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Water taxiorATVO coach to Mestre, then ATVO coach to Treviso Airport?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Water taxi reaches the historic city — San Marco and the islands within it; the ATVO coach to Mestre, then ATVO coach to Treviso Airport does not. The other airport, not the city. For a connection between the two; for the centre take the Aerobus or the water.

The Water taxi is quicker: 30 min against 45 min.

Water taxi: Runs all night. ATVO coach to Mestre, then ATVO coach to Treviso Airport: 06:10–18:35.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersWater taxiATVO coach to Mestre, then ATVO coach to Treviso AirportDifference
1€110€26€84
2€110€52€58
3€110€78€32
4€110€104€6
5€120€130€10
6€130€156€26
7€140€182€42
8€150€208€58

The cheaper option changes at 5 travelers, from the ATVO coach to Mestre, then ATVO coach to Treviso Airport to the Water taxi. That is the whole reason this comparison is not a single number.

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
taxi · Consorzio Motoscafi Venezia, on the Comune's tariffWater taxi
From
The waterfront dock
To
Anywhere in the historic city, to the door where a canal allows
Luggage
One bag per person included.
Runs
All night
Journey
30 min

It may legally carry up to twenty people — the municipal regulation caps a licence at twenty, and operators run boats seating about ten. That is far more than the four almost every other airport taxi allows.

It still does not beat the boat service for a group, because the fare stops being flat above four people: eight travelers pay EUR 150.00 against EUR 144.00 on Alilaguna. It only pulls ahead at nine.

Between 00:00 and 07:00, check you are buying a boat. The operators' own consortium warns that at those hours an airport booking may mean a car to Piazzale Roma and a boat onward.

A flat EUR 10.00 is added to the whole fare between 22:00 and 06:00.

This is the only option that can reach a hotel door, where a canal allows it — which for some addresses with luggage is the whole argument.

Water taxi: price for every party size

ATVOATVO 351 · ATVOATVO coach to Mestre, then ATVO coach to Treviso Airport
From
ATVO stop D outside the terminal, the stop for Mestre
To
Treviso Airport, the ATVO coach stop facing the terminal, changing at Mestre station
Luggage
Luggage is included in each ATVO ticket.
Runs
06:10–18:35
Journey
45 min

The two coaches run to separate timetables and ATVO states no connection time: check the next departure from Mestre before you commit, and allow for a wait.

The coach from Treviso Airport runs with the flights, and ATVO suspends it when a flight is cancelled.

Barzi Service also runs from Mestre station to the airport, EUR 10, if its times suit you better.

ATVO coach to Mestre, then ATVO coach to Treviso Airport: price for every party size

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