I'll be arriving at the Venice airport and plan to get the "city bus" vaporetto into St Mark's. My question has to do w/booking train reservations for Munich & Prague, the next segments of my trip, 4 days later. I want to get the tickets & reservations as soon as I get to Venice. <BR>Is there a train booking service at the airport? Is it better to wait until I get into the city and go to the train station to book them there? Or I've even heard the American Express office in Venice sells train <BR>tickets and seat reservations. <BR> <BR>Does any recent traveler to Venice have an opinion as to my best and most efficient way of getting this business out of the way as soon as I get there? <BR>Thanks. <BR>

Not sure about the Amex office OR the airport, Logan, but if either of them has a rail ticket office, I'd use it. <BR> <BR>There's usually ONE line open for this at the Venice train station, and it is very slow. Unless you hit it lucky and get there at an unusual time, you'll spend a lot of time on line there.

Logan, there are travel agencies in and around San Marco that can provide train tickets for the same price that you'd pay at the station. The one that I preferred was called Bassani. Heading out of San Marco, it's a 2-minute stroll past the American Express office, on the right, just before the street makes a 90 degree turn to the left heading toward the Rialto Bridge.

Amex office sells train tickets and they speak english unlike at the train station.

Good evening,, Logan The American <BR>Exopress does have a travel desk where <BR>you can purchse tickets and suppliments <BR>and other reservations. It is located <BR>about one full block of the Pza S. Marco <BR>on the Sal San Moise. Open normal business hours during the week, am not <BR>sure of Saturday hours, if any. <BR>Richard of LaGrange Park, Il...

Thanks to all of you for the advice. I will definitely check the AmEx office out first, it's so convenient, then will use the travel agency idea as a backup. <BR> <BR>Pls hope w/me that the terroristas are not interested in blowing up American Express offices.