Venice islands: the Lido

Lido is the quiet, peaceful and green thin island that stretches between open sea and lagoon. It is only 10 minutes from S. Mark’s square.

The Lido is least crowded and therefore most enjoyable seaside resort of the whole upper Adriatic, just because its beach is spread all along its 12 km length.

Lido is about a 15 minutes of water-bus (vaporetto) ride from the main part of the city.

But if you are taking a car into Venice, it has the additional advantage of being the only part of the city in which you can drive. The cost of putting your car on the ferry is offset by the savings in no placing it in one of the Venice parking areas.

A stay on the Lido will let you breathe Venice’s charm and in the meanwhile enjoy a special atmosphere: the island represents the ideal place for those who want to mix cultural tourism and a vacation by the sea.

With its colours, its atmosphere, its scented avenues with so many new or old hotels, its liberty-style houses with nice gardens and its historical evidences, the Lido island is really an all-year-long unique place: after a visit of Venice this island can truly offer a tourist all he deserves: the absolute quietness and rest in a beautiful green scenery.

• Arriving at the Lido
  • from Tronchetto (by car)
  • from the Marco Polo airport
  • from the railway station Santa Lucia
  • from Fusina
• The beach

 

Arriving at the Lido

From Tronchetto (by car)
At the end of the bridge that leads to Venice there is a road sign which tells you "Tronchetto ferry-boat per il Lido". The ferryboat (number 17) leaves every 50 minutes and the trip takes approximately 35 minutes.

Check the ferries' timetable at www.actv.it

From the Marco Polo airport
Take the waterbus 'LINEA ALILAGUNA'
The journey lasts approximately 55 minutes (departures every hour).

Check the timetable at www.alilaguna.it

From the railway station Santa Lucia
Every 10 minutes a boat (public transport's waterbuses lines number: 1 - 82 - 51 - 52) gets from the railway station to the Lido very quickly: 35 minutes.
But if you prefer a rather slower trip, the number 1 takes you along the fascinating Grand Canal way; this journey takes approximately 35 minutes (departure every 10 minutes).

Check the timetable at www.actv.it

From Fusina
To Lido (Alberoni beach) connections with the private company Terminal Fusina Parking.
The journey takes approximately 20 minutes.

Check the timetable at www.terminalfusina.it

 

The BEACH

The Lido's beach is really unique because of its thin, golden sand, its slowly sloping bed which allows children to enjoy the sea and last but not least, the clean and quiet water.

You can choose the public baths of S.Nicolò or Alberoni, with their typical sandhills, or the free rocks at the Murazzi in Malamocco, or even the most elegant and organized private baths in the central part of Lido.

A few minutes away from Venice, kilometres of golden sands offer something for everyone, and a sea that has grown cleaner year after year.

 

Beach-huts

The beach-hut (CAPANNA) has always been very peculiar on Lido’s beach: it’s a special beach cabin with a veranda and a sun-curtain in the front, which is an absolute new invention for the beach life. This allows the whole family to stay all day long at the beach, women can leave their children in the safe shades or have some chats with the neighbours.

But the beach-hut can also keep everybody’s privacy away from curious eyes.

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