How to get from Venice to Florence (come arrivare da Venezia a Firenze) is the return leg of Italy's most popular single bilateral city visit and the one whose specific departure logistics (leaving the Venice canal city) are more emotionally resonant than arriving: the specific Venice Santa Lucia station departure (the glass doors close behind you, the Grand Canal disappears, and the specific Venice lagoon gradually gives way to the Po valley flatness over 4 minutes of lagoon crossing) is described by returning visitors as "the most specifically melancholy single departure in travel", the place that most specifically makes you want to turn around and go back. The 2h20m Frecciarossa to Florence has the same price and timing as the Florence-to-Venice direction. Here are the specific Venice departure details.
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Venice to Florence: The Routes and Details
The Frecciarossa (Best: 2h20m, from 29€)
Venezia Santa Lucia (GPS: 45.4414°N, 12.3218°E) → Firenze Santa Maria Novella (GPS: 43.7764°N, 11.2490°E): 2h18m-2h32m. Economy advance (30-45 days): €29-39. The specific Venice to Florence morning departure strategy: the 7:05 AM from Venezia Santa Lucia → Firenze 9:25 AM gives the most specifically productive Florence day (arriving for the Uffizi 9:00 AM opening, achievable if the Uffizi is pre-booked and the Firenze SMN exit to the piazza takes approximately 7 minutes). The 8:05 AM Venice → Florence 10:25 AM is the most specifically comfortable single Venice to Florence departure (no 6:30 AM wake-up, still arrives in Florence for the midday program). The specific Venezia Santa Lucia departure platform: the Frecciarossa and Italo platforms are on the left side of the station (the lakeside, away from the Canal Grande, platforms 1-6): the platform is announced approximately 15-20 minutes before departure on the hall display board.
The Venice Luggage Strategy Before Departure
The Venice luggage storage (the deposito bagagli at Venezia Santa Lucia. GPS: 45.4414°N, 12.3218°E: the storage facility at the left end of the main hall (the end farthest from the Grand Canal exit): €6 per bag for up to 5 hours; €12 per bag for 24 hours). The specific Venice-departure morning strategy: deposit the bags at 8:00 AM, take the vaporetto (Venice water bus) to the Rialto or Piazza San Marco for a final 2-hour Venice morning program (the Rialto market closes at 13:00, the last Venice morning should always include the Rialto fish market (GPS: 45.4404°N, 12.3358°E) if you haven't been already), pick up bags at 10:00 and catch the midday Frecciarossa to Florence. The specific Venezia Santa Lucia waterbus vaporetto connection for departure: the vaporetto Line 1 and Line 2 both stop at the "Ferrovia" stop (GPS: 45.4414°N, 12.3218°E) directly in front of the station, the most specifically central Venice mass transit access point.
Italo and Regionale Options
Italo Venezia Santa Lucia → Firenze SMN: 2h22m-2h37m, Promo fares from approximately €24. The Trenitalia Regionale via Bologna: Venezia Santa Lucia → Bologna Centrale (1h40m, approximately €9 Regionale) + Bologna → Firenze SMN (55 minutes, approximately €9 Regionale): total 2h35m-3h15m including the platform change, approximately €18. The Regionale option is most worth it for the visitor who wants to stop in Bologna for a few hours (the most specifically worthwhile single Venice-Florence Regionale intermediate stop: the Bologna porticoes, Piazza Maggiore, and the Mercato di Mezzo for lunch before the onward train to Florence).
Q&A: Venice to Florence
What is the most specifically beautiful thing about leaving Venice by train?
The Ponte della Libertà crossing in the departure direction: leaving Venice on the Frecciarossa, the train crosses the 4km lagoon causeway from the Venice island to the Mestre mainland with the open lagoon visible on both sides for approximately 4 minutes. In the early morning (the 7:05 AM departure), the specific dawn light over the Venice lagoon (the specific golden sunrise over the specific flat salt water with the Venice skyline shrinking in the rear window and the mist still on the water surface) is described by every photographer who has taken this train as the single most specifically photographic moment of any Italian rail journey. The right-side rear window seat (the seat facing backward toward Venice) gives the most specifically extended single lagoon-crossing view in the departure direction.
