ABOVE: A cat guards the merchandise at Venice's Alta
Acqua Bookstore.
Venice for
Visitors has offered unbiased advice to more
than 30 million travelers since 1997. PC Magazine has called our site "The
premier visitors' site for Venice, Italy."
Jumpstart your 2023 Venice travel plans by browsing
the list of topics below or using our comprehensive
Main Travel Guide Index.
Learn about the city, including
how to arrive by plane, train,
car, or ship.
Don't miss Venice Q&A,
Top 11 Tourist Mistakes
(and how to avoid them), acqua alta flooding, tips on walking in Venice,
a sampling of Venice
tourism statistics, a warning
about Euronet ATMs, and examples of tourist fines
for "forbidden behavior."
We also have guides to Mestre
and the Lido di Venezia, plus advice on
luggage storage and
baggage porters.
Finally, our
Accessible Venice article has advice and resources for mobility-impaired
visitors.
Location
matters in Venice, so begin with our No. 1
Venice hotel warning and our advice on
changing
your reservation
if you've already booked a hard-to-reach hotel.
Also see
10 hotels near airport
buses, 17 hotels near
cruise ships, hotels for
early-morning
flights, and 43
hotels on the Grand Canal.
Our Venice hotel directions for
200+ hotels will save you from getting lost. For a "home away from home"
stay, see Venice apartment rentals.
We
provide up-to-date information on the
vaporetto (water bus)
network, including fares,
routes,
buying tickets, and
transportation passes.
You'll also find guides to
airport buses,
Alilaguna airport boats,
water taxis,
land taxis,
gondola rides,
ACTV water bus stops,
parking,
Venezia Santa Lucia railroad
station, bicyling, and the Piazzale Roma
transportation hub.
Read
about the Piazza San Marco,
St. Mark's Basilica, the
Rialto Bridge, the
Venetian Ghetto, the glassmaking
island of Murano, and
more.
Two other articles, Bridges of
Venice and Canals of Venice,
are packed with photos and useful advice.
Don't miss our Top
11 Free Sights in Venice, our do-it-yourself
Grand Canal cruise and
Venice islands tour,
our
Fisheye Venice photo tour, and tips
on public toilets.
We
describe the Venice cruise
terminals, hotels
near the piers, and other cruise-related topics--including the Italian
government's new (and poorly planned)
ban on all but the smallest
cruise ships from central Venice, which is already wreaking havoc among
cruise passengers, Venice businesses, and port workers.
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