How to get from Venice airport to Venice: bus, boat or private transfer.

Marco Polo airport is on the mainland, 13 km from Piazzale Roma. There are four real options: the bus, the Alilaguna boat, the water taxi and a private transfer by road. Here are times, 2026 prices and who each suits. Updated August 2026.

Marco Polo → Venice: the comparison

Option	Price	Time	Where it takes you
ATVO / ACTV bus	8-10 € per person	20-30 min	Piazzale Roma
Alilaguna boat	15 € per person	60-90 min	San Marco, Rialto, Lido, with stops
Water taxi	from 120 € per boat	30 min	Your hotel's landing
Private transfer	fixed price per vehicle	20-30 min	Piazzale Roma, Mestre, the mainland

By bus: ATVO and ACTV

Buses link the airport with Piazzale Roma in 20-30 minutes for 8-10 euro, every 15-30 minutes. The budget option; from Piazzale Roma you continue by vaporetto or on foot, bags over the bridges included.

By boat: Alilaguna

Alilaguna lines leave from the airport dock and reach San Marco, Rialto or the Lido in 60-90 minutes for 15 euro. Scenic and handy if your hotel is near a stop; slow with luggage and children.

By water taxi: to the landing

The water taxi takes you to your hotel's landing in half an hour: the most spectacular choice, from 120 euro upwards per boat, more at night and with many bags.

By private transfer: by road to Piazzale Roma

Your chauffeur is in the arrivals hall with a sign, the flight is tracked and the fixed per-vehicle price is locked at booking. The right choice for Mestre, for hotels near Piazzale Roma, for the cruise port and for going on to Padua, Verona or Cortina.

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How much is a taxi from the airport to Venice?

A road taxi only reaches Piazzale Roma, about 40-50 euro on the meter; a water taxi to the hotel starts at 120 euro per boat. Our private transfer has a fixed per-vehicle price you see before confirming, with a welcome in the arrivals hall and free cancellation up to 48 hours before.

Buses and boats: timetables and limits

Buses and Alilaguna cover the whole day until about midnight; the limit is afterwards, and above all for anyone going to Mestre, the port or outside Venice, where airport services do not reach.

Why a private transfer

A private car with a chauffeur from the arrivals hall to Piazzale Roma, Mestre or any city in the Veneto.

Fixed per-vehicle price, locked at booking
Name sign in the arrivals hall, 60 minutes of waiting included
Flight tracked: if it is late, the time adjusts by itself
Directions to the right vaporetto stop for your hotel
Pay on arrival, free cancellation up to 48 hours before

Venice starts in the arrivals hall

Twenty minutes over the lagoon bridge, then the right vaporetto pointed out by your chauffeur.

Frequently asked questions

As far as Piazzale Roma, the last point reachable by road. From there the vaporetto or a water taxi reaches every hotel.

8-10 euro per person with ATVO or ACTV, 20-30 minutes to Piazzale Roma.

From 120 euro per boat for a direct ride to your hotel's landing, more at night.

Yes: Mestre hotels are 10-20 minutes by road and public transport from the airport is less convenient. Door to door at a fixed price.

Yes, to the Marittima terminal or Fusina in 20-30 minutes, timed on your boarding.

Cortina in 2 hours 15, Verona in 1 hour 30, Padua in 45 minutes: always door to door at a fixed per-vehicle price.

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