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Getting There By Air Venice Marco Polo (VCE) Tel: (041) 260 9260. Fax: (041) 260 6260. Website: www.veniceairport.it Located just 12km (seven miles) from Venice, Marco Polo airport is the main hub of European and national flights to the Veneto region. It is easily accessible by land or water and when occasionally blighted by fog, planes land at nearby airports in Treviso or Verona. Marco Polo is one of the busiest airports in Italy, handling 4.4 million passengers in 2000. A new three-floor terminal, which can cater for up to six million passengers per year, recently opened. Major airlines: Italy’s national airline, Alitalia (tel: (041) 541 5340; website: www.alitalia.it), connects Venice to Rome, Naples and Catania in Sicily. British Airways and budget airline Go operate daily flights to London (Gatwick and Stansted respectively), while Lufthansa and Air France fly to other major European capitals and business centres. Approximate flight times to Venice: From London is 2 hours 10 minutes; from New York is 9 hours 20 minutes; from Los Angeles is 13 hours 20 minutes; from Toronto is 10 hours 30 minutes and from Sydney is 20 hours 45 minutes. Airport facilities: Facilities include branches of Italian banks, with ATMs (bancomat), as well as a selection of bars and eateries. A range of shops selling local handicrafts and specialist food stuffs, a post office, a 24-hour first aid service and a hotel reservations service are also available. Car hire operators include Avis, Europcar and Hertz. Business facilities: Business-class travellers without luggage can check in at the Sala VIP Save lounge (tel: (041) 260 6285; fax: (041) 260 6282; e-mail: marketing@veniceairport.it), where there are televisions and telephones at their disposal. The Travelex Italia Business Centre (website: www.travelex.com) has meeting rooms, conference halls and work stations with secretarial services and other support facilities, such as translation services and mobile phone hire, is available daily 0600-2200. Arrival/departure tax: None. Transport to the city: The most romantic way for one to arrive in Venice (weather permitting) is by motorboat (motoscafo). Travellers pay for the privilege (€9.81) and the ride takes a little longer than the bus but the approach to St Mark’s Square from the water is one that few will forget. The Alilaguna service (tel: (041) 523 5775; website: www.alilaguna.com) departs hourly 0615-2410 and takes one hour. Water taxis (tel: (041) 541 5084) are an altogether more upmarket option, with a price tag upwards of €80. A cheaper alternative is by land, on the ATVO airbus (tel: (041) 541 5180) to Piazzale Roma, which departs every 20 minutes 0835-2330 and costs €2.70 (journey time – 20 minutes). Cheaper still is the ACTV (tel: (041) 528 7886; website: www.actv.it) public bus 5, which costs just €0.77 and departs every 30 minutes 0525-2125 (journey time – 25-40 minutes to Piazzale Roma). Car taxis to Piazzale Roma wait outside the arrivals hall and cost approximately €15-18 (tel: (041) 936 222). |
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