| Need a vacation? or do you need a vacation from | | | | is more like a power boat, you can stand on the side, |
| Pickup Trucks and Utility Vehicles, in fact a complete | | | | hold the rail and experience a high speed circular tour |
| escape from all road traffic noise and pollution. There | | | | of Venice. |
| are no roads in Venice only canals, the Lagoon and | | | | The Water Taxi, a great idea if you have just won |
| boats. If you drive to Venice you will only get as far | | | | the lottery or need to part with a lot of money very |
| as the Piazzale Roma car park. | | | | quickly! but seriously you can just step off the plane |
| The Gondola is the most famous water transport, | | | | at Marco Polo airport and the Water Taxi will take |
| which is now mainly used as a romantic experience | | | | you out across the Lagoon, navigate the maze of |
| for honeymooning couples, in fact the first step to | | | | canals and you will arrive at the hotel landing stage to |
| romance in Venice is to persuade your young lady to | | | | be met by the hotel porter, just like they do in the |
| accompany you in a Gondola, who knows where it | | | | films. |
| will all end. | | | | The Traghetti, this is a basic Gondola that acts as a |
| The Vaporetti is the slower of the two types of | | | | ferry across the Grand Canal, not very romantic but |
| Water Bus in Venice, route maps and time tables are | | | | if you can't afford the real thing, this is for you. |
| located at the floating landing stages. You can buy | | | | All life in Venice revolves around boats, from |
| single tickets but if you buy a pass you can have | | | | restaurant and shop deliveries, to builders and |
| much more fun hopping from one boat to another to | | | | garbage collectors, doctors and ambulances. A |
| cram in as much sightseeing as possible before you | | | | fantastic city to visit, Venice is full of history, |
| have to go back home. Make sure that you validate | | | | monuments, churches and of course Italian ice cream |
| your ticket or pass in the machine or eventually you | | | | shops, but that's another story. We hope that you |
| will get fined. The Motoscafi the second type of | | | | enjoy your time in Venice just as much as we have. |
| Water Bus which uses the same tickets and passes | | | | |