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Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)

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Take the ACTV Aerobus, line 5 to Piazzale Roma — €10, 24 minutes, every 15 minutes, first bus 04:08 and last 01:10.
Marco Polo sits on the mainland 13 km from the lagoon: there is no train, no metro, and cars stop at Piazzale Roma. The Aerobus is the cheapest and most frequent way to that edge, where the vaporetti begin.
Tight budget? The same €10 ticket is valid 75 minutes, and an €18 version adds 90 minutes of boat travel if you need a vaporetto at the far end.
Hotel with a water door? Alilaguna's airport boat is €18 and takes 30 to 114 minutes depending on your stop — slower than the bus, but it never leaves you at Piazzale Roma with your bags.

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ACTV Aerobus (line 5) BEST FOR MOST
€10
24 minutes to Piazzale Roma, every 15 minutes through the day, first departure from the airport 04:08 and last 01:10. The airport ticket is €10 one way and €18 return, valid 75 minutes on lines 5, 15 and 45; an €18 combined version adds 90 minutes on the vaporetti. Buy at the machines or the staffed desk in arrivals.
ATVO Venice Airport Bus Express (line 35)
€12
Non-stop to Piazzale Roma in about 20 minutes, every 30 minutes. The first bus leaves the airport at 06:00 and the last at 01:10, with departures from Piazzale Roma from 04:20. €12 one way, €20 return, luggage carried in the hold — the reason many travellers pay €2 more than the Aerobus.
Alilaguna water bus
€18
The airport's own boat service: €18 single and €32 return between the airport and any Venice stop, €10 and €18 to Murano. Three lines — Blu (Murano, Fondamente Nove, Lido, San Marco, Zattere, Tronchetto, railway station), Arancio (Guglie, Rialto, Sant'Angelo, Santa Maria del Giglio) and Rossa (summer only). Times run from 30 minutes to nearly two hours depending on the stop.
Land taxi (fixed fare)
€40
Cooperativa Artigiana Radiotaxi applies a fixed €40 from the airport to Piazzale Roma (€35 for Venice residents), €45 to the cruise terminal and €35 to central Mestre — per car, all supplements and luggage included. Ranks are outside arrivals and the 24-hour dispatch line is +39 041 59 64. Cars cannot go past Piazzale Roma.
Water taxi (taxi acqueo)
about €110
The only way to arrive at a hotel's water door. The municipal posted fare is about €110 from the airport to the historic centre, plus €30 at night, €10 on Sundays and holidays, €5 for each bag beyond two and €5 for each passenger beyond four. There is no municipal taxi station at the airport, so ask the desk for the total before boarding.
ACTV line 15 / ATVO to Mestre
€10–12
If you are staying in Mestre rather than Venice, ACTV line 15 reaches Mestre railway station in about 25 minutes on the same €10 airport ticket, and the ATVO coach to Mestre costs €12. Trains to the rest of Italy leave from Mestre, and it is a cheaper base than the island.
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€10 is ACTV, €12 is ATVO — and some sites still print €8

ACTV's Aerobus airport ticket is €10 and ATVO's express coach is €12. ATVO's own timetable for line 35 prints €12 single and €20 return, and the Veneto transport authority approved new airport fares from 1 February 2026. Comparison sites quoting €8 for both are out of date.

Do this: read the operator's own timetable — actv.avmspa.it or atvo.it — rather than a comparison site
No ACTV vaporetto pass covers the Alilaguna boat

Alilaguna is a separate company with its own tickets: a €25 day pass or a €45 three-day ACTV card does not include the airport boat, and singles are €18. The only way to join them up is the €7 airport supplement bought at the same time as an ACTV travel card.

Do this: add the €7 airport supplement when you buy the ACTV travel card, or budget €18 for the boat separately
A €40 taxi will not get you to your hotel

The fixed €40 fare ends at Piazzale Roma, the road terminus. Any hotel beyond that needs a vaporetto or a water taxi on top. A driver quoting €40 to San Marco is not applying the municipal tariff — the official way to reach San Marco with your bags is a water taxi at around €110 per boat.

Do this: take the fixed €40 to Piazzale Roma and buy a vaporetto, or book a water taxi to the hotel's water door
Between about 01:10 and 04:08 nothing moves

The last ACTV Aerobus leaves the airport at 01:10 and the first is at 04:08; ATVO's last departure is also 01:10. A 02:30 landing has the €40 taxi rank, a water taxi at night rates, and nothing else.

Do this: for an arrival after 01:10, arrange a car taxi or water taxi before you fly
Water taxi prices are not posted at the airport

Venice's water-taxi tariffs are displayed at the 14 municipal stations in the city and on the Lido — there is none at the airport, so the price is whatever you are told. Supplements of €30 at night, €10 on holidays, €5 a bag beyond two and €5 a passenger beyond four are allowed on top of the base fare.

Do this: ask the water-taxi desk for the total, with supplements, before you board

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