TOURIST OFFICES
APT
train station, open daily to 6.50pm.
APT - main office Palazzetto Selva, open
Mon-Sat 9.40am to 3.20pm, tel. 041 522 6356.
At the APT offices people aged 14 - 29 years
can buy a Rolling Venice card for food,
accomodation and museum discounts (available
July to September)- Piazza San Marco, tel:
041 522 6356.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Ambulance, fire & police, tel: 113.
CREDIT CARDS
Most banks are located around the Rialto and San Marco.
American Express
Salizzada San Moise, weekdays
9am-5.30pm, Saturday to 12.30pm (charge no commission)
tel:041 520 0844.
Thomas Cook
Piazza San Marco, open Mon-Sat 9am-6pm,
Sunday to 2pm.
EMBASSIES
There are no international embassies or consulates in
Venice. The nearest are in Milan, alternatively in
Rome. See our visas and passaports
page for more
details.
INTERNET CAFES
Casanova Disco internet Point
Lista di Spanga - Near the train station (exit and go left)
Hours: 9am-11pm.
Price/Hour: 7 Euro
Fast connections with air conditioning, LCD screens, and free popcorn in the afternoons. Minuses--loud music any time.
Triple Play
Lista di Spagna (past the Guglie bridge, exit left from the train station)
Hours: 8am – 11pm.
This café is placed between the Speedy Wash and a Venetian cichetti bar so you can check your email while you wait for your clothes and have a snack at the same time.
VeNice Internet Point Lista di Spagna, Near
the train station, across from the Casanova
Disco Fast internet, plus they rent card
readers for 2.5 euros per hour and will
burn you a cd rom with all your digital
pics. Internet Station and Sala Giochi.
5640 Sottoportego Falier (campo S. Apostoli)
Price/Hour: 15 minutes cost 2.50 Euro, two
hours 13 euro Games and internet, only 5
stations. Net House Internet Cafe
2976-2958 Campo San Stefano, San Marco
Tel. [041] 5208128.
Email:
info@nethousecafes.com
URL: www.nethousecafes.com
Price/Hour: From just $1.70 per hour.
Hours: 24 hours State-of-the-art systems,
fast Internet access, free e-mail, laser
printing, scanning, cd-rom writing, fax
service, photocopying, phone calls, network
games, word processing and dvd-rom movies.
?? Planet
Via Colloredo 90, Udine
Tel. 0432/690613
20 PC linea 64 kbps
Email: funnynet@funnynet.netanday.it
Blue Billiard Club
Via Girolamo da Treviso 5, TV 12 PC, CDN
64 Kb ?? www.funnynet.netanday.it
Lignano Sabbiadoro C. Alisei 17. Tel. 0431-422224.
6 PC, linea CDN 64 kb. Ludoteca
Via Paolo Sarpi, UD Tel. 0432-25200 8 PC.
In Collegio via Petrarca 9, PD Tel. 0368-3465966
12 PC. Bowling Via D'Annunzio 7, VI Tel.
0444-563594 5 PC.
Nosenso
Via Cotonificio 47, UD
Tel. 0432-46050
4 PC, 28 Kb
Ludolandia
vle Volontari Libertŕ 4, UD
Tel. 0432-42080
8 PC, 28 Kb.
YAHOO!!
Udine
6 PC, 64 Kb ISDN
King's Ple Cavedalis 1, Udine Tel. 295700
2 PC linea dedicata 33 kb.
NetPointMorena
via Bafile 221, jesolo lido - Venezia 30017 italy
Tel. +390421380449
Fax: 0421.
Email:morena@marconinet.it www.marconinet.it
Price/Hour: 5.
SPECIAL EVENTS
6 January
the first of the lagoon city's
regattas, the Regatta delle Befane.
In February is the bemasked and berobed Carnevale. May
Festa della Sensa (Feast of the Ascension), when
Venice celebrates the Sposalizio del Mar (Wedding with
the Sea). June
The Venezia Biennale arts fest is held every
odd-numbered year in June in the pavilions of the
Giardini Pubblici. July
Festa del Redentore - regatta and fireworks
festival. Third weekend in July. August
The Venice International Film Festival. September
The Regatta Storica, a historic gondola
race along the Grand Canal. November
Festa della Madonna della Salute procession
crosses the Grand Canal via a bridge of boats.
Venice's public holidays include Liberation Day (25
April), Labour Day (1 May), the Feast of the
Assumption (15 August), All Saints' Day (1 November)
and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8
December).
For more details about these events go to
our festivals
page .
