What's the best way to get to La Zucca from the Piazza San Marco area?
 

I probably don't need to ask this as it appears the best way would be by vaporetto....if we walked I'm afraid we'd be lost forever. :) And it will be dark when we attempt this! Is the Riva di Biasio point the best location or the San Marcuola and take the traghetto across the canal?

Thanks.

San Stae vaporetto stop is quite close, perhaps 5 minutes from La Zucca and pretty simple route as well--walk staight, turn right at Calle del Tintor and you'll son see it on the left.

Glad you asked and got an answer, we'll be eating there in June!

If you're going to take the vaporetto it's good to make this on a day when you have a 24 or 72hr pass. At 6 euro per person each way that would amount to $35 just for ride to/from dinner with single ride tickets.

The fare since February 1, 2008, is 6.50 Euro.

At first glance I thought the vaporetto would be the best way. Is there an easy way to walk from the Rialto Bridge?....how long would the walk take from San Marco?

Have you tried putting the two addresses into www.mappy.com for the "pedestrian" option?

It would take me 20 minutes from San Marco, but I know the way.It's perhaps 7-10 minutes from Rialto. Just plot a route on a detailed map. Once you're over Ponte Rialto just keep walking "straight." The only mysterious part is a bit of a zigzag at San Cassiano.

Returning to San Marco on foot will be easier, since you can follow "Rialto" signs first, and then "San Marco" signs.

We love La Zucca and have been there 3 times. Even with a good map, we get lost walking there! Take the vaporetto and walk from there.

Gigi at Locanda Orseolo plotted out the pedestrian route on a map for me, and it was a quite reasonable walk, though still challenging to follow the little dots on the map, but the vaporetto was a snap. Agree the walk back following signs is much easier.

Its surely nearly as long to walk from San Stae as from Rialto - and you will be taking the slow vaporetto. You could at least walk one way.

ps - its Alla Zucca
also, you just dont want to be in venice without a good map. Foot is normally the way to go in Venice -much faster than getting to a vaporetto stop and riding, and its fun anyway.

you mentioned the traghetto stop at San Marcuola - what Ive seen is that most of these run really erratically - maybe only when people are going to and from work. Ive gone down to traghetto stops a few times and nothing is doing.
I wouldnt rely on taking one (except maybe San Toma) except at these times. Maybe someone else has better info than this.

<<Its surely nearly as long to walk from San Stae as from Rialto>>

Not really true. To give a quick impression, on my scale map of Venice, the route from Ponte Rialto to Alla Zucca is 6 inches. From San Stae to Alla Zucca is 2.5 inches.

I also wouldn't recommend depending on the traghetto.

To eliminate the long vaporetto ride, you get on at the Rialto stop and just ride for a few stops.

Me? I'd walk it all the way.

So glad you asked this question. I'll be there in May, staying at Corte Grimani. I want to have dinner at La Zucca, and was wondering exactly how lost we would get!

Johanna

I'll let you know Joanna...right now I'm leaning towards walking!

Thanks for the input everyone.

maybe my memory of walking from San Stae is out of whack - we did it in mid-winter and it felt very circuitous round and about and not as quick as Id expected from my map - then the place was closed!

Part of my preference for walking is for keeping moving rather than standing and waiting for a vaporetto - they dont run all that often at night and you can move pretty quickly through the streets once the markets are closed.

I've stayed at a hotel right by San Stae twice in the last two years. I can attest to Alla Zucca being as close to the vaporetto stop as I've indicated, and relatively easily reached.

Riva di Biasio may seem pretty close, but the route is much more zigzaggy. If one is unsure of their navigation ability, San Stae would be easier since the route involves only one turn.