Walking in Venice

Getting around Venice, Italy, on foot

People walk everywhere in Venice, and main throughfares—like the Lista di Spagna here—can get quite congested.
People walk everywhere in Venice, and main thoroughfares—like the Lista di Spagna here—can get quite congested.
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Venice is a walking city. With the exception of taking the vaporetto (water bus) between the train station and your hotel, on long hauls, or to the outlying islands—or ponying up big bucks for a private taxi acquei (water taxi)—you'll be walking everywhere in Venice. With narrow alleys and no cars, buses, or even scooters, there simply is no other way to get around.

Strap on your good walking shoes, buy yourself a very good map (that single sheet they hand out for free at the tourist office is good for general orientation, but not for finding your way around).

Then accept the fact that, even with the map, you are going to get lost, frequently and repeatedly. The sooner you learn to take that in stride and actually enjoy it, the sooner you will begin to fall in love with Venice.

To help tourists on a tight schedule, quick routes between the key spots—San Marco, Accademia, Rialto (bridge), and Ferrovia (train station)—have long been established.

You'll see little yellow signs peppering almost every intersection in the most heavily touristed areas to point sightseers in the right direction. Sometimes there will be signs to the same place pointing in two opposite directions. This is both perfectly fine (going either way will eventually get you where you're going) and a perfect example of how convoluted Venice's streets truly are.

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