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Cannaregio Canal

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From: Canals of Venice

ABOVE: An ACTV public water bus passes an Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat in the Cannaregio Canal.

The Canale di Cannaregio is worth knowing about for two reasons:

1. It's used by several ACTV waterbus lines that run in a circular route around the city, and by Alilaguna Orange Line airport boats.

2. You'll cross the Cannaregio Canal via the Ponte delle Guglie if you follow the main walking route from Venezia Santa Lucia Railroad Station to the Rialto Bridge and the Piazza San Marco.

BELOW: The Cannaregio Canal begins (or ends) at the Venetian Lagoon, or Laguna di Venezia, which you can see in the background.

In this photo, an Alilaguna Linea Arancio boat from Venice Marco Polo Airport cruises through the Cannaregio Canal on its way to the Grand Canal. It will call at Guglie, one of several waterbus stops along the canal's 800-meter or half-mile length.

BELOW: The Canale di Cannaregio is narrower than Venice's other canals, with a width of 22 to 27 meters (72 to 89 feet). However, it's wide enough for water buses to pass each other in the busy canal.

BELOW: The Cannaregio Canal's low-lying fondamente, or pavements, often flood during acqua alta or "high water."

BELOW: The Cannaregio Canal feeds into the Grand Canal just beyond the Ponte delle Guglie, which is on the main pedestrian route from the railroad station to the Ponte di Rialto and the Piazza San Marco.

In this photo, an Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat squeezes under the Ponte delle Guglie during an unusually high storm tide or acqua alta. It will turn left when it reaches the Grand Canal, which is just a short distance beyond the bridge.

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