Venice Marco Polo airport is the main international airport of Venice but several low-cost airline use the further away Treviso Airport. Venice is of course an important tourist destination and with close to 10 million passengers a year the Venice Marco Polo Airport is the country's fifth-busiest airport.
Venice Marco Polo Airport is not a large airport so there are not many flights departing here. There are only a few destinations that you can reach from Venice Marco Polo Airport, most of these are operated by Lufthansa. Many people take a flight to Frankfurt and transfer to another flight there.
The airport has a single runway and one terminal building. The terminal has three floors: on the ground floor are the arrivals, on the second floor the departures and on the third floor are the airline offices.
The Venice Marco Polo Airport is located 10 km north of Venice on the mainland.
The airport is located on the mainland and you can get to Venice itself by bus, taxi or watertaxi. Other destinations are reachable by the nearby train station.
The ATVO and ACTV public buses depart from the terminal to the Piazzale Roma in Venice every 15 to 30 minutes. The trip will take about 20 minutes and a one-way ticket costs 8 euro which you can buy online or with the driver.
See for tickets and schedule: buses: veniceairport.it .
The watertaxi for four persons to central Venice can cost about 100 to 150 euro. It departs about 1 km from the airport: outside the terminal turn left to the boat departure point (Darsena Docks). Free trolleys for your luggage are available. A shared watertaxi is also possible: this will cost 35 euro per passenger but you need to wait till the boat is full (max. 10 people).
A normal taxi will cost about 45 euro and will take 20 minutes.
All prices quoted here were found in July 2017
