When you go to a city, one of the things you know about before you leave is for sure i public transport, if the destination is a very particular place like Venezia the thing becomes even more difficult, here is some useful information for those who have to move around the lagoon.
There are two public and scheduled transport companies that guarantee travel in the city: ACTV (which also deals with direct buses to the "mainland") e Alilaguna. I will try below to give you all the possible information to help you use the Venetian public transport and also to understand the differences between various types of tickets available.
There are many lines available and depending on their itinerary they will take more or less time to travel the same stretch of canal, given the particularity of the city, the streets that can be traveled by vaporetto are limited, so it will often be necessary to travel along the road. on foot.
To get an idea of which lines are available, the best thing to do is consult this map: it is not exactly easy to interpret, so I recommend that you read the legend carefully to be sure where your vaporetto stops or not.
The prices of Venetian transport are far from low cost, but in some cases you may be able to take advantage of some special promotions and rates.
To circulate with the ACTV means the single ticket lasting 60 'costs 7 €. With this ticket, as with all the others, you can also reach the most distant areas of the lagoon: the Lido, Murano, Burano, Torcello, Sant'Erasmo and Cavallino-Treporti (it does not apply to reach Pellestrina and Chioggia, as the service is not managed by ACTV). If you do not have the ticket you can ask for it on board, the price remains the same.
There are special rates dedicated to children with a return ticket, a return "beach ticket" using line 14 and a discount on some very short routes. Children up to 6 years travel for free.
For those who plan to use the vaporetto several times (and even the buses) several times during their stay in the Lagoon, it is certainly cheaper and "convenient" to buy timed tourist tickets:
€ 18,00 - 12 Hours Ticket
€ 20,00 - 24 Hours Ticket
€ 25,00 - 36 Hours Ticket
€ 30,00 - 48 Hours Ticket
€ 35,00 - 72 Hours Ticket
€ 50,00 - 7-day ticket
There are also other possibilities to save, especially if you are between 14 and 29 years old or are resident in Veneto.
In the first case, the perfect solution is the Rolling Venice card: this card costs € 4 and is valid for one calendar year, it allows you to take advantage of discounts in some places in the city, shops and access to cultural places, but also a 3-day pass for public transport and mainland for € 18 . I think it's a great rate, in fact, even if you don't intend to return to the city by the end of the year, the total expense is 22 € only, instead of 35 €!
From a few days it is then possible to take advantage of a special discount 15% on public transport tickets Venetians if you arrive in the city traveling with Italo! After purchasing the train ticket you can access the promotion in the Italo No Stress area.
In the second case, if you are resident in Veneto the best thing is to request a VeneziaUnica card, it lasts 5 years and the activation costs € 20 (only € 10 if you live in Venice), with this card you can travel with decidedly discounted rates: an example above all is that the vaporetto ticket costs € 1,30 instead of € 7; you just need to take this vehicle 4 times in 5 years to have fully recovered the cost of the card. Anyone wishing to do VeneziaUnica despite not being a resident of the Region, the price is 40 €, which is certainly very convenient if you frequent the city regularly for study and work reasons.
Those who choose to use the Alilaguna lines the prices are higher, the service makes fewer stops but connects some key points in particular for arriving or departing tourists: the lines also connect the cruise terminal and the airport to the center.
You can move around the city with two possible ones timed tickets: € 30 for 24 hours or € 65 for 72 hours.
La single journey it can only be done between San Marco and Lido or Murano (and vice versa) at a cost of € 8.
A particular ticket allows a tour of the North Lagoon (Murano, Burano and Torcello) at the price of 20 €.
Children under 6 travel for free.
If you want to obtain a ticket before departure you can buy ACTV timed tickets online from the VeneziaUnica website or for all Alilaguna travel tickets from the official website, even having a few euros discount. In both cases it will be necessary, when you arrive in the city, to go to the dedicated counters to convert the voucher into a real ticket.
Instead if you prefer to buy your ticket directly to Venice there are so many points of purchase and on the websites of both companies there is a list to refer to. The advice I would like to give you is to avoid (if possible) the largest ticket offices and HelloVenezia counters: it is more likely that by going to a tobacconist or newsstand you will avoid the endless queue that often occurs at the counters of key points such as in front at the railway station.
One piece of advice I give you is to arrive a little early because in some points (such as Piazzale Roma, the railway station or Fondamenta Nove, for example) the jetties are various and different depending on the destination, it is essential to have the time to make sure you are in the right one ... or you risk remaining on foot! Another precaution is to check online if there are any changes to the routes or closed / moved jetties: it is not rare that the lines undergo changes due to events or restoration.
The least convenient but certainly more comfortable means of getting around the city is the Taxi: there are routes at fixed prices (which remain so up to 5 passengers, the following ones, up to a maximum of 10 in total, will pay an extra) with fares starting from 50/60 €. On this page you will find the posters positioned at the "stations", while here you can book the service online in advance.
