the cost of a taxi from Piazzale Roma to the City's Centre
is approximately €60,00. For further information and to book a
taxi please call +39.041.716124.
Public Water Transport In From Piazzale Roma - Venice
The vaporettos, or public water-buses, run 24 hours a day, less frequently
after midnight. A number of lines travel on different routes at varying
speeds, throughout the City. You will need to buy a ticket before boarding.
Tickets cost € 3,50 for a one way journey, and € 5,00 if travelling
aling the Gran Canal. The ticket does not include the supplement you
will need if you have luggage. A three day pass costs € 22,00.
The main vaporetto numbers are:
- Number 1 - Piazzale Roma to Venezia
Lido. This boat stops at every stop along the Grand Canal.
- Number 82 - a circular route that
runs throughout Venice, leaving in two directions from Piazzale
Roma. Anti-clockwise to Piazza San Marco stopping at Tronchetto,
the Island of Giudecca, Zattere and Piazza San Marco. Clockwise,
travelling along the Grand Canal with stops at Rialto, Accademia,
Piazza San Marco and the last stop at the Lido.
- Number 41 - a circular anticlockwise
route around Venice, which stops at the island of Giudecca, Piazza
San Marco, Murano, Fondamenta Nuove and Piazzale Roma.
- Number 42 - a circular clockwise
route around Venice. The boat does not travel through the Grand
Canal but goes around the north of Venice stopping at Ferrovia,
Tre Archi, Fondamenta Nuove, Murano, San Marco, and Piazzale Roma.
- Number 51 - a circular route going
clockwise, stopping at Piazzale Roma, Ferrovia, Tre Archi, Fondamenta
Nuove, Hospital, and Lido.
- Number 52 - a circular route travelling
anticlockwise stopping at Zattere, San Marco, Lido. From the Lido
it continues anticlockwise to the hospital, Fondamenta Nuove , Ferrovia
and Piazzale Roma
- Number 61 and Number 62, which travel
only between Piazzale Roma and Lido, with stops at Zattere, and
San Marco.
- Number 3 and 4 travel exclusively
between Tronchetto and San Marco via the Grand Canal with stops
at Piazzale Roma, Ferrovia, San Samuele, San Marco and Tronchetto.
There are many landing stages (docks) at Piazzale Roma, so be sure
to ask before you board the vaporetto that it is going in the right
direction. For further information on the Vaporetto services within
the City Centre please check the ACTV
website.
Car Parks
Piazzale Roma: all garages are open 24 hours a day,
all year round
L'Autorimessa
comunale A.S.M. S.p.a. is Venice' s biggest car park with 2,400
parking spaces, an automatic entry system which reads number plates
and two hundred 24hr close circuit cameras that monitor all levels.
There is a €19.00 fixed rate charge for parking up to 24 hours.
Parking may be reserved in advance through the following web site:
www.urbislimen.net.
Sant'Andrea
car park, found just behind Piazzale Roma, has only 100 park spaces
and charges € 4.13 for every two hours.
Garage San Marco S.p.A.,
also found in Piazzale Roma, charges approximately €20.00 for
12 hours and € 26.00 for 24 hours . If you are staying for a
week, you can agree on a 20% discount before checking in.
Tronchetto - open 24 hours a day, all year round
After crossing the liberty bridge, before arriving at the Piazzale
Roma, follow the signs to the Tronchetto
island car park Tronchetto island car park has about 3,500 parking
spaces and charges a fixed rate of € 18.00 for up to 24 hours.
If you pay in advance and plan to stay for longer than four days,
you can ask for a 20% discount. From here you can take a water-bus
(vaporetto) to S. Marco with lines 3, 4 or 82.
Alternatives
S.
Giuliano car park is on the mainland, just before the bridge leading
to Venice. There are 800 spaces, but it is only open from 8am to 8pm
and the car park is not guarded outside these hours. Charges are €
7.74 for up to 10 hours and € 1.03 for each additional hour.
The Serenissima car park, found in Mestre just in front of the railway
station, has about 500 park spaces and charges from € 4.13 for
up to 6 hours.
Warnings
Do not be fooled by illegal touts offering to arrange parking and
hotels, they are professionally dressed and very convincing. Do not
leave valuables in the car. There is a luggage deposit office, open
daily 8 a.m. - 8 p.m., next to the Pullman Bar on the ground floor
of the municipal garage at Piazzale Roma.
There are many landing stages at Piazzale Roma, so be sure to ask
before you board the vaporetto that is going in the right direction.
For further information on the Vaporetto services within the City
Centre please check the
ACTV website.
