Venice to Munich Airport

Getting out of Venice requires an extra step that most cities don't. The island has no road access past Piazzale Roma - the transport hub at the western end of the causeway where all vehicles stop. Your private transfer driver will be waiting there, and from Piazzale Roma the journey north takes around 4 hours 15 minutes to Munich Airport in normal conditions.

The route heads west on the A4, joins the A22 at Verona, and climbs north through the Adige Valley - Rovereto, Trento, Bolzano - before crossing the Brenner Pass into Austria at an altitude of 1,370 metres. From Innsbruck the road descends through the Inn Valley and crosses back into Germany near Kufstein, then continues north on the A8 to Munich Airport. Two Schengen border crossings, no routine passport control - carry ID regardless.

For early-morning departures, pickup timing needs careful planning. Getting from your hotel to Piazzale Roma by water taxi or vaporetto takes 20 to 50 minutes depending on your starting point and the time of day. ACTV vaporettos run from around 05:00; water taxis are available earlier but cost significantly more. Add this travel time to your airport transfer when calculating when you need to leave your hotel. Discuss the full journey timeline with your carrier when booking.

The return leg is also the busier direction on summer Saturdays, when northbound traffic from Italy into Austria backs up on the A22 below the Brenner. Northbound congestion tends to be worse on Sunday evenings and Monday mornings, when returning holidaymakers clog the same stretch. If your flight is early Monday morning, consider leaving Venice on Sunday to avoid this.