Transportation
Venice City Center is made up by several small island connected together by more than 400 bridges. For this reason cars are not allowed to travel around the city. While planning your journey from the Airport or the mainland to your hotel, consider that if you reach Venice by bus or car taxi you will arrive to Piazzale Roma, and then you will have to reach your hotel by foot or using public waterbuses. If you decide to reach Venice from the Airport by water, you will have different stops, and you can choose the one closer to your hotel, or, if you take the watertaxi, most of the hotels in the city have direct access to water.Once you are in Venice be VERY careful in using the water taxi, it can be extremely expensive (say 60,00 € even for few minutes), in any case, if you need or you like to take it is better to ask the cost before getting in and then is up to you!
See below detailed information about how to get to Venice and to the Conference Venue or click here to download pdf file.
How to get to Venice from Marco Polo Airport
How to get to Lido Island from Marco Polo Airport
How to get to Venice from the mainland
How to get to the Conference Venue from Venice
ECCM15 SHUTTLE
ECCM15 will provide a shuttle boat service during the conference period. Schedule and embarkment locations are reported below.
For further information, please contact the information desk at the Conference Lobby.
Embarkment locations are:
- San Marco square/San Zaccaria: from San Marco square follow Riva degli Schiavoni, cross four bridges and you will reach the departure point. It is just five minutes walking far from San Marco square (please refer to the map).
- P.le Roma/Railway Station: boats will leave from P.le Roma, just behind the bus station on water side. it is just five minutes walking far from Railway Station (please refer to the map).
June 24:
From Lido Casinò to Piazzale Roma/Railway Station and San Marco/San Zaccaria
From 17.30 until 19.00
June 25:
Morning
From 07.00 until 07.30 from Piazzale Roma/Railway Station to Lido Casinò
From 07.30 until 08.00 from San Marco/San Zaccaria to Lido Casinò
Lunch
Roundtrip Lido Casinò-San Marco/San Zaccaria from 13.15 to 13.45
Evening
From 21.30 until 22.00 from Casinò to Piazzale Roma/Railway Station and San Marco/San Zaccaria
June 26:
Morning
From 07.00 until 07.30 from Piazzale Roma/Railway Station to Lido Casinò
From 07.30 until 08.00 from San Marco/San Zaccaria to Lido Casinò
Lunch
Roundtrip Lido Casinò-San Marco/San Zaccaria from 13.15 to 13.45
Evening
From 19.00 to 19.30 from Casinò to Piazzale Roma/Railway Station and San Marco/San Zaccaria
June 27:
Morning
From 07.00 to 07.30 from Piazzale Roma/Railway Station to Lido Casinò.
From 07.30 to 08.00 from San Marco/San Zaccaria to Lido Casinò
Lunch
Roundtrip Lido Casinò-San Marco/San Zaccaria from 13.15 to 13.45
Evening
From 19.00 to 19.30 from Casinò to Piazzale Roma/Railway Station and San Marco/San Zaccaria
Evening after Conference Dinner
From 22.00 to 22.30 from Casinò to Piazzale Roma/Railway Station and San Marco/San Zaccaria
June 28:
Morning
From 07.00 to 07.30 from Piazzale Roma/Railway Station to Lido Casinò
From 07.30 to 08.00 from San Marco/San Zaccaria to Lido Casinò
Lunch
Roundtrip Lido Casinò-San Marco/San Zaccaria from 13.15 to 13.45
Evening
From 18.30 to 19.00 from Casinò to Piazzale Roma/ Railway Station and San Marco/San Zaccaria
How to get to Venice from Marco Polo Airport
By Land
- 1st option: ACTV public transport, bus number 5 (usually the service is operated by a orange or white bus), journey takes around 25 mins, ticket 5,00 € one way
Clik here to download time table from Venice airport to Piazzale Roma
- 2nd option: ATVO buses ticket 5,00 € one way (usually the service is operated by a blue bus), journey takes around 20 mins. See this link for timetable details.
- 3nd option: Car Taxi, journey takes around 15 minutes, cost is around 45,00 € one way
By Water
- 1st option: ALILAGUNA boat service Linea ARANCIO or Linea BLU. Ticket 15,00 € one way, journey takes between one hour and one hour and a half, depending on the stop you are getting off. See this link for Linea BLU stops and timings, and this link for Linea ARANCIO stops and timings.
- 2nd option: Water Taxi service to the the city of Venice. Journey taxes around 1hour, cost is around 100,00 € one way. Each water taxi can bring up to 10 people, depending on the number and size of luggages.
How to get to Lido Island from Marco Polo Airport
If your hotel is located on Lido Island, or if you are traveling directly to the Conference Venue, you have to reach the Lido only by water.
- 1st option: ALILAGUNA boat service Linea BLU. Ticket 15,00 € one way, journey about one hour an 15 minutes. There is one boat every half an hour and you have to get off at Lido S.M.E. See this link for Linea BLU stops and timings.
- 2nd option: Water Taxi service to Lido Island. Journey taxes around 1hour, cost is around 100,00 € one way. Each water taxi can bring up to 10 people, depending on the number and size of luggages. With the water taxi you can get off directly at the Palazzo del Cinema Dock, or as close as possible to your hotel (in Lido only a few hotels have their private access to water)
How to get to Venice from the mainland
Venice is very well connected to other cities in the Veneto Region and in Italy in general by trains and buses. Train station and Piazzale Roma (bus terminal) are connected one to the other by a bridge, the Calatrava or Costituzione bridge.
Below we are giving instructions about how to get to Venice from Mestre or Marghera, two places that are very closed to Venice and where you can easily find cheaper accomodation.
From Mestre
Serveral buses are traveling between Venice Piazzale Roma and the center of Mestre. Journey takes around 15 minutes and tickets costs 1,30 € one way. During the day there are buses for every line every 10 minutes, and also during nighttime there are night buses (Line N1 and N2) every 20 minutes that connect the Center of Mestre with Venice. For further information about timing we suggest you to check with the hotel you are booking which is the bus you have to take, and then check the timetable on the ACTV (public transportation) website at this link
From Marghera
Line 6 and 6/ are travelling between Marghera and Piazzale Roma. There is one bus every 10 minutes during daytime, hjourney takes around 15 minutes and ticket costs 1,30 €.
During nighttime, before midnight, there are buses traveling every 20 minutes, after midnigh there are buses (Line N2) travelling every hour.
How to get to the Conference Venue from Venice
From Piazzale Roma or Train Station
Take waterbus number 5.1 or 6 to Lido S.M.E. Journey takes around 35 minutes and ticket costs 7,00 €. You have waterbuses to Lido every 10 minutes. Once arrived in Lido S.M.E. there is a 10 minutes walk to reach the Palazzo del Cinema, or you can take Line V bus (one every 10 minutes) that will bring you directly to the Conference Venue in 5 minutes. Bus ticket costs 1,30 €
From Piazza San Marco
Take waterbus number 1 or 2 or 51 to Lido S.M.E. Journey takes around 20 minutes and ticket costs 7,00 €. You have waterbus 1 and 2 every 10 minutes and 51 every 20 minutes. Once arrived in Lido S.M.E. there is a 10 minutes walk to reach the Palazzo del Cinema, or you can take Line V bus (one every 10 minutes) that will bring you directly to the Conference Venue in 5 minutes. Bus ticket costs 1,30 €.
From Lido
If you stay in Lido you can easily reach conference venue by walking or by short bus travels. Bus line V stops in front of the location, it departs from Lido SME (boat station). Check Lido map to find out the most convenient solution to reach conference venue from your hotel at this link.
For any further information Conference Secretariat is at your disposal to help you plan your journey. Write an e-mail to secretariat@eccm15.org.
