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Hotel Al Ponte Antico
Cannaregio, 5768
30131 VENICE

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Hotel Al Ponte Antico is located at a stone's throw away from the Rialto Bridge, in the historic centre of Venice and with public transport within a few metres (ACTV Boat 1 and 82). Hotel Al Ponte Antico has a strategical position for your visits and excursions and a confortable berth for water-taxi to take you from the airport to the hotel's front door or wherever you wish. This is one of the few hotels with privilege of facing the Gran Canal, the most important water-way in Venice, in one of the historic palaces of the city. Before it become a hotel it was the home of one of the most important shops of luxury fabrics known world-wide. You'll stay just 5 minutes on foot far from Saint Mark Square; a shopping area all around propose the most famous griffes, jeweleries, Murano glass shops and many other curious and exciting things. We're just few steps both from Rialto Bridge and the famous fish market area where it's possible to enjoy all the restaurants and "bacari" (traditional bar of Venice). Besides, there're landing-stages for public boat close to Rialto Bridge to easily join all the other areas of Venice and the Venetian Islands: Murano, Burano and Torcello.
INTEREST POINTS close to HOTEL AL PONTE ANTICO!
Saint Mark's Basilica: beautiful Venetian church with 5 domes looks like the ancient church of Costantinopoli. It was embellished during the early centuries of the last millennium and particulary in the thirtheenth century when Venice dominated Mediterranean culture and economy.
The church, built to represent the power of Serenissima, is externally embellished with marble, mosaics and bas-relief: all maded with precious materials came from Bisanzio, Aquileia and Ravenna. Internally, the church has a Greek cross plan with domes substained by big columns.
But the most amazing fact of this church is that the architectural structure is perfectly hidden by the beauty of the mosaics...
Rialto Bridge: Till thirteenth century Venice was built on a groups of islands separated by channels and to get on the other side were laid down wood boards. Later many bridges were built in Venice but no one of them joining the Gran Canal's banks.
This was a big problem for the Establishment so that population was always teasing it about this promise.
Competition had been won by Antonio da Ponte who thought a unic arch bridge, 48 meters long and 22 meters wide. Foundation was started in 1588, and it took some years to finally join the opposite part of the Gran Canal and subsitute the previous wood bridge that many times collapsed before. To get an image of this previous bridge look at the famous painting by Carpaccio "Guarigione di un ossesso")...
Ca' D'Oro: Once upon the time was considered one of the most sumptuous buildings of Venice for the beautiful colours of its facade, Ca' D'oro knew an unlucky period becouse of the several restorations made during five centuries of history, till baron Giorgio Franchetti bought it at the end of XIX century to create an art gallery.
Inside it's possible to admire masterpieces by Mantegna, Diana and Carpaccio. Besides there are many paintings of Flemish school and what remain of the decorations that one time made beautiful the facades of the buildings near the "Canal Grande" (main channel of Venice).


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HOW TO GET TO HOTEL AL PONTE ANTICO

Arriving by plane
at Airport Marco Polo
situated in Tessera, 12 Km by car and 10 Km by boat from Venice.
Arriving by train
at Railway Station Venezia S. Lucia
situated near Piazzale Roma.

Arriving by car or bus
at Terminal for cars and buses at Piazzale Roma and Tronchetto.
After you can just walk or take a boat!

Airport - Venice by car or bus

Public transportations: Service of public bus ACTV or ATVO for Piazzale Roma: ACTV - Tickets 0.77 Euro ATVO 2.58 Euro valid for one single journey. It will take roughly 30 minutes. When you arrive at Piazzale Roma take the boat n° 82 direction Rialto and get off at Rialto Stop. From Rialto Bridge, Hotel Al Ponte Antico is easily and quickly reachable by foot within 1 minute walking.
Private transportations: Private car-taxi to Piazzale Roma. Price about L 13 EURO (22.5 USD; 8 GBP).

Airport - Venice by motorboat

Public transportations: ALILAGUNA is the direct passenger waterbus service between Venice and its airport. Ticket 8,78 Euro, you can buy it directly on board without any supplement. Get off at San Marco Stop. From S. Marco Hotel Al Ponte Antico is easily and quickly reachable by foot within 1 minute walking.
Private water-taxi
Price about 82 Euro (74 USD; 51 GBP). Arriving directly at the berth of the Hotel.

You can take the ACTV'S lines (1, 82 direction Rialto, N) to reach the Hotel. Get off at Rialto Bridge Stop.
Ticket costs 3.10 Euro at the ticket counters or directly on the boats, paying a little supplement.
Hotel Al Ponte Antico is easily and quickly reachable by foot within 1 minute walking.

Parkings at Tronchetto, Venice
COMPARK, Isola Nuova del Tronchetto
Public transportations from Tronchetto
ACTV's lines (Venice public transport company): n° 82 direction Rialto (every 10 - 12 minuts). Get off at Rialto Bridge Stop. Ticket costs 3.10 Euro at the ticket counters or directly on the boats, paying a little supplement.
When you arrive at Rialto Bridge, Hotel Al Ponte Antico is easily and quickly reachable by foot within 1 minute walking.
Parkings in Piazzale Roma, Venice
GARAGE S. MARCO
Coop SCALO FLUVIALE
GARAGE VENEZIA
AUTORIMESSA COMUNALE,
ANDREA PARK

 

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