Italy from the Inside

You have landed in Venice, now what?

Venice water taxi- Italy from the Inside

Water taxi outside the Venice airport

Venice- Marco Polo (VCE) is 12 km (7.5 miles) from the city of Venice (Venezia). As you may already know, no cars can enter Venice. This is not because they are prohibited, but because they cannot physically fit in the city. Venice is on the water and is made of bridges and small pedestrian streets (called calli). All cars must be parked directly outside the city, in Piazzale Roma, where there is the main parking lot (parcheggio). This is also the arrival point of all buses and taxicabs.

However, if you need to reach Venice from the airport and would like to experience something really unique, consider these options:

  • The public boat to Saint Mark’s Square (or other Venetian destinations) for €15 per person. You can buy the tickets either inside the airport or on board.
  • The water taxi. If you choose this solution, then budget around €100 (for up to 5 people).

The official website of the Marco Polo airport in Venice gives you information on all means of transportation from the airport to the city.

{This is an excerpt from chapter 1 “General transortation” of the eBook “Italy from the Inside. A native Italian reveals the secrets of traveling in Italy”. Buy our eBook on Amazon and leave us a review! If it’s good, you’ll make us happy, if it’s bad, you’ll make us improve. Thank you either way!}

How are distance and speed measured in Italy?

Yellow Vespa- Italy from the Inside

Yellow “vintage” Vespa

In Italy, distances are measured in kilometers, while speed (velocità) is measured in kilometers/hour instead of miles/hour. A quick way to convert from kilometers to miles is to divide by 5 and multiply times 3. This is not going to give you an exact number, but a number that is close enough to give you an approximate idea.

{This is an excerpt from chapter 12 “Units and conversions” of the eBook “Italy from the Inside. A native Italian reveals the secrets of traveling in Italy”. Buy our eBook on Amazon and leave us a review! If it’s good, you’ll make us happy, if it’s bad, you’ll make us improve. Thank you either way!}

If you land or take off from Milan, pay great attention to this…

Fashion in Milan- Italy from the Inside

As you know, Milan is the Italian capital of fashion. But what you probably don’t know is that Milan has two airports: Linate (LIN) which is located 7 km (4 miles) from downtown Milan and Malpensa (MPX) which is located 50 km (31 miles) from the city center. Both airports share the same website that you can visit to get updated information on schedules (orari) and fees (tariffe).

Now, if you plan to either arrive or depart from Milan, pay great attention to the name of the airport written on the ticket. A friend of mine, who used to work in the airport of Malpensa, told me that too many times she saw passengers missing their flight because they thought it was departing from Malpensa (where they arrived) while it was actually departing from Linate.

{This is an excerpt from chapter 1 “General Transportation” of the eBook “Italy from the Inside. A native Italian reveals the secrets of traveling in Italy”. Buy our eBook on Amazon and leave us a review! If it’s good, you’ll make us happy, if it’s bad, you’ll make us improve. Thank you either way!}