Enjoy a shared water taxi service between Venice Marco Polo Airport and central Venice hotels. Choose from a 1-way or round-trip service and relax for a scenic ride. Depart straight after you find your luggage and get whisked across the lagoon to your hotel. This is the most romantic and direct way to travel to the city. Be picked up or dropped off directly at some hotels located along the Grand Canal, or hotels such as Hilton Stucky and San Clemente. For less-accessible destinations on the inner canals, a designated meeting point will be decided that is within walking distance of your hotel.  For JW Marriott - Isola delle Rose, you will be dropped off in San Marco nearby the Marriott hotel shuttle boat.

Simply sit back and enjoy the scenery as you cruise across the water to your hotel or to the airport in a comfortable motorboat. This safe and reliable private transfer service will save you valuable time. The one-way service by private water taxi is available for 1-6 guests with 8 pieces of luggage.  The water taxi takes you directly to your hotel if it has its own water entrance. For hotels with no private water entrance, you’ll be dropped off at the closest pier.  With the meet and greet service (standard service), a representative will meet you at the arrival hall and help you find your way to the water taxi. The porterage service is included. Or choose the full service (premium service), the representative will meet you at the arrival hall and will come with you to your hotel helping you with the check-in procedures. Both services are available for the arrivals and the departures from and to the Marco Polo Airport.

Escape the crowds of central Venice and catch a glimpse of what life in the city used to be like, as an island of artisans famous for their traditional craft skills, passed down from generation to generation. Your guide will keep you entertained on the short boat ride to the small island of Murano, famous for its glass making traditions. Find out the facinating story of Murano glassblowers and how their skills were so valued they were banned from leaving Venice on the threat of execution. Watch a craftsman in action and listen to a description of the process in English. Learn how silica sand becomes glass, and how the glass is given color. Afterwards, there will be time to browse the huge collection of glass art, and wander the island on your own. Cruise to the tiny island of Burano to see the brightly-painted houses huddled tightly together along streets and canals. Uncover Burano’s centuries-old lacemaking tradition as you visit a building where women still partake in this tradition of stitching lace. Your guide will explain the process of this dying art. Then, you can follow in the footsteps of Michelangelo and pick out your own keepsake. Or, wander the winding streets, sampling delicious cookies at local bakeries. Unlike other tours, this excursion intentionally omits Torcello to provide you with more time on Murano and Burano, and with less time on the boat or trekking inland.

Get to the Venice airport faster, more affordably, and hassle-free with this shared water taxi transport from Venice city center. It's faster than the Public Airport boat service and cheaper than a private water taxi. Depart from your choice of central meeting points at designated times, with additional stops along the way to pick up other passengers. Find the pier closest to your hotel for your convenience. The main stops and departing points are: • Piazzale Roma • Carlton • Sabbioni • S.S. Apostoli • Rialto • Accademia • Trinità • S.Marco • S.Zaccaria • S.Maria Elisabetta

Hop into a motorboat and cruise down the Grand Canal of Venice. See dozens of palazzos, mansions, churches, and iconic bridges that span the waterways. Marvel at the ancient Rialto, the oldest and most famous bridge, and then admire the modern Della Constituzione, a glass bridge constructed near Calatrava. Pass central Venetian patrician houses, home to art collections, museums, and university seats. See major city and state institutions like Ca' Grande and Ca' Balbi, and the luxurious hotel Gritti. Catch a glimpse of the bustling casino at Ca' Vendramin Caliergi, and the soirees' palace Ca' Pisani Moretta, before passing through international communities like Fondaco dei Tedeschi. You will also get to see the grand religious edifice of La Madonna Della Salute.

Meet with the guide and be transferred to the island of Murano by a private boat. Here you will see how a Master glass-blower works the glass and create unique masterpieces. Enjoy the exposition of masterpiece. Walking tour along the streets of Murano and see San Donato church (example of the Venetian-Byzantine style of the Lagoon). Transfer by private boat to Burano to see how Venetians are working the laces. Walking tour of the island to see the colorful houses and to learn about the famous biscuits Buranelli. Free time to enjoy the city or have an aperitive in one of the various bars. For the tour of 6 and 8 hours free time for having lunch in one of the marvelous restaurants

Enjoy your trip in Venice and use public transportation without queuing at the ticket offices. Just head to the yellow ticket machines that you can find at the vaporetto stops across the city: enter the PNR code that you'll find on your voucher and get the paper ticket with which you can catch your vaporetto. Your tickets must be validated each time before boarding a water bus. The validity of your ticket begins from the exact time it is first validated.

Get where you need to be in Venice with a shared water taxi boat service from Venice Santa Lucia Railway Station to the city center. The trip takes 20 minutes in total, and along the way you will get a feel for the pace of the Venetian lifestyle as you cruise along the waterways. After meeting at the Alilaguna Desk outside the station, you will be taken to your boat. Enjoy a water taxi transfer to easily reach your hotel or wherever else you want to go in the city center. 

Discover the art of glass blowing on the Island of Murano. Take a water taxi from Venice and visit a factory where you can learn more about the processes involved and admire the final results. Meet the water taxi at Fondamenta Nuove, and board it to start the tour. It will be easy to find the water taxi because it will have a Get Your Guide sign. The taxi driver will take you directly to the private dock of the glass factory and there you will start the visit. You will see a glass producion demonstration with a Murano glass master that will use the traditional techniques. A member of the team of the glass factory will explain the passages of the production. At the end of the demonstration you will visit the showroom with the graetest collection of artworks

Learn about the history of glass on a visit to the source. A water taxi will take you from Venice to the island of Murano with your tour guide. Admire the work of some of Venice’s master glass craftsmen on this island that’s been world-famous for its glassblowing for hundreds of years. On this 3-hour tour, learn about the island’s traditions and visit a traditional glass factory. After the glassmaking demonstration, your guide will bring you around Murano, narrating secrets and histories of the Island. Visit the marvelous Church of San Donato. At the end of your tour, return to Venice historical center by boat, crossing the northern lagoon.