Venice Lido

The Lido of Venice (Lido di Venezia) is a 12 km long strip of land between the Adriatic and the Venetian lagoon.

Death in Venice was set in the Lido, and thousands turn out on the first week in September for the Venice Film Festival, La Biennale di Venezia. The 66th Venice International Film Festival, organised by the Venice Biennale, will run from the 2nd to the 12th of September 2009.

In 2009, the Giro d'Italia, the 100th running, will start with a time trial in the Lido. Find out more with our 2009 Giro d'Italia Map and Travel Information.

Maps of the Lido

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Above is the map that shows the Lido, which has beaches along both sides. The red box indicates the port where you can catch a the Vaporetto or Waterbus to Venice. The Alilaguna waterbus from the Venice airport stops at Lido as well.

Mapping Europe features an interactive map of Venice Lido.

Lido di Venizia Hotels

If you want to have your Death in Venice romantic experience, Hotel des Bains Venice Lido is the place that served as the setting in the book and also for Luchino Visconti's film adaptation.

There are hundreds of other hotels and resorts in Venice-Lido, many of them quite reasonable in cost compared to Venice itself. For special events like the Giro or the film festival though, you might want to reserve ahead online using the links above.

Venice Weather

Venice current conditions are shown in the widget on the right.

Venice can be foggy and cold around Carnevale, and it can get quite hot and humid in the summer.

To see the historic climate conditions and to take a crack at predicting the weather for your visit, see our Venice Italy Weather page.

Venice Lido has a small airport on the north end of Lido island called Nicelli Airport. Small private jets and some tourist planes use it. You can take a Venice Helicopter Tour from the Lido.