Transportation
Getting there
By car:
After the bridge of Liberta, the bridge
that connects Venice to the mainland, you find that there are two
different places where you can park your car. If you turn right you'll
arrive at Tronchetto Island, an island
entirely used for parking except for an area where there is the Palafenice,
the temporary structure of the Gran Teatro la Fenice. By going straight
you'll reach Piazzale Roma with two big
parking lots: the Asm Garage and the San Marco garage. Both are good,
Tronchetto because it is often free, Piazzale Roma because it is closer
to the center even if from both part you can easily arrive downtown
with public boats or taxis.
By plane
The Venice airport is Marco Polo. From
Marco Polo Airport you can both take a bus or a taxi to Piazzale Roma
or take a water-taxi or the Alilaguna boat, which brings you straight
to San Marco.
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By train
From Santa Lucia Station, a big building,
which faces the last part of the Gran Canal, begins the sestieri of
Cannaregio. Close to the train station is the Ponte
degli Scalzi, the third and last bridge that crosses the Gran
Canal.
Getting Around
Venice is a very particular city in which everything is done on
foot or by boat. There are boats for taxi, for ambulances, for fireman
and even for transports. Plenty of Venetians own a little boat to
go around during summer or to carry heavy goods but usually they
travel by public boats. There are many different lines and many
stops all around Venice, and is very comfortable to cross the Gran
Canal here and there seeing palaces both from its side and from
the internal one. Another funny way to cross the Gran Canal and
take a cheap Gondola is the Traghetto,
a Gondola. With the Traghetto you can enjoy a very particular way
to travel Venice and feel Venetian.
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