vaporetto

• The island, seen from the deck of the gay little vaporetto which plies between Barrequitas and Piombino on the mainland, looks like an outsize cathedral, rising abruptly up out of the sea. —  Tour De Force - Christianna Brand - Cockrill 06: 1955
• As he had alighted from the vaporetto, the heavens had opened. —  EQMM,May2007
• Venetian Satellite, will be similar in form and aesthetic functionality to her Venice installation Luna Piena, a sped-up lunar calendar of 2,070 blown glass spheres that's on view at the Valaresso vaporetto stop through November 2006. —  Cool Hunting
• Getting there is half the fun - the commute from the centre of Venice involves a meander down the Grand Canal by vaporetto before switching to a local bus that pootles down the Lido's western seaboard. tinyurl. com / alberoni —  Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk
• There's the grim throng to endure on the Rialto Bridge, and a brief busy patch on the north bank of the Grand Canal, but then I managed to walk through backstreets right to the Fondamente Nuove on the northern edge of the city facing Murano where a 40-minute vaporetto trip goes around the Arsenale, back to St Mark's Square and on to the peaceful charms of Giudecca. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed

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