Visitors
The Venice Boat Show at Arsenale di Venezia offers the best of shipbuilding! It is open from Thursday 29th May to Monday 2nd June 2025.
Opening hours: 10.00am – 8.00pm (last admission 7.00pm), special opening on Saturday, May 31st until 10:00 pm (last admission at 7:00 pm).
The Venice Boat Show offers:
- bars
- refreshment points
- official merchandising points
- baby-changing facilities
- small dogs are allowed
At the Venice Boat Show:
- there is no cloakroom service
- medium or large dogs are not allowed
Holders of the entry ticket for the Venice Boat Show are exempt from paying the Venice City Access Fee. If requested by the control authorities, visitors must show their nominative access ticket to the Boat Show. All information is available on the website https://cda.ve.it/en/
How to get to the Arsenale
ON FOOT
The Venice Boat Show is accessible from three pedestrian entrances:
Arsenale – Ships pavillion
Giardino delle Vergini, by free shuttle boat
Bacini – Arsenale Nord
All entrances are within walking distance of the main access points to the city.
BY PUBLIC WATER TRANSPORT
Special Actv line SNV SNV (available only for holders of the Salone Nautico entrance ticket)
- direct connection from Piazzale Roma “C” waterbus stop to “Arsenale Torre di Porta Nuova” stop, active during the opening days (from May 29th to June 2nd), active during the opening days (from 29.05 to 02.06.2025) every 30 minutes, from 9.10 to 20.10.
- direct connection from the stop “Arsenale Torre di Porta Nuova” to Piazzale Roma “C”, active during the opening days (from 29.05 to 02.06.2025) every 30 minutes, from 9.50 to 20.50.
Fares reserved to holders of a Salone Nautico entrance ticket or voucher:
• € 5,00 one way valid for 75 minutes
• € 8,00 return ticket valid for 75 minutes each way
Access only with the following Actv travel tickets:
• Dedicated tickets (see above);
• 75 minutes or Venezia Daily Pass
• (1 giorno\day), 2, 3 or 7-day tickets and Quickly ATVO-AVM/Actv tickets;
• Passes (“Rete Unica”, “island resident”, “integrated” or supplements) for waterborne services;
• “Rete Unica” tickets/carnet tickets
Free for children under 12 years of age only if accompanied, wheelchair users and their careers, the Police Forces, the Navy and the Port
Padiglione delle Navi entrance “Arsenale” stop served by
Giardino delle Vergini entrance “Arsenale” and “Giardini Biennale” stop served by
Only for holders of an entrance ticket to the Venice Boat Show – free shuttle from the “Giardino delle Vergini” stop to “Arsenale – Torre di Porta Nuova”
Bacini – Arsenale Nord entrance is served by
For people with reduced mobility, Bacini – Arsenale Nord entrance is recommended.
