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Lido island, Venice

Via Sandro Gallo, Lido, Veneto

Description

Lido di Venezia (Venice Lido) is one of the two barrier islands of the Lagoon of Venice. It is only separated from the Castello district by about 600m of water and it's about 3km to San Marco by vaporetto. The 11km-long island has a town, a village, several beaches and hosts the Venice Film Festival every year in late August/early Sept. Highlights include the village of Malamocco, the sand dunes of Alberoni natural reserve in the south and the Art Deco architecture of some of the hotels and villas. Trivia: on a cruise, the ship deck with the pool is often called the "Lido deck" because in Italy the name has become generic for public beaches with lots of swimmers

Access & Transport

Vaporettos B, N, 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17, 18 go to the island the #11 from Chioggia From San Marco, take the 1, 5 or 14 to "Lido Santa Maria Elisabetta", the main gateway into Lido town.

Instructions & Recommendations

Land transport on the island is covered if you have a ACTV day or multi-day ticket Note that some of the beaches are free and the private ones come with facilities (sundeck, towels, changing rooms) and a hefty entrance fee.

Meta review

Travel blogs and online reviews single out the village of Malamocco and the southern end of the island around Alberoni as the most picturesque, the latter as much for its natural environment as for its lack of crowd & beach clubs. As for the beaches, none of them draw spectacular reviews and ratings of beach clubs are very uneven and inconsistent.

Environmental & Social

Mostly low carbon footprint besides the crossing by vaporetto

Conclusion

The Lido di Venezia is an interesting option for return visitors or residents wanting some time at the beach or a change of scenery but doesn't have many touristic attractions per se.

Key positive

Good alternative for an outdoor walk

Decent beaches

Key negative

Quite commercial and private beaches are expensive

Suitability

No restrictions

About this Rating

TYPE

Desktop

RESEARCHED IN

June 2024

PROVIDER

Koreval

Included Items
None
Timing
Duration of visit

av. transport time:0h 45m

est. visit time:6h

Sunlight based

Sunrise / early morningOk

MorningOk

Lunch timeOk

AfternoonOk

Sunset / eveningOk

Night – bef. midnightNo

Night – aft. midnightNo

Pricing
Age band
Age band
Regular price / pers.
Senior
65 - 99
€25
Adult
18 - 64
€25
Child
6 - 17
€25
Infant
0 - 5
€0
Cost of a 1-day ACTV ticket

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