11 Venice Wheelchair Accessible Travel Tips

11 Venice Wheelchair Accessible
Travel Tips

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Wheelchair Accessible Travel in Venice - Venice is one of the most
unique cities in the world, and also one of the most challenging for
disabled tourists to figure out how to get around.
These Venice wheelchair accessible travel tips should make it a little easier
for you.

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1. Don’t buy the vaparetto pass
• Most tourists buy the vaparetto daily or multi-day passes, but disabled
tourists should stick with the one-way tickets.
• Disabled travelers get a discount and only have to pay 60 cents for a
one-way trip.
• One person traveling with them also gets this discount.
• You can buy them from the ticket machines on the docks, the ticket
window in front of the train station, or from a staff member onboard
the boat.


2. Maximize the use of the vaparetto or water taxis to avoid the
bridges
• The #1 vaparetto route stops at nearly every dock along the Grand
Canal and is the easiest way for disabled travelers to avoid the bridges
(shown in the picture on the right).
• The #1 boat comes roughly every 10 minutes so you won’t have to
wait too long.


3. Use the vaparetto as much as possible to save money
• There are two options for wheelchair accessible travel in Venice: the
vaparetto water buses or the accessible water taxis.
• When possible use the vaparetto boats instead of the taxis.
• You’ll save a significant amount of money that can go towards great
shopping or dining experiences!


4. Beware of the low floating boats
• When the vaparetto boats are full of people, they float lower in the
water.
• When this happens, the floating vaparetto docks can be as much as
1 foot (30 cm) higher than the boat (shown in the image on the right).
• Boats are least crowded very early in the morning and very late at
night.
• Electric wheelchair users and mobility scooter users should determine
if their hotel is located along a popular route and make sure they have
a water taxi with a wheelchair lift that they can call if they need it.


5. First on, last off
• When a vaparetto boat stops at the dock, the boatmen will let
everyone who wants to get off disembark the boat before they let
people get on.
• During this process the boat will be floating highest in the water when
some people have gotten off but no one has gotten on yet.
• Get yourself to the front of the line to be the first one to get on the
boat.


5. First on, last off
• When you want to get off the boat, let everyone else get off the boat
before you disembark.
• Make sure the boatmen know that you want to get off so that can tell
the people getting on to wait for you to get off.


6. Stick with the large accessible neighborhoods
• Minimize the number of times that you need to use
handicap accessible travel in Venezia by sticking with the big
neighborhoods.
• The largest neighborhoods have over 20 accessible restaurants to
choose from and a dozen accessible shops to visit.
• The smaller neighborhoods will have no accessible restaurants or
shops.


7. Use accessible water taxis instead of the vaparetto to help you
with bags
• Getting on and off the vaparetto can be difficult if you’re carrying
bags.
• I recommend arranging for one of the Venice wheelchair accessible
water taxis to meet you at the train station, airport, or cruise dock to
bring you to your hotel.
• The water taxi staff can help carry your bags.


8. Dinner/drinks on San Marco Square
• The picture on the right shows one of the restaurants on San Marco
(St. Mark’s) Square that have accessible outdoor seating.
• These restaurants are very easy to find and convenient because they
are located so close to St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace.
• Consider eating at one of these restaurants before or after you do you
sightseeing in the San Marco neighborhood.


9. Not all vaparetto stops at San Marco are accessible
• The San Marco neighborhood is a hub for several vaparetto lines, and
they leave from different docks.
• Only the San Marco Vallaresso and the San Marco Giardinetti docks
are easy to reach in a wheelchair.
• The San Zaccaria Danieli dock can only be reached by going over a
partially wheelchair accessible bridge; and the San Zaccaria Jolanda,
San Zaccaria Monumento, and San Zaccaria Pieta docks require going
over bridges with steps to reach them.
• Make sure that the vaparetto line that you want to take leaves from
one of the accessible docks.


10. Visit the fish and fruit markets
• Nearly every day, fresh fruit, vegetables, and fish are brought into the
Rialto Mercato neighborhood and sold to locals to cook in their
kitchens.
• Take the time to buy some fruit to snack on and have a look at the
types of fish that you will be eating in the Venetian restaurants.
• Both the fruit market and the fish market are wheelchair accessible.
• The picture on the right shows the fish market on the Grand Canal.


11. Arrange for assistance at the train station
• There are steps to get on and off the trains at the Venice Santa Lucia
train station.
• Wheelchair accessible travel to Venezia by train is possible if you
arrange for staff members to get you on and off the train using a
wheelchair lift (shown in the image on the right).
• Go to the Disabled Customer Assistance Service office in the train
station to arrange for this service.


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