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Saturday November 14, 2015
Venice, Italy Water buses
The water canals of Venice are wonderful. All transportation is by boat. And of course... the buses.... are boats.
You go to a kiosk... or some places have a ticket booth. A 48 hour transit pass is like E7.50... a bargain. Put it on a credit card; don't mess with currency and exchange rates that will penalize you 20%. You can ride ALL city transportation.. ALL grand canal waterway boats= the ACTV boats... and the stop every few hundred yards on each side of the canal.
You can also ride the city land buses at Roma square.... the main transportation square, near the train station. These buses go over to the airport and various destinations for local city riders. The waterway taxis are mostly for tourist novelty to ride the canal. Locals going to and from work ride these transit buses-- boats too-- they have to get to work economically too.
The Venice train station is a couple of blocks from Roma square... go over the big main bridge... it's steps are marble... it's fantastic. The bridge is the gateway to Venice. The big cathedral is right across from the train station. Huge green dome... ?copper turned green?
The train station itself is a frantic hustle to be in... many shops... some high end. Italian gellato... the most wonderful ice cream in the world. ticket kiosk for the competing rail lines. Trenitalia.... ect...
