If you land at Venice Marco Polo, it’s a quick, fun vaporetto ride across the lagoon to get to Venice proper, but if you’re coming by train, this is the glorious view you’ll enjoy on the way in.  It seems your train is quietly levitating over the lagoon as La Serenissima comes into view.

The anticipation builds like crazy, you can smell the sea and see the Alps off in the distance on a clear day, and then the train arrives in Venice and your adventure begins!