Venice Water Transport System Copy

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Water transportation in

Venice

Bunga Anindya Pramono

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Venice is a city innor theast I ta lywhich is renownedfor the beauty ofi ts sett ing, i tsarchitecture andits artworks.

V e n i c e i s t h ecap i t a l o f t heVeneto region.

The city stretches

across 117 smalli s lands in themarshy VenetianLagoon along theAdriatic Sea innortheast Italy.

Venice /Venezia



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Venice water

transportation system

In the old centre, the canals serve

the function of roads, and almost

every form of transport is on water

or on foot.

Private boats,gondolas, watertaxiand waterbuses are used as the

water transportation in the

waterways.

Azienda Consorzio TrasportiVeneziano (ACTV) is the name of

the public transport system in

Ven ice . I t comb ines l and

transportation, with buses, and

canal travel, with waterbuses.



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Water-buses Routes NetworkThursday, April 5, 12


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Type of waterbuses in Venice

Properties of ACTV Boats



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Vaporetto Routes

Venice Grand Canal is

its main thoroughfare.

Vaporetto runs up and

down the Grand Canal,stopping in each of the

sixsestiere of

neighborhoods



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Venice Vaporetto

Vaporetto take

visitors along the

main canals, to

the islands, and

a r o u n d t h e

lagoon.

This type is the

most commonly

seen in Venice

waterway.



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Vaporetto stops in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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Santa Lucia train station and Ferrovia PierThursday, April 5, 12


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Vaporetto cruising at Grand CanalThursday, April 5, 12


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Venice Motoscafi

Motoscafiare slightly smaller than vaporetto.



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Motoscafistops in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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Venice Motonave

Motonave are used to link lagoon island



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Motonave stops in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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Nave Traghetto are used to

carry cars from the mainland to

such islands as Lido and

Pellestrina Island.

This type is the biggest water

transport in Venice.

Venice Nave Traghetto



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Nave Traghetto stops in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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Gondo la is the classical

venetian boat, which navigated

by a standing gondolieri.

The most famous vehicle in

Venice to explore the city in

romantic way.

The city sets official rates for

gondola rides, which starts at

80 and climbs to 100.

Venice Gondola



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Gondola cruiseThursday, April 5, 12


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Gondola stops in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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The best way to get around the city

Water taxi in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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On the surface, it looks simple

enough; a few big islands

wrapped around the sweeping

backward-S curve of the

breathtaking, palace-lined

Canale Grande (Grand Canal).

There are lots of smaller canals

- nearly 180 of them - worming

their way through those islands

across a tangle of alleys.

Layout of Venice



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The Grand Canal and 180 small canalsThursday, April 5, 12


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A quiet canal off of the

main canal. Canals areeverywhere in Venice, and

other than the alleyways,

provide the only way to get

around.

Canals in Venice



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Canals in Venice

This canal is some distance

away from the main canal and

would only see local traffic such

as people going to and fromhome.



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Canals in Venice

More crowded canals in Venice

just before dusk. This is the

equivalent of a residential

neighborhood, with people's"vehicles" parked at the "curb".



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Night parking

Canals in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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The famous Calatrava bridge at Grand CanalThursday, April 5, 12


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There are estimated 400 hundreds of bridges around the

city



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Kayaking in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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Kayaking in VeniceThursday, April 5, 12


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