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La Spezia to Venice

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from La Spezia to Venice. From €47.64, fastest 4h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

La Spezia to Venice runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €47.64, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 3m over 352 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 10 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €47.64, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 10 October 2026

€47.64

  • 197%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving La Spezia

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €110.34Fri25
  2. about €91.64Sat26
  3. about €82.29Sun27
  4. about €76.79Mon28
  5. about €76.24Tue29
  6. about €86.69Wed30
  7. about €77.89Thu1
  8. about €61.39Fri2
  9. about €63.59Sat3
  10. about €65.24Sun4
  11. about €49.84Mon5
  12. about €56.44Tue6
  13. about €58.09Wed7
  14. about €60.29Thu8
  15. about €61.39Fri9
  16. about €47.64Sat10
  17. about €50.39Sun11
  18. about €49.84Mon12
  19. about €47.64Tue13
  20. about €49.29Wed14
  21. about €61.94Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Venice. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Venice for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book La Spezia to Venice

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €51.4990 days
  2. €37.1960 days
  3. €45.4445 days
  4. €47.0930 days
  5. €61.9421 days
  6. €60.2914 days
  7. €77.897 days
  8. €82.293 days
  9. €110.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 197 percent. The dearest point is €110.34, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€110.34€37.19137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to La Spezia to Venice and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

352 km

247 km as the crow flies, 43% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

93,288 → 51,298

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

ItalyFranceCroatiaSloveniaAdriatic SeaMilanMilanTurinTurinZagrebZagrebGenoaGenoaBolognaBolognaFlorenceFlorenceNiceNiceVeronaVeronaTriesteTriesteGenevaGenevaBresciaBresciaParmaParmaPratoPratoLivornoLivornoRiminiRiminiFerraraFerraraLa SpeziaLa SpeziaVeniceVeniceMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 352 km against 247 km in a straight line, a detour of 43 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ravenna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Who runs this route

Venice is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Venezia Santa Lucia

Most of the points near Venezia Santa Lucia open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about La Spezia to Venice

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from La Spezia to Venice?

The fastest journey from La Spezia to Venice takes 4h 3m door to door, of which 2h 44m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 13m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from La Spezia to Venice?

The cheapest fare from La Spezia to Venice is €47.64, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €61.39. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from La Spezia to Venice?

The cheapest way from La Spezia to Venice is by train, at €47.64 for one passenger on 10 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 13m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book La Spezia to Venice?

Fares from La Spezia to Venice bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €37.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 197 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for La Spezia to Venice?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from La Spezia to Venice, at €49.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for La Spezia to Venice?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from La Spezia to Venice, at €38.29 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from La Spezia to Venice?

1 operators sell services from La Spezia to Venice across 1 mode: Trenitalia. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from La Spezia to Venice?

0 percent of the services we sell from La Spezia to Venice are direct. The rest connect at Ravenna, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from La Spezia to Venice use?

Services from La Spezia to Venice by train leave from La Spezia Centrale and arrive at Venezia Santa Lucia. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from La Spezia to Venice?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from La Spezia to Venice allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for La Spezia to Venice on 24 September 2026: 352 km of route against 247 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.64, and 4h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Venice a set of days out that do not start at a station.

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Day trips out of Venice and across Italy

Day trips that leave Venice in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.

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The two ends, compared

La Spezia reaches 52 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 857 km. Venice reaches 98 places in 21 countries, from 26 to 8,118 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving La Spezia

  • 52Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 3Operators

Arriving in Venice

Leaving Venice

  • 98Places you can leave for
  • 21Countries
  • 9Operators

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