Barbara Jones

I am driving to Venice in July. We will only be there two nights. Does anyone know where it is that I could park my car and then get public tranportation to my hotel (Hotel Casa Querini)?

Mary Ann

I do not know where your hotel is (which area) but most likely the place to park is Tronchetto. It is a big parking structure that is right at the end of the road to Venice. We parked there and then took a Vaporetto (water bus) into the city. Our hotel gave us a discount coupon which reduced the parking rate. You might try emailing your hotel to see what they say. (Our hotel only had 10 rooms, in Accademia area so even small hotels seem to have the coupons). I think from a 60 minutes piece I saw it is one way the city is discouraging day trippers. Have a wonderful time, we really loved Venice and wish we would have had a 3rd night.

deb

the previous post has very good advice. <BR>But please ignore the men who look like <BR>they are parking attendants (they are not)just go straight into the parking <BR>garage. All they want is alot of your <BR>money to take their boat.

Bob

The first poster is correct for parking. One bit of advice: Plan for a little delay in getting into Venice. We ran into a traffic jam as we were heading to the Tronchetto. Another tip: The parking garage is very large. Try to park at the far end, near the boat dock. Otherwise you will be dragging your bags quite a ways to get on the boat. There are no attendants, so no need to pay any individual anything. Our hotel also had discount coupons for the parking. be sure to ask. Your hotel can also tell you the dock to get off the boat that is closest to your hotel. Do not leave anything exposed in your car. Take everything you can with you. You will be sorry you only allowed two nights for Venice. The night time is the best time in the city, when all the day trippers clear out.

vosaki

I took European delivery on a Mercedes Benz a number of years ago and parked it in the Agip garage which I think is the one everyone is talking about. Having heard all the stories of lawlessness in Italy, I never stopped worrying about the car being in this dark vast garage. If this is a concern, you can keep the car closer to you, by staying on the Lido. I've seen a lot of cars there, I guess there is a ferry from the mainland. But I guess its just psychological, the chances of the car being stolen from the Lido are just as great as from a garage. <BR>Why don't you go to Switzerland, it's a lot safer.

Rod Hoots

Have driven into Venice many times and recommend the Tronchetto garage. The "dark vast garage" mentioned above is the Piazzale Roma garage - avoid it. Following are my canned instructions on the Tronchetto. <BR> <BR>Venice is an island which is reached by a causeway from the mainland city of Mestre. Since there are no vehicles in the city, you must park your car at the end of the causeway and then go by ferry boat to your destination in the city. As you approach Mestre, watch for direction signs to Venice rather carefully. Once you get on the causeway, look carefully for signs to the "Tronchetto" parking area. Again, it isn't marked as well as you might expect. The Tronchetto parking garage is very large, clean and well organized. You take a ticket from a machine on entrance and pay at a payment office on departure. After you enter the Tronchetto garage go as close as you can to the far end, because that is where the ferry boats depart. Just park your car (of course lock it and don't leave anything in sight) and then walk out to the end of the garage. You will see a one story building in front of you (this is where you pay on departure) and the ferry boat dock is just beyond it to the left. There are signs in English for just about everything. <BR> <BR>If you're staying in a hotel near San Marco Square take the #1 ferry boat to the San Marco stop - it gives you a great tour of the Grand Canal.

xxx

They have 2 hour parking on the Rialto Bridge <BR>