Venice Water Taxi For Disabled

High tide and the height of the dock can present problems for some wheelchair user.
Venice water taxi for disabled. The disabled access map of venice shows the areas around each waterbus stop which can be accessed without crossing a bridge. Click here for details at venice for visitors. Travel by water taxi from your venice hotel dock or the nearest dock and relax on the ride to the airport dock where you will transfer to a private minivan for the drive to the departure terminal saving you a 10 minute walk. There are 6 venice wheelchair accessible cruise excursions including the venetian empire accessible excursion our most popular and the taste of venice accessible excursion john sage s top recommendation.
Although disabled access in venice is challenging sage traveling provides a variety of accessible shore excursions to choose from. By john sage venice disabled access venice is one of the most popular destinations in the world yet few disabled tourists tackle it because of the intimidating bridges throughout the city. A heavy wheelchair will not be able to get around many parts of the city. Boarding the water taxi has to be done carefully as you have to step down into the launch but the driver is always very helpful.
Disabled visitors to venice should stick with the accessible neighborhoods and use the accessible vaporetto to get between them pic of vaporetto shown below. If you re looking for a place to stay see our accessible venice hotels article which lists wheelchair friendly hotels near the piazza san marco on the grand canal and by the piazzale roma venice s terminus for airport buses taxis cars and the people mover to the marittima cruise piers. Taxis serve the marittima and san basilio cruise terminals and the fully accessible people mover connects marittima with piazzale roma. Venice is a complicated place to visit for people with reduced mobility and more so if they explore the city by themselves especially in a wheelchair.
The secret therefore is to use the waterbus system to move between these zones and to travel on land within them. Wheelchair accessible water taxis are available for some routes in venice. Mark s neighborhood or you comfortably cruise down the grand canal in a wheelchair accessible water taxi. If you are travelling to venice in a wheelchair we recommend bringing if possible a folding lightweight wheelchair.
Accessible water taxis in venice have a wheelchair lift to bring disabled passengers from the boat level up to the dock level shown in the photo on the right. Guided tours are available in the st. The accessible venice water taxis travel much faster than the vaparetto boats and they take you directly where you want to go without stopping at vaparetto stops along the way.