VENEZIA 7th-18th SEPTEMBER 2015 |
Summer School on Finite Groups and Related Geometrical Structures in memory of Maria Silvia Lucido (1963-2008) |
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TRAVEL COMING TO VENICE By Plane: There are two airports near Venice:
Venice (Aereoporto Marco Polo) and Treviso.
If you land in Venice Airport (IATA code: VCE) the fastest way to arrive to Venice is by bus. There are two well working shuttle services from the airport to Venice - Piazzale Roma (travel time about 30 minutes): ATVO (blue coloured busses), departures every 20-30 minutes. ACTV (local, orange coloured), departures every 30 minutes. Also close to Venice is Treviso (IATA
code: LIPH). There is a Ryanair shuttle bus to Venice
(travel time about one hour).
More information are available at the Aeroporto di Treviso web site: www.trevisoairport.it By Train: Travel information are available at
the Italian Railways web site. Note that there are
two stations in Venice: Venezia-Mestre and Venezia Santa
Lucia. You have to get off at Venezia-Santa Lucia which is
the second one, after a long bridge crossing the lagoon of
Venice and linking Venice to the mainland.
By Car: From A4 motorway follow directions to
Venice. A long causeway, parallel to the railway bridge,
connects Venice to the mainland. At the end of it follow
directions to the Tronchetto Parkhouse. There you may
leave your car: a 24 hours ticket costs 21 euros, slightly
more convenient is to get a monthly ticket for about
180-200 euros or a multiple ticket (24 days spread in one
year for 240 euros).
MOVING AROUND The guesthouse is at Patriarchal
Seminary in Campo di Santa Maria della Salute.
45º 25' 50.65'' N, Google Earth coordinates of the entrance of the Seminary are: 12º 20' 07.22 E If you come by bus from the airport you
have to get off at Piazzale Roma (here's where cars have
to stop in Venice). From here you may reach the guest
house either on foot or by boat. On foot it takes about
half an hour so, unless you are very strong and resistant,
we do suggest you to take a ''vaporetto'' (water
bus). In this case you have to take Line 1 and get
off at Salute stop (it is the last stop on the right side
of the Grand Canal, after Giglio and before
Vallaresso stops). It takes about forty minutes, but you
may rest while enjoying the sight of the Grand Canal
palaces.
Public transport is rather expensive in Venice: a one hour ticket costs 7 euros. That price is reduced to 1.30 euros if you have a Carta Venezia. Carta Venezia can be purchased for 50 euros at the ACTV ticket office in Piazzale Roma (it is a small building at the foot of Constitution (aka Calatrava's) Bridge), on the right side looking at the bridge. You have to bring 1) a passport size photo 2) a photocopy of your Identity Card. At that same office, you may ask to charge the Carta Venezia with as many tickets you need. Remember that every time you take a water bus of the ACTV lines you have to pass the ticket in front of one of the scanners placed at the water bus stops: if green light appears, you can get on board. Alternatively you may ask for a monthly ticket: the price is 31 euros (plus 50 for the Carta Venezia). Google Earth coordinates of the ACTV ticket office are 45º 26' 18.57'' N 12º 19' 07.32'' E The coordinates of Line 1 stop in
Piazzale Roma are:
45º 26' 21.70'' N 12º 19' 05.66'' E Rich people might also wish to take a
watertaxi: the fare depends on the number of people:
For up to two people from Piazzale Roma to Campo di Santa Maria della Salute is about 60 euros, from Venice Airport about 100 euros. For each person exceeding the first two (up to max. 10 people) there's an extra charge of 10 euros each. |