Venice Cruise Terminals
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ABOVE: San Basilio has its own ACTV or vaporetto
stop. A wooden bridge leads to the Zattere
promenade (foreground) and Venice's historic
center.
Also see:
Hotels near San Basilio
San Basilio Pier
San Basilio is a long quay that runs from the main port area to
the Fondamenta Ząttere, the promenade along the
southern edge of the historic center on the Giudecca Canal. It accommodates
small to medium-sized ships.
The pier has a terminal building
for oceangoing cruise ships. If you're boarding a river vessel (such as
CroisiEurope's Michelangelo, which is based in Venice), you'll normally
just go directly to the ship and embark without formalities.
From the airport:
San Basilio is a 20-minute cab ride from Venice's
Marco Polo Airport. Other options include
an airport bus to the Piazzale Roma,
followed by a taxi or bus ride (see below), or a water taxi, which takes
about an hour from the airport but offers a scenic ride. (Water taxis are very
expensive, but the cost becomes reasonable if it's split among half a dozen
passengers.)
From the Piazzale Roma or the Piazza San Marco:
You can reach San Basilio in a few minutes by land taxi. Water bus
line 2 serves the San Basilio ACTV stop. See our
vaporetto routes article for more information.
It's also possible to walk to the San Basilio cruise terminal
from the Piazzale Roma in 30 minutes or less, but you'll need a good map and a
willingness to haul your luggage over a number of bridges.
From Dorsoduro:
Take the vaporetto (see
above) or walk along the Ząttere to the small wooden bridge just past the San
Basilio vaporetto platform. Cross the bridge shown in the photo above, and
you're there.
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