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Private Shore Trips offers Venice private transfers including private vehicles and water taxis.

Reserve private Venice tours with a low initial deposit.

Ravenna to Venice Hotel Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Ravenna Cruise Port to Venice Hotel

Private Transfer - 2.5 Hours

End your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from Ravenna to your Venice hotel.

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Ravenna to Venice Airport Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Ravenna Cruise Port to Venice Airport (VCE)

Private Transfer - 2.5 Hours

End your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from Ravenna to the Venice Airport.

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Venice Airport to Ravenna Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Venice Airport (VCE) to Ravenna Cruise Port

Private Transfer - 2.5 Hours

Start your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from the Venice airport to your cruise ship or hotel in Ravenna.

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Venice Hotel to Ravenna Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Venice Hotel to Ravenna Cruise Port

Private Transfer - 2.5 Hours

Start your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from your hotel in Venice to your cruise ship or hotel in Ravenna.

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Venice Pier to Airport Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Venice Cruise Port to Venice Airport (VCE)

Private Venice Transfer - 45 Minutes

End your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from your cruise ship in Venice to the Marco Polo Airport.

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Venice Pier to Hotel Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Venice Cruise Port to Venice Hotel

Private Venice Transfer - 30 Minutes

End your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from the Venice pier to your hotel in Venice.

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Venice Airport to Pier Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Venice Airport (VCE) to Venice Cruise Port

Private Venice Transfer - 45 Minutes

Start your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from the Marco Polo airport to your cruise ship in Venice.

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Venice Airport to Hotel Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Venice Airport (VCE) to Venice Hotel

Private Venice Transfer - 60 Minutes

Start your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from the Marco Polo airport to your hotel in Venice.

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Venice Hotel to Pier Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Venice Hotel to Venice Cruise Port

Private Venice Transfer - 30 Minutes

Start your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from your hotel to your cruise ship in Venice.

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Venice Hotel to Airport Transfer - Private transfer at Venice with English-speaking guide

Private Transfer: Venice Hotel to Venice Airport (VCE)

Private Venice Transfer - 60 Minutes

End your vacation on the right foot with a private transfer from your hotel to the airport in Venice.

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Custom Tours & Large Group Services

Custom Group Tours, Your Way

From laid-back escapes to action-packed adventures, our group tours are built around your style. We make it easy—choose your pace, customize your itinerary, and travel in comfort by private sedan or full-size coach.

Relaxed, active, or fully tailored itineraries
Luxury transportation for any group size
Easy separate payments for each traveler
Low deposit to book, final payment due 30 days before departure

Your perfect group trip is just one conversation away. Contact our Group Services team today!

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Venice Private Transfers

Venice is one of the most common starting or ending points for Adriatic and Eastern Mediterranean cruises, and many itineraries now use Ravenna as an embarkation or disembarkation port. A private transfer connects the two in about two hours and fifteen minutes, door to door. We pick up from your Venice hotel, Marco Polo Airport, or Piazzale Roma and deliver you directly to the cruise terminal at Porto Corsini — or reverse the route when your voyage ends. Your driver handles all luggage, and an en-route sightseeing stop in Ravenna's mosaic-filled old town can be added for passengers who want to turn the drive into a mini tour of the city's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Frequently Asked Questions — Ravenna Shore Excursions & Transfers

Where do cruise ships dock in Ravenna?

Cruise ships dock at Porto Corsini, the commercial port located about 15 km east of Ravenna's historic center. Porto Corsini sits at the mouth of the Candiano Canal on the Adriatic coast. The port area is industrial with limited facilities for walk-off passengers, so most cruisers head straight into town. Your Private Shore Trips guide will be waiting at the pier with a name sign and private vehicle, ready to drive you directly to the mosaic sites in the city center.

Where do cruise ships dock in Venice?

Since 2021, large cruise ships no longer transit through St. Mark's Basin and the Giudecca Canal. Most vessels now dock at the Marghera commercial port on the mainland or at temporary berths outside the historic center, with passengers transferred into Venice by shuttle boat or People Mover. Some smaller ships still use the Stazione Marittima terminal near Piazzale Roma. Regardless of where your ship docks, your Private Shore Trips guide will meet you at the designated disembarkation point and handle all transfers into the city so you can start sightseeing immediately.

What can I see in Venice on a shore excursion?

The essential Venice highlights include St. Mark's Square and Basilica with its glittering Byzantine mosaics, the Doge's Palace and the Bridge of Sighs, the Rialto Bridge and the surrounding market, and a walk through the quieter sestieri (neighborhoods) where the real Venice reveals itself. For guests with more time, we offer excursions to the lagoon islands — Murano for its centuries-old glassblowing tradition and Burano for its vibrantly colored fishermen's houses and lacemaking heritage. We also offer a dedicated Jewish heritage walking tour of the Venetian Ghetto, the world's first ghetto, established in 1516.

How do I get around Venice without cars or taxis?

Venice is entirely pedestrian — there are no cars, buses, or taxis anywhere in the historic center. You move between islands by water taxi, vaporetto (public water bus), or on foot across the bridges. This is one of the biggest reasons a private guide is so valuable in Venice: your guide knows the fastest walking routes through the maze of calli and campi, when to take a water taxi versus walk, and how to avoid the congested tourist corridors between San Marco and Rialto. You cover more ground with less confusion and far less time spent lost.

How do I get from Ravenna cruise port to Venice?

We offer private transfers in both directions between the Ravenna cruise port (Porto Corsini) and Venice — to either Marco Polo Airport or your Venice hotel. The drive takes approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. Your driver will meet you at the pier as you disembark and handle all luggage. For Venice hotel drop-offs, the transfer includes delivery to Piazzale Roma, from where a water taxi or vaporetto takes you into the city center.

What is the back-to-ship guarantee?

Our back-to-ship guarantee means that if an unforeseen delay during your private tour prevents you from returning to the cruise terminal before your ship departs, we will arrange and cover the cost of transportation to your next port of call. This guarantee applies to all private shore excursions booked through us in Ravenna.

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