i_am_kane

Is there a better meeting place at Marco Polo Airport than the Arrivals Hall,? It has been six years since we last arrived at this airport, which I remember as being compact and small.

We need to meet our GD, who will be arriving 30 minutes later than our arrival. We are flying in from JFK/NY, she will be departing from Gatwick.

Pepper_von_snoot

Why don't you meet by the transportation desk to the left of Arrivals exit?

Or you could meet out front of Arrivals where the #5 bus leaves for Piazzale Roma.

How are you getting into Venice?

Thin

i_am_kane

We will take a direct bus( ATVO )or bus #5 to Piazzale Roma +/- 20-30 min.

From Piazzale Roma we will take vaporetto #1 and get off at the 4th stop, which is San Stae.

Pepper_von_snoot

That is a good option.

Or you could take the Orange Line Alilaguna from the docks at Marco Polo right to the San Stae stop.

The docks are a 10-minute walk from Marco Polo.

You buy your ticket at the transportation desk and continue left down the long corridor and go outside.
You walk down a path near a carpark.

Thin

dfourh

I would meet at the departure area of the ATVO bus to P.le.Roma. Outside is nicer than in the terminal, you can get the tickets, and it's impossible to miss. The #5 now costs about the same because of an added airport surcharge, so the express ATVO bus is better because of the luggage storage.

i_am_kane

dfourth,

Are there ATVO as well as Express ATVO buses? I agree, luggage storage underneath a bus is better than pulling the luggage up the steps.

i_am_kane

Oops, that should be dfourh.

Pepper_von_snoot

There are no steps on the #5 bus.

Thin

dfourh

There's just the express ATVO bus to P.le.Roma (ATVO is a long-distance carrier also serving Mestre and surrounding cities & towns): http://www.atvo.it/index.php?lang=en...id=35&view_pc=!

ACTV runs the #5 bus as well as the vaporetti in Venice, and local busses: http://www.actv.it/en/movinginvenice/movinginvenice