Venice Marghera, Italy

1918 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Azamara Club Cruises (88 Cruises)

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Azamara Journey

1114 Passengers
30277 tons
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Azamara Onward

30277 tons
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Costa Cruises (59 Cruises)

Costa Deliziosa.

Costa Deliziosa

2826 Passengers
92 tons
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CroisiEurope (160 Cruises)

Cruise CE Croisieurope MS Michelangelo ship

MS Michelangelo

150 Passengers
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Emerald Waterways (103 Cruises)

Emerald Azzurra.

Emerald Azzurra

164 Passengers
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Emerald Kaia.

Emerald Kaia

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Explora Journeys (58 Cruises)

Explora II

Explora II

63900 tons
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MSC Cruises (358 Cruises)

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MSC Armonia

2679 Passengers
65542 tons
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MSC Lirica

1984 Passengers
65591 tons
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Oceania Cruises (60 Cruises)

Cruise OCE Oceania Cruises Insignia ship

Oceania Insignia

684 Passengers
30277 tons
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Oceania Sirena

684 Passengers
30277 tons
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Regent Seven Seas Cruises (73 Cruises)

Seven Seas Grandeur.

Seven Seas Grandeur

1294 Passengers
55500 tons
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Seabourn Cruise Line (117 Cruises)

Seabourn Ovation.

Seabourn Ovation

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6 May 29 days One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Civitavecchia-Rome
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27 May 15 days One-way from Venice to Barcelona
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27 May 29 days One-way from Venice to Dubrovnik
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27 May 22 days One-way from Venice to Monte Carlo
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8 July 28 days One-way from Istanbul to Barcelona
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15 July 22 days One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Barcelona
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15 July 29 days One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Civitavecchia-Rome
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22 July 29 days One-way from Venice to Dubrovnik
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22 July 22 days One-way from Venice to Civitavecchia-Rome
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22 July 8 days One-way from Venice to Civitavecchia-Rome
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7 October 28 days One-way from Barcelona to Fusina Venice
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14 October 22 days One-way from Monte Carlo to Venice
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21 October 15 days One-way from Dubrovnik to Venice
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21 October 28 days One-way from Dubrovnik to Barcelona
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21 October 14 days One-way from Dubrovnik to Fusina Venice
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28 October 22 days One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Barcelona
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28 October 7 days One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Fusina Venice
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28 October 31 days One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Lisbon
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28 October 30 days One-way from Piraeus-Athens to Lisbon
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SeaDream Yacht Club (20 Cruises)

Silversea Cruises (72 Cruises)

Silver Ray.

Silver Ray

728 Passengers
54 tons
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Star Clippers (28 Cruises)

Royal Clipper

Royal Clipper

333 Passengers
4425 tons
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Uniworld Boutique River Cruise (284 Cruises)

S.S. La Venezia.

S.S. La Venezia

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24 September 13 days One-way from Budapest to Rome City
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24 September 19 days One-way from Budapest to Istanbul
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27 September 17 days One-way from Venice to Istanbul
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1 October 10 days One-way from Budapest to Venice
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22 October 14 days One-way from Budapest to Rome City
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2 May 19 days Round-trip from Venice, Italy
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2 May 16 days One-way from Venice to Istanbul
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6 May 11 days One-way from Budapest to Venice
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13 May 11 days One-way from Budapest to Venice
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20 May 11 days One-way from Budapest to Venice
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24 May 14 days One-way from Milano to Venice
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27 May 10 days One-way from Budapest to Venice
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3 June 11 days One-way from Budapest to Venice
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Viking Ocean Cruises (351 Cruises)

Viking Jupiter1

Viking Jupiter

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Viking Mars

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Viking Neptune1

Viking Neptune

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Viking Sea

48000 tons
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Viking Star

Viking Star

47800 tons
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Viking Vela.

Viking Vela

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Windstar Cruises (55 Cruises)

Wind Spirit

Wind Spirit

249 Passengers
5736 tons
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Frequently Asked Questions

Because since 2021 large ships have been barred from passing in front of St Mark's Square. Italian authorities closed the Giudecca canal to them in order to protect the lagoon, and cruise ships now berth at Marghera, on the industrial mainland shore.
By transfer: a road shuttle to Piazzale Roma, or a train from Mestre. Allow twenty to thirty minutes. This charmless preamble has one virtue: it sets up one of the great threshold moments of any voyage, that of stepping out on foot into a city built entirely on water.
Choose between the major sites and wandering. St Mark's and the Doge's Palace must be booked online; without a ticket, head instead for Cannaregio, Dorsoduro or Castello, where the tour groups thin out. Vaporetto line 1, running the length of the Grand Canal, doubles as an urban cruise.
Yes, online and in advance. Crowds are real in the middle of the day: aiming for early morning changes everything. Without a booked ticket, it is wiser to skip the interiors and walk.
An access contribution is required on certain high-traffic days for day visitors. The rules change from season to season: check them before the call rather than on arrival.
An hour at minimum, and leave a margin. Between walking, the vaporetto and the shuttle, the return easily takes that long. This is the main risk of the call: the ship does not wait for independent passengers.
On foot and by vaporetto. Transport tickets are sold at machines at Piazzale Roma, the same place the port shuttles arrive. The traghetto, a shared gondola that crosses the Grand Canal in two minutes for a few euros, is the cheapest version of gliding through Venice.
By getting deliberately lost. Beyond the Rialto bridge and its fish market, Cannaregio, Dorsoduro and Castello offer quiet campi where children play football, mask workshops, hidden courtyards and side canals where gondolas pass delivery boats. The city has more than 400 bridges, and each frames a different picture.
Cicchetti in a bacaro: these small bites served with a glass of wine are the Venetian way to have lunch standing up — fast, and far better than the tourist menus on the main squares.
It depends how much you trust the timing. The line's excursions simplify logistics and guarantee the ship waits for you. Independent visiting is entirely feasible for anyone who likes walking, provided you leave early and watch the clock on the way back.