Venice Cruise TerminalsPort of VeniceAlso see: Venice for Cruisers (Index) Cruise Transfers by private water taxi
Venice is one of the busiest cruise ports in the Mediterranean, with nearly 500 ship departures and 700,000 cruise passengers per year. Technically, however, it isn't on the Mediterranean at all, or even on the sea; The city and its cruise-ship piers are inside the Venetian Lagoon, which is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a narrow entrance called the Porto di Lido. The Terminal Venezia Passeggeri or Venice Cruise Terminal is located near the 4-km causeway that links the historic city with the mainland. It consists of two main areas: the Marittima basin, which can handle the largest ships that call in Venice, and the San Basilio pier, which is just around the corner in the Giudecca Canal. Place your cursor on any
location and click repeatedly ABOVE: In this Google satellite map, you can easily see the parking island of Tronchetto and the U-shaped Stazione Marittima cruise basin. The San Basilio cruise pier is just to the right of the Marittima basin, above the entrance to the Giudecca Canal (which is labeled "Tronchetto-Lido di Venezia"). For a full-page satellite map with more information, click here. If you're departing from Venice and haven't arranged transfers through the cruise line, you'll need to know where your ship is moored. You can obtain this information from the English-language ship and ferry schedules at the Terminal Venezia Passeggeri Web site. (See links on page 4.) Once you've identified the basin where your ship will be berthed, see our Marittima or San Basilio page for information on how to reach the ship by free shuttle bus, by taxi, or by other means. Please note:
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