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Arsenale

From: Venice Waterbus Stops

Arsenale is on the St. Mark's Basin waterfront, east of the Piazza San Marco.

The Naval Historical Museum is just across the bridge to your right as you exit the station, and you'll often see yachts and river vessels moored nearby.

Arsenale ACTV and Alilaguna stop

The Arsenale waterbus stop is served by:

ACTV Lines 1, 4.1, 4.2 public water buses
Alilaguna Linea Blu airport boats

Arsenale has a multilingual ACTV vending machine for tickets and Tourist Travel Cards. (You can buy Alilaguna Linea Blu tickets on the boat.)

Walking directions to hotels near Alilaguna's Zattere stop:

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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