Always I arrived Venezia by train, from Mestre, preferably at sundown, for the intital frisson from the esplanade of Stazion Santa Lucia and then for the magic of the trip by Vaporetto #1 to Piazetta San Marco, but now the tourist pressure is so great there is no chance to experience the play of light and color and the shapes of the palacios the line the canal, unless perhaps you arrive very early on a clear day.
Do not arrive by bus or car to Piazazetta Roma, if you can avoid it.
Especially do not arrive by cruise ship all out-of-proportion to the place and its ethos.
I cannot speak to arrival by late plane to Marco Polo Airport where your lover may meet you at the gat and you travel together to Venezia after long absence vía Vaporetto to Fondamente Nuova.
Do not arrive by bus or car to Piazazetta Roma, if you can avoid it.
Especially do not arrive by cruise ship all out-of-proportion to the place and its ethos.
I cannot speak to arrival by late plane to Marco Polo Airport where your lover may meet you at the gat and you travel together to Venezia after long absence vía Vaporetto to Fondamente Nuova.