The public boats leave every 5 minutes and it will take only 10 minutes to reach San Marco Square, the very center of the town; the public boats run day and night.
Hotel Helvetia is placed on the main street, the Gran Viale, at number 4.
How to reach the Hotel:
From the "Piazzale Roma" or from railway station (S.Lucia) by public boat throughout all the Canal Grande in 50 minutes, by motorlaunch in half an hour.
You can get from Piazzale Roma to the Lido with your own car by ferry-boat leaving from Tronchetto every hour to Lido.
From the airport (Marco Polo) there is a boat service connecting the airport to the Lido every hour. The trip takes 50 minutes.