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Piazzale RomaABOVE: The Piazzale Roma is a large square with parking bays for airport buses, transit buses, and land taxis. The station for the People Mover (an elevated tramway to the Marittima cruise terminals and the Tronchetto parking island) is next to the large municipal parking garage at far left. A baggage storage office is nearby, facing the square. Vaporetti (water buses) leave from floating platforms on the Grand Canal (near the top of the photo, where you'll also see the Ponte della Costituzione or Calatrava Bridge to Venezia Santa Lucia Railroad Station). Two hotels are on the Piazzale Roma: Ca' Doge (lower left) and Hotel Santa Chiara (the pink building just to the right of the Ponte della Costituzione). The small stone bridge toward the right of the photo leads to Venice's historic center. The Piazza San Marco is 30 to 40 minutes away on foot if you don't get lost.
The Piazzale Roma is Venice's gateway for several categories of travelers: 1) Tourists who arrive by public bus from the airport or parking lots on the mainland. (Note: If you're flying into Venice, the airport boat is a slower but more interesting way to reach the city.)
3) Members of tour groups (although many tour buses discharge passengers at Tronchetto for transfer to vaporetto, water taxi, or private waterbus). Getting to your hotel or cruise ship
ABOVE: You can buy boat and bus tickets at the newsstand near the Piazzale Roma bus stops or in the Hellovenezia building nearby. After arriving at the Piazzale Roma, look for the Hellovenezia office, which is a tile-roofed building near the tree-lined side of the square and the modern Calatrava Bridge. It sells tickets for public water buses (vaporetti) and land buses, along with Tourist Travel Cards (12 hours to 7 days) for longer visits. If the lines at the Hellovenezia office are long, bypass them by purchasing your transit tickets at the newsstand (see photo above) in the middle of the square. This is also a good place to buy tickets for ATVO airport buses.
Finally, we recommend looking at our Aerial Venice: Piazzale Roma photo map for a bird's eye (or, more accurately, a satellite's) view of the square. Getting to the airport from Piazzale Roma
Venice is served by two airports: Venice Marco Polo (the main airport), and Treviso Airport (used by Ryanair and several other budget airlines). Buses to both airports leave from the center of the Piazzale Roma. See our Venice Airport Buses article for details.
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Motorists who are naïve enough to endure long lines at the Piazzale Roma's
garages instead of using the more manageable 
When
you've bought your tickets, walk down the steps on either side of the small
garden near the ACTV office to reach the landings for water buses and 
You
can save money--and avoid crowded boats during high season--by simply
Are
you heading directly for a cruise ship at the Marittima cruise basin,? See our 
If
you have an early airport departure, are staying in Venice overnight before or
after a cruise departure, or are visiting the city for only a day or two, a
hotel near the Piazzale Roma may be convenient. Two hotels are directly on the
square, and others are close by.
Alternatively,
you can hire a four-wheeled 
