I have a 6:55 am flight out of Venice’s airport. I sure could use your help on finding the best way to get to the airport<BR><BR>I know the possibilities include water taxi, vaporettos, etc. I will have to be at the airport really early so time will probably be the key factor. The water taxi will probably be the quickest, but I am looking to compare times and costs, etc.<BR><BR>· Do any of these methods go direct to the airport or do they all have some sort of interim stop where you have to switch to a different type of transportation?<BR>· How long would it take to use each method?<BR>· How much would each method cost?<BR>· Does each method run that early in the morning?<BR><BR>· Here in the states, the airports recommend that you arrive two hours early for international flights. Do I need to get there that early in Venice?<BR><BR>I really appreciate hearing about your personal experiences.<BR><BR>Thanks, Fodorites.<BR><BR>Adria<BR>

Your best public transporation option is to take the Alilaguna boat from San Marco to the airport, leaving at 4:50 a.m. and arriving at 6:00 a.m. Fare is about 10 Euros per person. A less expensive but less desirable alternative is to take the ATVO bus from Piazzale Rome to the airport, but you must first take a traghetto from San Marco to reach Piazzale Roma. Combined cost (two tickets) is about 6 Euros. Check with your airline whether 55 minutes is enough time to check in. A water taxi will be quite expensive.

Thanks for reply.<BR><BR>How expensive is the water taxi?

The other alternative I mentioned really sucks: Traghetto Notturno (Night boat) leaving S. Zaccaria (very close to the Palazzo Ducale) at 4:10 a.m., arriving at Piazzale Roma at 4:49, connecting to ATVO airporter bus leaving at 5:00 a.m., arriving airport at 5:20 a.m. If you miss this connection, the next ATVO bus leaves Piazzale Roma ACTV city bus no. 5 to the airport from Piazzale Roma (30 mins. travel time).<BR><BR>Traghetto costs 3.10 Euro, plus 2.70 Euro for the ATVO bus.<BR><BR>Alilaguna boat from San Marco for 10 Euros is preferable, as it does not involve a connection, but gives you less than 55 minutes check in time (you still have to get from the boat dock to the airport terminal itself by shuttle bus).<BR><BR>A water taxi at that time of the morning should run about 85-90 Euros;<BR>a land taxi from Piazzale Roma about 25 Euros.<BR><BR>Another alternative would be to spend the last night in a hotel within easy walking distance of Piazzale Roma, where you could catch the 5:00 a.m. ATVO bus direct to the airport. <BR><BR>

CORRECTION: The Alilaguna boat from San Marco pier to the Venice airport leaves at 4:35 a.m. (NOT 4:50 a.m., as I stated previously), and arrives at the airport at 5:45 a.m. (NOT 6:00 a.m.)<BR><BR>www.alilaguna.it