Venice Airport to City: Marco Polo (2026)
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ✅ Quick Answer From Venice’s Marco Polo Airport (VCE), the Alilaguna Orange Line water bus runs directly to San Marco and Rialto for around €18 one-way, taking around 60–75 minutes. The cheaper, faster land route is the ACTV bus 5 Aerobus to Piazzale Roma for around €10 (about 25–30 minutes) or the ATVO Fly Bus express for around €12 (about 20–25 minutes), continuing by vaporetto or on foot from there. A single vaporetto ticket once you’re in the city costs around €9.50, and if you’re arriving on one of Venice’s 2026 access-fee dates (3 April–26 July), day-trippers pay around €5–10 while overnight guests register for a free exemption QR code instead. The Airport Choice That Decides Your First Hour in Venice Here’s the thing nobody tells you before you land at Marco Polo: there’s no train. Every other Italian airport in this guide series drops you at a station with a direct rail line into the centre — Venice doesn’t, because Venice doesn’t have roads either. You step off the plane and immediately have to pick between a boat and a bus, and that one choice decides whether you’re gliding past palazzos within the hour or standing at a bus stop working out where the water actually starts. ...