There are 12 ways to get from Dorset to Venice by train, plane, car ferry, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
best- Take the train from Moreton (Dorset) to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane SOU - VCE
8h 18m€153–360Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BRS - VCE
9h 20m€88–271Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Saint-Malo to Parisbus 772
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Luciatrain
26h 42m€310–614Bus
- Take the bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Venice - Mestre Bus Stationbus
32h 19m€142–249Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Dorset to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Venicecar
17h 21m€382–505Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Moreton (Dorset) to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LGW - VCE
7h 58m€137–362Train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LHR - VCE
8h 53m€153–422Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Weymouth to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LTN - VCE
9h 36m€126–349Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Weymouth to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane STN - VCE
9h 49m€125–374Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Take the train from Moreton (Dorset) to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane LGW - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia S. Luciatrain
9h 14m€150–387Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Venice Mestre Train Stationbus
38h 29m€162–279Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dorset to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Venicecar
18h 23m€275–460
Dorset to Venice by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dorset to Venice is to bus which costs €140 - €250 and takes 32h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Dorset to Venice is to train and fly which takes 7h 58m and costs €130 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Dorset to Venice. However, there are services departing from Dorchester Road Traffic Lights and arriving at Venezia via South Station, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Stazione MESTRE FS C3. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 19m.
The distance between Dorset and Venice is 1291 km.
The best way to get from Dorset to Venice without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 26h 42m and costs €310 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 18m to get from Dorset to Venice, including transfers.
Dorset to Venice bus services, operated by National Express, depart from South Station.
Dorset to Venice bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Venice is 1h ahead of Dorset. It is currently 6:24 PM in Dorset and 7:24 PM in Venice.
There are 5690+ hotels available in Venice.
What companies run services between Dorset, England and Venice, Italy?
You can take a bus from Dorchester Road Traffic Lights to Venezia via South Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Venice - Mestre Bus Station, and Stazione MESTRE FS C3 in around 32h 19m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–480
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Moreton (Dorset) to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Moreton (Dorset) to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Weymouth to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Weymouth to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Moreton (Dorset) to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bournemouth to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Saint-Malo to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- National Express
Bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Venice - Mestre Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Venice Mestre Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- [email protected]
- Website
- Brittany Ferries (Condor Ferries)
Car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- Brittany Ferries (Condor Ferries)
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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