The Rough Guide to Venice and the Veneto

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Giovanni e Paolo, t041.529.4111.
Internet access Most Internet points charge
e6–8 per hour, though rates usually drop
the longer you stay online. Places are opening
and closing all the time, but you should
find the following still in operation:
San Marco: Internet Point, Campo S. Stefano
2958 (daily 10am–11pm); Venetian
Navigator, Calle dei Stagneri 5239 (daily
10am–8.30pm).
Dorsoduro: Internet Point, Crosera
S.Pantalon 3812a (daily 10am–11pm); Logic
Internet, Calle del Traghetto 2799 (daily
10am–8.30pm).
San Polo: CreArte, Calle del Luganegher
1085 (daily 10am–8pm); Network Café,
Campo San Giacomo 124, near the Rialto
(Mon–Sat 10am–11pm); Venice Connection,
Calle del Campaniel (Mon–Sat 10am–10pm,
Sun 11am–10pm).
Cannaregio: Planet Internet, Rio Terà San
Leonardo 1519 (daily 9am–11pm) by the
Ponte delle Guglie; Internet Station, Sottoportego
Falier 5640 (daily 10am–1pm &
3–11pm).
Castello: Internet Corner, Calle del Cafetier
6661a (Mon–Sat 10am–10pm, Sun 1–9pm);
Internet Point, Calle della Sacrestia 4502
(daily 10am–11pm); Internet Service, Corte
dei Preti 3546a (daily 10am–1pm, 3–8pm
& 9–11pm); Venetian Navigator, Casselleria
5300 (daily: summer 10am–10pm; winter
10am–7.30pm) & Calle delle Bande 5269
(same hours).
Laundries Speedy Wash, Rio Terà San Leonardo,
Cannaregio 1520 (daily 8am–11pm);
at Ruga Giuffa, Castello 4826 (daily
8.30am–11pm), off Campo S. Maria Formosa;
Bea Vita at Campiello delle Muneghe
665, Santa Croce (daily 7am–10pm); Laundry
Self-Service, Calle delle Chioverette 665,
Santa Croce (daily 7.30am–10.30pm); and
at Fondamenta delle Zitelle 65, on Giudecca
(same hours). You’ll pay around e5 for an
8kg wash and e4 for a dryer. A few drycleaners
(found all over the city) will also
service washes.
Left luggage The desk at the end of platform
14 in the train station (6am–midnight)
charges e3.80 per item for five hours, then
e0.60 for each of the next six hours, and
e0.20 per hour thereafter. The office on
Piazzale Roma (6am–9pm) charges e3.50
per item for 24hr.
Lost property If you lose anything on the train
or at the station, call t041.785.531; at the
airport call t041.260.9222; on the vaporetti
call t041.272.2179, on the buses call
t041.272.2838; and anywhere in the city
itself call t041.274.8225.
Newspapers English and American newspapers
can be found at the train station, by
the Calle dell’Ascensione post office and at
various stands throughout the city – usually
a day or two late.
Pharmacies Italy operates a system called
Farmacie di Turno, which ensures that you
are never far from an open pharmacy at
any time of day or night. Every one displays
the address of the nearest late-opening
pharmacy, and there’s always a full list in Un
Ospite di Venezia (see p.36).
Passports In the event of a lost passport,
notify the Questura (see below) and then
your consulate or embassy (see p.283).
Police To notify police of a theft or lost passport,
report to the Questura on Piazzale
Roma (t041.271.5511); in the event of an
emergency, ring t113. There’s also a small
police station on the Piazza, at no. 63.
Porters Porters tout for trade at Piazzale
Roma, the train station, the Accademia and
at places in the city where luxury hotels are
concentrated – such as Riva degli Schiavoni
and Calle Larga XXII Marzo. Their charges
begin at e15.50 for carrying one piece of
luggage between any two points in the centre
of the city, with a e7.75 supplement for
each additional item.
Post offices Venice’s main post office is in
the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, near the Rialto
bridge (Mon–Sat 8.30am–6.30pm). Any
poste restante should be addressed to
Fermo Posta, Fondaco dei Tedeschi, 80100
Venezia; take your passport with you when
collecting your post. The principal branch
post offices are in Calle dell’Ascensione, at
Záttere 1406, and by the Piazzale Roma
vaporetto stops (Mon–Fri 8.30am–2pm, Sat
8.30am–1pm). Stamps can also be bought
in tabacchi, as well as in some gift shops.
Public toilets There are toilets on or very near
to most of the main squares. You’ll need a
e1 coin, but the toilets are usually staffed,
so you can get change; note that the Venice
Card (see p.37) gives free access to many
staffed toilets. The main facilities are: at
the train station; at Piazzale Roma; on the
west side of the Accademia bridge; by the
main tourist office, in the Giardinetti Reali;
off the west side of the Piazza; off Campo
S. Bartolomeo; on Campo Rialto Nuovo; on