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Accademia

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Accademia is a busy ACTV vaporetto stop on the Dorsoduro side of the Grand Canal, next to the Accademia Bridge and the Gallerie dell'Accademia art museum. (Expensive public toilets are located beneath the foot of the bridge.)

Accademia vaporetto stop

The waterbus station is served by:

ACTV Lines 1, 2, and N public water buses

Tickets and Tourist Travel Cards are available from an ACTV booth (during business hours) or a vending machine.

You'll find several hotels nearby in the Rio Terrá Foscarini, a wide pedestrian street that leads inland from the Grand Canal. These include the Ca Pisani Hotel (four stars), Hotel Agli Alboretti (three stars), Hotel Belle Arti (three stars), and the Domus Cavanis (two stars).

Back to: Index of Venice ACTV and Alilaguna waterbus stops

Also see:

Introduction to ACTV & Alilaguna boat stops

Types of Venice waterbus stations

What to do if you don't have a ticket

Venice water buses (what you need to know)

Vaporetto routes

Vaporetto Line 1 (Grand Canal)

Vaporetto fares

ACTV ticket machines

ACTV 24-hour to 7-day travel passes

ACTV maps and timetables

Alilaguna airport boats

More Venice transportation articles

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Durant Imboden photo. Durant Imboden has written about Venice, Italy since 1996. He covered Venice and European travel at About.com for 4-1/2 years before launching Europe for Visitors (including Venice for Visitors) with Cheryl Imboden in 2001.

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