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A row of vaporetto pontoons moored along a Venetian waterfront, the floating stops the waterbuses tie up to — Photograph by Abxbay, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Grand Canal looking towards the Salute, the way most visitors first see the city — Photograph by Øyvind Holmstad, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Santa Maria della Salute seen from the Giudecca across the basin, its dome above the low waterfront — Photograph by This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos, but pleas, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Scuola Grande di San Rocco and the church beside it, seen together across the campo — Photograph by Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

How the Vaporetto Works: Tickets, Passes and Lines

September 6, 2026 by Access Venice Editorial Team

(Venice) Vaporetto serie Vaporetto and carabinieri

The vaporetto is Venice’s public transport network, run by the operator ACTV, and it exists because nothing else does: there are no cars, buses or bicycles anywhere in the historic center, so the water bus is doing the job a tram or metro does elsewhere. Fares are charged per ride or as a time-limited pass, … Read more