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Chioggia Base - Italy

STARTING OUT FORMALITIES :
Departure Days from 2:30pm.
BOARDING :
from 3 pm to 6 pm (according to preparing the boats)

OPENING HOURS :
Monday to Friday: from 9am to 1pm and from 3.30pm to 7.30pm Saturday, from 9am to 1pm Closed Sunday.

ACCESS :
By motorway :
from the West : A4-E64, Exit Padova Interporto,
from the East : A4-E64, Exit Mestre West,
Michelin map n° 562 I.G.N. map n° 86015 Michelin Green Guide Italy

By rail :
Chioggia regional station (2 km)
Padova station (49 km) and bus to Chioggia

By air :
Venezia Marco Polo airport (58 km)
Trevizo airport (74 km)

PARKING : Virtually all our bases offer secure encloser and/or covered parking. At certain bases (see access paper) the number of places are limited so it is advisable to book yours in advance. Parking is always at the owner's risk. The service purchased is only a rightof parking and not a right to supervision. Locaboat and Cardinal accept no responsibility for any object left in a car, or for any injury or damage whatsoever arising out of use of the car park. For security reasons, a spare set of car keys may be requested and will be kept in a safe at the base. Please leave your vehicle locked and do not forget to switch off radio and lights. If you want to recover your vehicle outside base start days, please arrange a time with the base when you leave it.

POST OFFICE :
At Chioggia (Corso del Popolo), open from Monday to Saturday morning

HOTELS:
Bristol Hotel****, Lungomare Adriatico 46, Sottomarina, Tel : +39 041 554 0389
Baviera Hotel***, Viale Trieste 3, Sottomarina, Tel : +39 041 401 284
Grand'Italia Hotel****, Rione S. Andrea, Chioggia, Tel : +39 041 400 51

BED AND BREAKFAST AND GUEST HOUSE:
booking office Tel : +33 (0) 1 40 13 97 87
flat Rendez-Vous Fantasia Tel/Fax : +39 041 55 00 957

RESTAURANTS :
Tomato, Lungomare Adriatico, Sottomarina, Tel : +39 041 554 0310
Al Vaporetti, Piazza Traghetto, Sottomarina, Tel : +39 041 400 841
Garibaldi, via S. Marco 1942, Sottomarina, Tel : +39 041 554 0042
Al Bersagliere, Calle Battisti 293, Chioggia, Tel : +39 041 401 044
El Gato, Campo S. Andrea, Chioggia, Tel : +39 041 401 806

BANKS :
At Sottomarina and Chioggia, open from Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 1 pm and from 2.45 pm to 3.30 pm

SHOPS:
Opened from Monday to Saturday from 9.30 am to 12.30 am and 4 pm to 7.30 pm . Markets open every Thursday morning

TAXIS :
Tel : +39 041 554 0480, Tel : +39 041 405 000

TRANSPORTATION COMPANY :
Mikolajki Tel : +48 87 421 68 50, http://www.mikolajki.pl/

Airport transfers : Locaboat services / Transfers

TOURIST OFFICE :
Tel : +39 041 401 068

GASTRONOMIC SPECIALTIES :
polenta, casunzei (spinach-filled ravioli), baccalà (dried cod), bisato (stewed eel), golosessi (dried fruit and figs skewered and covered in caramelised sugar)
Local wines : Recioto di Soave, Bardolino Superiore, Soave Superiore

FISHING :
Fishing allowed in the lagoon, no fishing licence necessary

SPECIAL :
See opening hours of locks and bridges on the Brenta Canal, the Sile and the coastal waterway, p 55. Guarded car park : 6 €.