Vaporetto
{{Short description|Public waterbus in Venice, Italy}}
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The vaporetto is a Venetian public waterbus. There are 19 scheduled lines{{Cite web|url=http://actv.avmspa.it/en/content/orari-servizio-di-navigazione-0|title = Orari Servizio di Navigazione | Actv}} that serve locals within Venice, and travel between Venice and nearby islands, such as Murano, Burano, and Lido.
The name {{lang|it|vaporetto}} could be translated as "little steamer", and refers to similarly purposed ships in the past that were run by steam. Venetians call the vaporetto "{{lang|it|un batèlo}}" or "{{lang|it|un vaporino}}". The waterbus line is operated by {{lang|it|Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano}} (ACTV), the Venetian public transport system. The vaporetto is necessary in Venice as an underground railway would be impracticable and there is no space for overground trains, leaving the canals as the only viable rapid transport system. Most vaporetti have disability access.
It has 24-hour scheduled service, with frequency varying by the line. Line 1 serves the Grand Canal. Several lines are limited to the summer season, April to October.{{Cite web|url=http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/vaporetto_routes.htm|title = Venice ACTV Vaporetto Lines | Venice for Visitors}}
ACTV sells 24, 36, 48 and 72-hour passes as well as single-journey tickets and 7-day passes.{{Cite web|url=http://en.venezia.net/venice-vaporetto-tickets.html|title=Vaporetto - Venice waterbus - fares- tickets}} The private express company Alilaguna also operates a limited water bus service, to the airport for example. Its boats include one that is a hybrid electric/diesel as of 2022 and are not technically considered to be vaporetti.{{Cite web |url=https://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/home/pictures-of-the-future/mobility-and-motors/electric-mobility-green-boat-canale-grande.html |title=Electric Mobility: Electric Boats in Venice - Mobility & Motors - Pictures of the Future - Innovation - Home - Siemens Global Website |access-date=29 June 2017 |archive-date=18 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021908/https://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/home/pictures-of-the-future/mobility-and-motors/electric-mobility-green-boat-canale-grande.html |url-status=dead }}
The first vaporetto appeared in 1881, in competition with gondoliers and hotel boatmen. The subsequent debate that arose about the first few vaporettos helped shape their role as "Venetian buses", as well as benefiting the gondoliers who continue into the present day as the only ones with access into the smaller waterways.Davis, Robert C, and Garry R Marvin. Venice, the Tourist Maze: a Cultural Critique of the World's Most Touristed City. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. pp. 140-42.
Routes
Vaporetto No. 1 is considered the main tourist route in Venice, since its main part passes along the Grand Canal. Boats starts from Piazzale Roma and ends its way on the island of Lido. Route No. 1 stops at each stop along the way. Therefore, it takes up to 45 minutes to cover the distance from Santa Lucia Station to Piazza San Marco. Note that the vaporetto on this route does not stop at the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, despite the fact that the basilica located there is one of the main attractions of Venice.
Vaporetto route 2 is much faster and therefore more convenient. Boats can move both from P. le Roma along the Grand Canal to San Marco and along the Giudecca Canal. In the first case, the boat does not stop at Salute, near the famous church of Santa Maria della Salute, or at the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, in contrast to the number 2 vaporetto coming through the Giudecca Canal.
Vaporetto number 3 is the only route that directly links Piazzale Roma with the island of Murano. Burano, Mazzorbo, and Torcello can be reached with vaporetto No. 12.
Murano can be reached with (indirect) vaporetto No. 4.1 and 4.2.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.actv.it/en Main website for the Vaporetto]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106104814/http://www.hellovenezia.com/jsp/en/biglietterie/index.jsp Ticket offices for the Vaporetto]
- [http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/venice-vaporetto-water-buses.htm Illustrated introduction and how-go guide for visitors]
- [http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/venice-vaporetto-fares.htm Description of fares]
- [http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/vaporetto_routes2_table.htm Description of lines' routes]
- [https://goodtimefortrip.com/vaporetto/ Main tourist lines, tariffs, discounts]
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