San Basilio Terminal Port of Venice / Seabourn Spirit

If I take a private water taxi from my hotel to the pier at San Basilio Terminal Venice to embark on the Adriatic cruise on the Seabourn Spirit, will there be porters available to bring my luggage from the pier to where I check in for the cruise?

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If I take a private water taxi from my hotel to the pier at San Basilio Terminal Venice to embark on the Adriatic cruise on the Seabourn Spirit, will there be porters available to bring my luggage from the pier to where I check in for the cruise?

Thanks

There were in 2011. Same ship, same dock. Maybe someone more recent will chime in. We loved the Spirit.:D We always use water taxis as it is just so "Venice" to do so. Where else can you feel like you are in a movie just taking a taxi?:D

Very kind of you to respond. We were concerned about having to possibly drag our luggage up from the dock. Considered using Seabourn's service, but thought it would be more convenient as well as atmospheric to have our hotel arrange our transportation. Looking forward to the Spirit! First time.

As soon as you leave your Water Taxi there will be porters there and the next time

you will see your luggage is in your statement. We will be boarding in August as we

have done for quite a few years on the 'Spirit. You have a fantastic cruise to look

forward to. I am counting the weeks.

Thanks for the info. So good to hear such glowing reports of the Seabourn Spirit! First time on Seabourn. Always wanted to really do the Adriatic. Also travelling end of August. Have a wonderful trip.

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What hotel in Venice is good for the night before going on the Spirit at San Basilio terminal?

There are tons of options for hotels. If budget is no concern I'd go for the Aman Grand Canal Venice.

monemavasia, I have photos of water taxis arriving at San Basilio for the Spirit last year. Unfortunately when I try to upload them for you, I get the "Upload failed" message. They're plain old jpg photos so I don't know what I'm doing wrong (no techno marvel here) but if you want to send me your e-mail address, I'll forward a couple to you so you can see the process.

If you're having good cruise karma, you will have Dr. Roy Willis (or another excellent lecturer/historian) narrating your transit through the canal. We've been lucky enough to have him 3 x from Venice & it makes the journey out twice as interesting. Enjoy.

I have always stayed at the Danieli which is close to San Marco. I have heard good things about the Baurer, Europa & Regina, and the Gritti as well.

Just a heads up: one of the crew informed me during our Spirit cruise last month that she will not be allowed to dock in San Basilio for much longer due to a change imposed by the port authority. Embarkation will be further up where the bigger ships are parked. I'm sorry but I don't know exactly when the change is scheduled to happen.

That is real shame --- I very much appreciated disembarking at San Basilio when we recently(late June) left the Spirit.

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We must have been on the same cruise.

We received our tickets today and it still states embarkation - San Basilio Terminal.

My luggage also has that on, if they change it before we leave be prepared for a

long walk to reach the ship.

Hotel we would recommend is the 1L Bauer Palazzo. Never disappoints us.

Any recommendations for any outstanding restaurants in Venice for the nights prior to our cruise?

Last summer before we embarked on Spirit we stayed on Giudecca at the Hilton Molino Stucky. It was a great location for watching the cruise ships come and go. As an added bonus, the Spirit was docked right across the canal. We joked that we could swim to it! If Spirit does leave from San Basilio it is a perfect location. I would suggest the water taxi. We did not do that but wished that we had. The public transportation from the hotel was a easy, but circuitous as things can be in Venice. We also had to make the dreaded bridge crossing with luggage on the ship-side. Have a great trip. You are going to love the Spirit and Seabourn!