Survival Guide - Venice: Top Sights, Local Life, Made Easy - page 291

Getting Around
On Foot
Best for… shortcuts and getting around San Marco, San Polo and Santa
Croce.
› Walking in Venice requires comfortable shoes with good tread for footbridges
and slippery canalbanks. Gumboots may be handy November to March.
› Running is limited to less-travelled routes in the Giardini and along Dorsoduro's
waterfront.
Vaporetto
Best for … island-hopping, traveling with children and/or baggage, and
reaching far-flung destinations.
› ACTV operates Venice's scenic but slow vaporetto, the public passenger ferry
service.
› HelloVenezia ( www.hellovenezia.com ) sells tickets and passes and posts system
maps at dockside ticket booths and online.
› Major stops often have two separate docks serving the same vaporetto line,
heading in opposite directions. Check landing dock signs to make sure you're at
the right dock for the direction you want.
› Vaporetto lines are most crowded from 8am to 10am and 6pm to 8pm, when
some lines make only limited stops.
› Some lines stop running by around 9pm. Line N offers all-night local service cov-
ering Giudecca, the Grand Canal, San Marco and Lido (11.30pm to 4am, about
every 40 minutes).