Dorsoduro
Dorsoduro is one of the six historic sestieri (districts) of Venice, Italy, located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon.
Dorsoduro is one of the six historic sestieri (districts) of Venice, Italy, located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon. It stretches from the Grand Canal in the north to the Giudecca Canal in the south, encompassing waterfront promenades like the Zattere, the Punta della Dogana viewpoint, and occasionally including the nearby Giudecca island.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Dorsoduro
- Airports
- Venice Marco Polo (VCE), 9 km · Treviso (TSF), 26 km · Trieste (TRS), 99 km
- Ronchi dei Legionari/Trieste → Dorsoduro100 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · €13–18
- Caselle (VR) → Dorsoduro111 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · €13–18
- Bologna → Dorsoduro130 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · €16–22
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Dorsoduro
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dorsoduro. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMost ferries arrive at the main terminal in Santa Croce.
- Get inOne exception to this are ferries operated by Venezia Lines, which has daily departures from ports in Croatia and arrives at the San Basilio Ferry Terminal right here in Dorsoduro.
From Wikivoyage: Venice/Dorsoduro, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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