Venice Night Vaporetto: Line N Routes, Times & Tickets

Night vaporetto in Venice: which boat do you need?

Venice has night vaporetto services, but Line N does not serve every island. Use N for the Grand Canal, Giudecca and Lido S.M.E.; look for Notturno Murano (NMU) or Notturno Laguna Nord (NLN) for the northern lagoon. Choose your exact stop, direction and departure before leaving your hotel or evening event.

Routes and fares checked on 5 November 2026. ACTV’s currently linked PDFs have different effective dates: November 2025 for N, January 2025 for NLN and September 2026 for NMU. Recheck the official ACTV timetables and current service notices for your travel date; a ticket’s validity does not guarantee that a particular sailing operates.

For the wider network, use our vaporetto line guide. The Line 1, Line 2 and Line 12 guides cover their own routes and timetables; their daytime stop patterns are not a substitute for the night schedules.

Line N route: Grand Canal, Giudecca and Lido

In the direction towards Lido, the full route starts at San Marco/San Zaccaria, crosses to Giudecca, calls at Zattere and continues via Tronchetto to Piazzale Roma and Ferrovia. It then travels along the Grand Canal through Rialto towards San Marco again, before Giardini, Sant’Elena and Lido S.M.E. Boats also run in the reverse direction, with different piers and some different intermediate calls.

San Zaccaria appears twice on the full outward journey. For the direct Lido leg, check pier F towards Giardini and Sant’Elena; for the direct Giudecca leg, check pier B. Verify the current pier signs and destination display, and ask the crew before boarding if you are unsure.

In the current timetable, the 23:30 departure from San Zaccaria B reaches Lido at 00:56: 86 minutes around the long route. That same boat calls at San Zaccaria F at 00:43, making the direct leg to Lido just 13 minutes. Check the duration of your chosen sailing and ensure your ticket covers the planned journey; the full loop is longer than a 75-minute ticket’s validity.

• San Marco/San Zaccaria: useful for St Mark’s Square, the Doge’s Palace, Bridge of Sighs, St Mark’s Campanile and Marciana National Library, and accommodation in San Marco. San Zaccaria Church is nearby; the waterfront has several separate boarding piers.
• Zattere and Giudecca: Zattere serves the waterfront of Dorsoduro; its views look across to Giudecca and Redentore Church. Palanca, Redentore and Zitelle serve Giudecca. Palanca and Zattere can appear more than once in one timetable column, so read down the complete sailing.
• Tronchetto, Piazzale Roma and Ferrovia: relevant for car parks, mainland bus connections, Piazzale Roma’s road-taxi rank and Santa Lucia station. Ferrovia is the stop outside Santa Lucia, not Venezia Mestre station.
• Rialto and Accademia: useful Grand Canal stops, but not every N sailing calls at Accademia, San Samuele or San Tomà. Do not assume N stops everywhere that Line 1 does.
• Lido S.M.E.: the Santa Maria Elisabetta terminal on the Venetian Lido. Check the onward walk or bus separately for beaches, hotels and the Film Festival venues.

Night vaporetto times and frequency

There is no single frequency or closing time for the whole N route. In the current timetable, departures from Lido S.M.E. towards Venice run from 23:23 to 04:03, with half-hourly departures from 00:33. From San Zaccaria pier B towards Giudecca, departures run from 23:30 to 04:30, with hourly departures from 01:30. Other sections have additional or shorter sailings, and arrivals continue later.

For example, Piazzale Roma pier F towards Ferrovia, Rialto and Lido shows departures every 30 minutes from 01:39 to 04:39. Accademia has fewer calls. These are stop-specific examples, not a promise of a half-hourly boat at every pier; use the full timetable for your own boarding and arrival stops.

1. Select the correct night and direction. Times use the 24-hour clock in local Venice time. A 01:00 departure is after midnight; check the calendar date when planning a late evening journey.
2. Read one sailing column from your stop to your destination. A dash or blank cell does not establish a call there. Check pier letters as well as stop names.
3. Check changes before setting out. Fog, high water and event arrangements can change service. Recheck during Venice Carnival, Festa del Redentore, Festa della Salute, the Biennale or other busy events rather than expecting extra boats.
4. Leave time for connections. A night boat does not guarantee a waiting train, mainland bus, airport transfer or Lido bus.

Tip: save the timetable and your accommodation’s nearest night stop offline before dinner. A missed sailing can mean a much longer wait than during the day.

Night boats to Murano, Burano and the northern lagoon

Line N does not go to Murano or Burano. The separate NMU timetable shows Fondamente Nove pier B departures at 23:41, then every 30 minutes from 00:15 to 04:15. Its circuit includes Murano Colonna, Faro, Navagero, Museo, Da Mula, Venier and Serenella before returning to Venice. Choose the island stop nearest your accommodation.

NLN serves the northern lagoon with different route variants. Its timetable includes Murano Faro, Vignole, Sant’Erasmo, Mazzorbo, Torcello, Burano, Treporti and Punta Sabbioni, but not all stops appear in every sailing. Do not infer an all-night through service or a convenient return from the route name. In particular, check your exact island’s outward and return columns before committing to a late journey.

On NLN, stops marked R are on request: the timetable says boarding can be booked at least 20 minutes ahead on 800 845 065. S means an on-request stop for disembarkation only. Follow the current timetable’s instructions, especially for Torcello, Vignole and Sant’Erasmo, and confirm arrangements before relying on a request stop.

Tickets, day passes and boarding at night

There is no separate night supplement for these ACTV-network boats. The standard visitor ticket costs €9.50 for 75 minutes from first validation. A valid ACTV 24-, 48-, 72- or 168-hour ticket covers included night waterbus services within its remaining validity; the clock does not restart at midnight. A Venezia Unica card or attraction package alone is not proof that transport is loaded.

Use our ACTV pass and fare guide to compare ticket options rather than buying a pass solely because you are travelling at night. Daytime visits to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Correr Museum, Ca’ d’Oro, Murano Glass Museum or Frari can make several boat journeys useful, but museum admission is separate from a standard transport ticket.

• Buy before arriving late: look for ticket machines at main hubs such as Piazzale Roma, Rialto and Lido S.M.E., or use the AVM Venezia Official App. Check that a machine is available and working rather than depending on one at the last minute. Do not rely on a staffed kiosk being open overnight.
• Validate each journey and transfer: present your ticket or pass to the validator at the waterbus stop and check that it is accepted. Follow the reader or app instructions for a digital ticket.
• If you cannot obtain or validate a ticket: speak to the crew immediately when boarding. ACTV’s published rules allow onboard waterbus purchase, requested at boarding, by card/POS; do not wait for an inspection.
• Keep the ticket ready: nighttime travel does not remove validation requirements or the possibility of inspection.

Our buying and validating transport tickets guide explains machines, apps and readers in more detail.

Late arrivals, airports and early departures

For a late train arrival, start with the actual N departure from Ferrovia and the final walk to your hotel. For an early train, work backwards from Santa Lucia’s departure time and allow a margin for reaching the platform.

Line N does not serve Marco Polo Airport or Mestre. An airport arrival may connect to N after a separate journey to Venice, such as a bus to Piazzale Roma, but confirm that leg’s last departure and ticket. See our Marco Polo Airport transfer comparison and Alilaguna airport boat guide. Alilaguna is a separate operator and is excluded from standard ACTV tickets; airport bus travel also needs the appropriate airport fare or supplement.

For Mestre, check a separate mainland service from Piazzale Roma. For cruise departures, use the terminal specified by your cruise line, rather than assuming Tronchetto or Piazzale Roma is beside your ship. None of these connections is guaranteed by the night vaporetto timetable.

Practical tips and evening journey ideas

• Access and luggage: check the exact pier, boarding conditions and onward walking route if you use a wheelchair or have heavy bags. Consult our accessible Venice guide and vaporetto luggage rules; avoid assuming that every boat, pier or bridge is equally suitable.
• Waiting and etiquette: use a lit boarding area, keep valuables secure, stand back from the water’s edge and let passengers off first. Keep bags out of the passageway and follow crew instructions.
• After dinner or a performance: whether you visit Harry’s Bar, Caffè Florian, Osteria alle Testiere or Impronta, or attend La Fenice or Teatro Goldoni, plan from the venue’s actual exit to a served night stop. A nearby daytime stop may have no suitable N departure.

For an evening around San Vidal and the Rosario church area of Dorsoduro, perhaps after dinner at Ristorante Da Ivo, compare the walk to Accademia with the walk to Zattere before choosing a boat: they lead to different parts of N’s route, and Accademia has fewer calls. For a Film Festival evening, check the San Zaccaria departure towards Lido and the onward journey from S.M.E.

The Grand Canal can offer an atmospheric ride past Rialto, Ca’ Rezzonico and views towards Santa Maria della Salute. After a visit to Palazzo Grassi or an evening in San Marco, choose the journey that gets you home rather than boarding the longest loop for the scenery.

For help arranging your stay, explore our personal concierge service. You can also browse St Mark’s Square tours or gondola experiences; these are separate from ACTV public transport. For Venice Carnival and other event nights, arrange your return transport before heading out.