Comments on: Getting from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Venice (and Vice Versa)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:07:13 +0000

If possible, I’d make Venice either the start or the end of your trip – that way you don’t have to think about parking the car in Venice once you’re there. The parking lot is small and often crowded – in fact, recently I’ve heard stories about cars being turned away at the mainland because it’s full. If Venice is your first stop, you can pick up the car hire when you leave (on the mainland, at Mestre or even at the airport). If it’s your last stop, you can drop the car off before you get to the island.

By: Sharyn

Sharyn — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:28:50 +0000

Hi, We are a family of 5 taking a driving tour of that end of Italy and would like to stay in Venice for two nights. We want to stay on the island and are spoiled for choice. I appreciate all your helpful and exciting information. My question is what do we do with the hire car if staying in Venice? Thanks in advance!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:48:05 +0000

Holiday schedules are called “festivo” on timetables – things run less frequently, but they do run. You can check out the schedules for transportation via links above and just remember to look for “festivo” schedules.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:19:15 +0000

I can’t tell you what the exact fare will be, but it looks like the Radio Taxi Venezia service charges a minimum of 15.34euro for night trips to/from the airport. You can look up their fares page here (in Italian): http://www.radiotaxivenezia.com/pagine/tariffario/tariffe.html

By: dennis thorpe

dennis thorpe — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:14:58 +0000

can anyone tell me the cost of a taxi from mestre railway station to marco polo airport as i arrive just after midnight and i do not think buses are running this early

By: Amira

Amira — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:07:34 +0000

Hi Jessica,

I am planning a trip with my fiance to Venice during the new year eve. I am planning to book hotel near the mestre station as we are quite on a tight budget. So our main transportation to the island would be by train. But what concerns me is will the train services or public transport be running on the 1st of January? It would be much appreciated if you could help.

Cheers!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:43:24 +0000

The Mestre station is the first one on the mainland after trains leave Santa Lucia – I’m pretty sure all the trains that leave Santa Lucia stop at Mestre first. If you look at the full list of stops for the trains leaving the Santa Lucia station for Belluno, I suspect the very next stop you’ll see is Mestre.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:36:01 +0000

Hi There

Me and my partner are arriving into Venice Marco Polo in June and are travelling straight to the Dolomites, we have been advised to get a train to Belluno from Mestre, but we can’t find any trains only ones leaving from Venice St Lucia. Is there a bus that goes from the airport straight to St Lucia Station? Or do you rekon there is an easier way.

Thanks

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By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:23:59 +0000

You’ll need to carry your luggage with you from the cruise port to the hotel, and from the hotel to the airport, so you can either pick a hotel with a water taxi service (no, not all hotels have this), pay for a door-to-door water taxi on your own, or figure out which vaporetto stop is closest to the hotel you’re staying in so you only have a short distance to walk with luggage. You’d have the same options to get to the Piazzale Roma bus stop on the way out of the city, too.

There are some hotels right near the Piazzale Roma, which is very close to the cruise port, so you wouldn’t have far to walk with luggage at all if you chose one of those hotels.