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How to go by Vaporetto through the Canals of Venice (prices, line map)

Vaporetto on the Grand Canal in Venice
Vaporetto on the Grand Canal in Venice
Map with routes and prices of tourist tickets to travel by vaporetto through the canals of Venice during your visit to the Italian city

One of the features that will attract your attention the most is when visits Venice is its extensive network of urban transport, that is, the vaporettos.

I remind you that Venice It is a city whose urban structure is characterized by neighborhoods in which you find squares, alleys and small canals, and all these neighborhoods are crossed by the sinuous Great channel.

The result is a city without streets, cars, traffic...no buses, no subway.

El Services the king from venice is the vaporetto network, which cross the city through the Great channel and other minor canals, and surround it by the Venice lagoon.

In practice it is like a water bus network, whose service is managed by the company ACTV with several lines that make different routes and stop at different water stations.

We all get on and off the vaporettos as if they were buses, and at rush hours and on the most touristy days, it is common for us to have to stand and be very crowded.

Vaporetto ticket prices in Venice

For this reason, when you go to visit Venice you must consider to what extent you are going to use vaporettos.

Vaporetto on the Grand Canal in Venice
Vaporetto on the Grand Canal in Venice

You have to keep in mind that the standard ticket price to use the vaporettos When traveling around Venice it is 7,50 euros (2019) for 75 minutes of use, a really high price.

How to buy the vaporetto tourist pass

Therefore you have to consider the convenience of buy tourist passes for vaporettos.

So, for example, a one day pass costs 21 euros; for two days The pass costs 30 euros, and for three days, that is. 72 hours, the price is 40 euros.

In the ACTV official website you find the details of all prices of tickets and tourist passes for Venice vaporettos.

In advance of your trip, here you can buy the vaporetto pass which will allow you to use this means of transport during your stay in Venice

Vaporetto on the canals of Venice
Vaporetto on the canals of Venice

Vaporetto schedules and routes in Venice

La Venice vaporetto network includes numerous lines with tours different.

The main lines are those that navigate the Grand Canal of Venice, specific, lines 1 and 2, which reach the Lido Island.

Also worth highlighting are lines 41 and 42, which make the Venice ring road and take you to the Murano island, while the N and LN lines reach the Burano and Torcello islands.

Given this great offer of transportation by vaporetto, when visiting this city, these will be useful to you pdf with map of the routes of the Venice vaporetto line.

About the Author

José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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