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VIU
How to reach San Servolo
General rules and guidelines
VIU ID card
Residential halls
Laundry facilities
Cafeteria
Common room, message boards and mail boxes
PC rooms
Reading room
Map of campus

VENICE
Lido
Banks
Box office
Bookstores
Cinemas
Local doctors
Libraries
Post offices
Restaurants
Shopping
Sport centers
Student discounts
Telephones
Transportation
Useful numbers
Emergency numbers

VIU
Isola di San Servolo, Venezia
tel: +39.041.2719.511
fax: +39.041.2719.510
e-mail: viu@univiu.org
Office hours: 9.15-12.45

MAP OF CAMPUS

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General rules and guidelines
- VIU is an International Centre for Higher Education and Research. Individual behaviour, dress and manners should be respectful of this.
- Smoking is prohibited inside all VIU buildings.
- Please keep the facilities clean and tidy.
- Repair or replacement of VIU property, including library material, will be charged to the individual responsible for the damage. Students will be charged comunally if individual responsibility cannot be determined. Charges will be deducted from the student’s deposit.
- Use or possession of illegal drugs will lead to expulsion from VIU. During your stay you are subject to Italian laws.
- All students are expected to respect their surroundings and fellow students during their stay in Venice.

VIU ID card
This photo I.D. card will be issued in the VIU main offices (Zone 2, ground floor) for long term students only. This card you will give you access to:
- VIU facilities
- Discounts at Ca’ Foscarina bookstore and Testolini art supply store
- Discounts for the water taxi company Veneziana Motoscafi.

Residential halls
If you are staying on the island, you will receive a magnetic key to your room when you arrive.
This key opens the door to the residential hall and to your room. It is very important that you always keep the key with you. For emergency purposes (for example if you lock yourself out of your room), you can ask at reception for an emergency key which you must return immediately. If you lose your key you will be charged for a replacement.
For any problems in your room (light bulbs, heating, A.C. etc.) please inofrm the reception.
Rooms are cleaned once a week.
Please note that:
- No outside guests are allowed in the residential halls.
- No pets are allowed in the residential halls.
- Cooking is strictly prohibited in the residential halls. If you are found with any sort of cooking equipment in your room (toaster, hot plate, boiler, microwave, oven etc.) you will lose the right to your room.
- Smoking is strictly prohibited in the residential halls, including individual rooms.
- Noise levels should be kept to a minimum, especially after 10 pm.

Laundry facilities
Washing and drying facilities are located in Building 12. Each load costs € 3. There is a vending machine for washing powder etc.

Cafeteria
The cafeteria is located on the ground floor of Building 11.
Meals are served from Monday to Friday:
- Breakfast: 8.30 am -9.30 am
- Lunch: 12.00 pm -1.30 pm
- Dinner: 6.15 pm - 7.45 pm
You can purchase a weekly full-meal plan for three meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) five days a week (Monday to Friday) for € 67.50. Full-meal plans can be purchased in the Cafeteria.
If you do not have a pre-paid meal plan, you can pay for your meals directly in the Cafeteria.
Prices for individual meals:
- breakfast € 3.
- lunch and dinner € 7 each.
- reduced menus available for long term students, €3.50, €4.50
On Saturdays and Sundays you can eat in the ‘ESU’ student canteens in Venice.
Rio Novo; Dorsoduro 3647, Saturdays 11.45-12.30, 18.30-20.30, closed on Sundays
Palazzo Badoer; S. Polo 2480, Sundays lunch only, 12 pm-2 pm, closed on Saturdays
D.L.F. 100 m. to the right when you exit the train station, Saturdays and Sundays 12.30-14.00, 18.00-21.00
All prices and times were accurate at time of publication but may be subject to change.

Common room, message boards and mail boxes
In Zone 2 on the ground floor there is a social area with:
- vending machines and a change machine.
- local and international newspapers.
- message boards.
- mail boxes for receiving private mail.
- a post box for outgoing mail.
- a common room with cable television and internet point.
You will also find daily messages regarding logistics and events on the island.

PC rooms
The PC rooms are located on the first floor of Zone 7 and are open to all VIU students and professors. Ask your program coordinator for an access card (a € 5 deposit is required).
Please note that:
- Log in and password are required. Ask your program coordinator for userid and password.
- Do not alter settings or setup of software or hardware.
- You will have a personal folder with a unique password for your personal documents. Ask you program coordinator for details
- You should make back-ups of your work on floppy discs. VIU accepts no responsibility for lost files on hard discs and/or server.
- Log off when you have finished, to protect your personal files.
- Keep the facilities clean and tidy. No drinks or food are allowed in the computer rooms.

You can contact the Network Administrator at sysadmin@univiu.org or during office hours posted on noticeboard.

Reading room
The reading room is located on the first floor of Zone 7 and is open to all VIU students and professors. If you are staying in the residential hall, you can use the magnetic key to your room. Ask your program coordinator for an access card (a € 5 deposit is required).
The books in the reading room are strictly for reserve use only. During the undergraduate semesters, long term students may borrow books for 24 hours, lending hours are posted on noticeboards. VIU keeps one copy of each required textbook on reserve for the full-term courses. There are also newspapers and weekly magazines available.

Venice is an immense ‘historic center’ and is entirely pedestrian. It hosts approximately twelve million visitors each year. In the interest of residents and tourists alike, respect the following simple guidelines.
- When you are walking through the city, especially in the narrowest ‘calli’ (or streets), keep to the right, one person behind the other, allowing room for people coming from the other direction, or for people who want to walk faster than you
- If you stop on a bridge remember to leave room for others to pass, especially people transporting goods
- Keep the city clean. It is prohibited to have picnic lunches on bridges and around monuments
- As in any city pick-pockets are active especially on boarding docks and vaporetti, and in the more crowded streets
- Beware of touts who might offer you, without the proper authorization, visits to glass showrooms, stores, parking areas or means of transportation
- Disabled tourists may visit the city by following the itineraries suggested by the a.p.t. tourist offices and consulting the map supplied by them. http://www.comune.venezia.it/handicap/turismo_eng.asp

Lido
The island of the Lido acts as a barrier between the Venetian lagoon and the Adriatic sea. The island is 12 kilometers long and in ten minutes you can walk from the center of the Lido to the beach. From the central boat stop on the Lido (‘Santa Maria Elisabetta‘) follow the Gran Viale, away from Venice, to the public beach. You can also rent bicycles in the Gran Viale. From Venice the boats leave for the Lido from the Riva degli Schiavoni, ‘San Zaccaria‘. Take boat number 51, 82, 1 or LN in direction ‘Lido‘ and get off at ‘Santa Maria Elisabetta‘, the first stop on the Lido.

Banks
Most opening hours for banks are: 8.30 -13.30 and 14.30-15.30. However, different banks often have different afternoon opening hours. You can change money with a valid passport and a minimal service charge at the counter marked ‘cambio‘. There are also several exchange agencies throughout the city. The best place to change cash is at the central post office at Rialto or simply use ATM machines to withdraw cash. The closest ATM machine to San Servolo is found just off Piazza San Marco, walk under the clock tower, and you will find it 20 m. on, to the left.

Box office
Tickets for concerts and events are available at: — Parole e musica, Salizzada San Lio, Castello 5673; tel. 041.523.5010.

Bookstores
• Ca’ Foscarina Campiello degli Squellini, Dorsoduro 3259, tel. 041.522.9602. Located opposite the entrance to Ca’ Foscari University. An excellent selection of publications in several languages, what they do not have they can order for you. Monday to Friday, 9.00-19.00; Saturdays 9.00-12.30
• La Toletta Calle della Toletta 1214, tel: 041.523.2034. Discount books, mostly in Italian. They also have an excellent selection of reference books including dictionaries, in several languages. Monday to Thursday, 9.00-12.45 and 15.30-19.30; Fridays and Saturdays, 9.30-19.30
• Goldoni Calle dei Fabbri 4742, tel. 041.522.2384. Located near the Goldoni Theater good selection of guide books, small selection of English publications. Monday to Saturday, 9.30-19.30
• S. Pantalon Dorsoduro 3950; tel. 041.522.4436 Monday to Friday, 10.00-19.30; Saturdays 10.00-13.00 and 16.00-19.30.
• Feltrinelli Mestre, tel. 041.981.028. Offers a large selection of titles including English texts. Located in Mestre, at the ‘Barche’ shopping center in the center of Mestre, behind Piazza Ferretto. Bus number 4/, from Piazzale Roma, takes 10 minutes to get there and drops you off directly in front of the center. Tuesday to Saturday, 9.00-20.30. Mondays 14.00-20.30. Selected Sundays during the year, 10.00-20.00

Cinemas
Almost all movies in Italy are dubbed. Some cinemas run an original language series during the year. Otherwise in order to see films in English you have to rent DVD or go to the Venice Film Festival in September. Most of best movie theaters are in Mestre. Movie listings are printed daily in the local newspapers ‘Gazzettino’ and ‘La Nuova‘ and the monthly publication Venezia News, or on the website www.comune.venezia.it/cinema.
Venezia:
• Giorgione – Cannaregio 4612, tel. 041.5226.298
• Rossini – S. Marco 3988, tel. 041.5230.322
• Accademia – Dorsoduro 1019, tel. 041-5287706
• Videoteca Pasinetti – San Stae 1882, tel. 041.5241.320 (art house)
Lido:
• Astra – Via Corfù 12, tel. 041-524.1320
Mestre:
• Excelsior – Piazza Ferretto 14, tel. 041.988.664
• Palazzo – Via Palazzo 31, tel. 041.971.444
• San Marco – Viale S. Marco 152, tel. 041.5317.886
• Dante, Via Sernaglia, tel. 041.5381.655 (art house)
• Mignon – Via Carducci Giousue’, tel. 041.980.534 (art house)
• Candiani - Piazzale Candiani 7, tel. 041.2386.111 (art house)

Local doctors
Ask VIU staff for contact details of English-speaking doctors.
Emergencies:
• Call the Guardia medica tel. 041.529.4060, Monday to Friday, 20.30-8.30; Saturday 14.00 until Monday 8.00.
• Ambulance 118
• Emergency room: tel. 041.529.4517

Libraries
Most libraries can be accessed by anyone for consultation, however they do require an identification card to be left at the entrance. Almost all libraries have closed shelves and therefore you must first consult the online or card catalogue. In some cases, you must have a special pass in order to check out books.
Library listings are included in the undergraduate student guide or are available from VIU main offices.

Post offices
Hours 8.15-13.30. Central post office at Rialto open until 19.00.
Post office on the Lido open until 18.00.
Post offices also sell boxes for sending packages.
Stamps can also be purchased at many tobacconists.

Restaurants
It is a long-established Venetian tradition to take a break at intervals during the day (particularly towards noon and before the evening meal). At this time, people go to a wine bar, called a bacaro where you can have a glass of wine and something to eat without the hassle and expense of a proper restaurant. Bacari are home to the true Venetian cuisine. They serve un’ombra (a small glass of wine) and cicheti (traditional snacks). There is a an immense variety, including baccalà, meatballs, fish appetizers, fried vegetables and many more. Another popular aperitif is the spritz, a light wine cocktail. If you want to emulate the Venetians, drink an ombra or a spritz and eat some cichetti at the bacari. The ritual visit to this wine-bar is an important part of the rhythm of life in Venice, and a Venetian way of catching up with friends. Naturally, there are also many restaurants in Venice. The division between bars and restaurants is often difficult to draw: many restaurants have a bar area on the street side of the dining room, while some bars have basic sit-down areas for eating. Virtually all bars are good for a quick snack at any time. In the VIU main offices (Zone 2, ground floor) you can consult the restaurant guide ‘Osterie e dintorni’.

Shopping
General retail store hours are from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 15.30 to 19.30. Although many shops in Venice now stay open throughout the day, others close on Monday mornings and for lunch from 12.30 to 15.30. Grocery stores, pharmacies and bakeries open as early as 8.30 and close at lunchtime. Most food stores are closed on Wednesday afternoons and on Sundays. The main shopping district for clothes and accessories is the area between Rialto and San Marco.

Where to buy stationery:
— Testolini located at Bacino Orseolo tel. 041.522.3085. An art supply store where you can buy notebooks, pens, pencils, stationery etc. Show your VIU ID card to receive a 20% discount.
— Arte & Design S. Pantalon. The best supplied stationery store in Venice but it’s a tiny place and not everything is displayed. So, you have to ask for what you want.

Supermarkets:
Suve 5601 Salizzada San Lio, near Santa Maria Formosa; Monday to Saturday, 8.30-13.00 and 16.00-19.30, closed on Wednesday afternoon and all day Sunday
Billa 3659 Strada Nuova; Monday to Saturday, 8.30-19.20, Sundays 9.00-19.20; 1491 Fondamenta Zattere, all week 8.30-20.00; Lido Gran Viale, all week 8.30-20.00.
Coop Campo S. Giacomo dell’Orio; Monday to Saturday, 9.00-13.00, 16.00-19.30; Coop Giorgione, Monday to Saturday 8.30-19.30, Piazzale Roma, all week 08.00-20.00

Sport centers
Delfino Zattere. A modern gym with state-of-the-art equipment located on the ‘Zattere’ near the Gesuati church; tel. 041.523.2763; price: varies depending on facilities required and length of stay; facilities: Aerobics, Body building, Body sculpture, Fitness, Massages, Sauna (extra fee), Solarium (extra fee), computerized cardiovascular workout equipment; hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00-22.00, Saturday 9.00-22.00

Fitness Point. Calle del Pestrin 6141, located behind the S. Maria Formosa church; tel. 041.520.9246; price: € 25 per month for 4 lessons, € 36.30 for 8 lessons € 49.50 for 10 lessons € 55.00 for 12 lessons € 62.50 and € 77.50 per month for an open pass to all lessons. € 47.00 per month for use of weight equipment and cardio-vascular machines only; 10% discount for students; facilities: Spinning, Step aerobics, Aerobics, Yoga – pilates, Body sculpting, Kick boxing, Hip Hop; hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00-22.00 Saturday 8.00-15.00 Sunday 9.30-12.30

C.U.S. University Fitness Center
Dorsoduro, Fondamenta dei Cereri, 2407. Tel. 041.5200.144: price: €35 for 1 month, €125 for 4 months. Aerobics, step aerobics, fitness, yoga, judo, volleyball, tennis basketball and various other activities.

Bucintoro rowing club, located at the ‘Punta della Dogana’ on the Giudecca canal; this rowing club offers many possibilities including a weight room; tel. 041.522.2055; price: €80.00 for three months, € 52.00 for eight lessons; facilities: Sailing, Rowing, Venetian rowing, Kayaking, Fully equipped gym, Body building.

Swimming pools
Sacca Fisola, Giudecca, boat n°41,42,82; tel. 041.528.5430;
S. Alvise, Cannaregio 3163, boat n°41, 42, 51, 52. tel. 041.713.567

Student discounts
Student Identification Card. This card, issued in your country of origin before departure, offers many student discounts at theaters, museums and for travel expenses. However, additional discount cards exist in Italy and are listed below.
Rolling Venice discount card. This card offers many student discounts all over the city including transportation, restaurants, hostels, retail stores cafeterias, guided tours and local museums. Present your card prior to purchase for 5-30% discounts. You can purchase the Rolling Venice card at the central ACTV office in Calle Fuseri. Bring is your passport. Age limit: 29
Venicecard. This card offers discounts on various services throughout the city. Reservation required at least 48 hours in advance by calling call-center 899 909090 (from Italy) or +39 041.2714.747 (from abroad), every day between 8 and 19.30. Age limit: 29
Carta Giovani. This discount card is recommended for people staying in Venice for a long period of time. It offers discounts on theater and cinema tickets, museums, trains, restaurants and much more. You can purchase online at www.cartagiovani.it or at the ‘Informagiovani’ office listed below. Bring your passport, and a photograph and € 11.00. Age limit: 26. Office locations: Informagiovani Venezia, San Marco, Corte Contarina 1529; tel. 041.274.7637. Tuesday, Thursday 14.30 – 17,30, Wednesday, Friday 9.00-13.00; Informagiovani
The Informagiovani office offers a range of services for young people and students, visit the web site at www.comune.venezia.it/infogiovani
Chorus Pass. Single ticket for entry to 15 Venetian churches valid for one year. € 5. Age limit: 29.

Telephones
Work with coins and telephone cards. Local call cost 10 cent. Telephone cards can be purchased for €3, €5, €10 at tobacconist shops. The signs that indicate a tobacconist shop are black with a white capital letter ‘T’ in the center. You can also buy International calling cards at tobacconist shops. These cards offer excellent rates. If you already have a long distance calling card number then you can access it directly from any telephone by using a 10 cent coin.

Transportation
ACTV - Public Transportation Department of Venice www.actv.it
The main office of the local public transportation department is located in Calle dei Fuseri, near San Marco and they can answer any questions regarding transportation in Venice. Most vaporetto stops sell daily tickets and passes and they also provide maps. Passes are good for water and land transportation and are the cheapest way of travelling in Venice. Single tickets cost € 3.50, but €5.00 on routes on Grand Canal (1, 82). The public boat No. 20 to San Servolo leaves from San Marco in front of the Londra Palace Hotel, Riva degli Schiavoni. A one-way ticket to or from San Servolo costs € 1.80. Tickets can also be purchased on board, but at an extra cost. In order to validate your ticket, it must be stamped at the boat landing prior to departure.
Other tickets: 24-hour €10.50, 72-hour €22.00. VIU students are eligible for a discounted monthly pass which costs €22.00 for the first month, and €17.00 for subsequent months.

TAXIS - Water taxi can cost anything from €40-70. They are the quickest and most expensive form of transportation in Venice. You can either call ahead or get one directly at a taxi stand. The stands can be found at the airport, the train station, Piazzale Roma, San Marco and Lido (S. M. Elisabetta).
- Veneziana Motoscafi operates 24 hours a day, tel. 041.716922. Reduced prices with the VIU ID card: from San Servolo to San Marco €30, up to 4 people; extra passengers (for a maximum total of 14) €3 each. To Ca' Foscari: €40, up to 4 people; extra passengers (for a maximum total of 14) €3 each. To Piazzale Roma: €45, up to 4 people; extra passengers (for a maximum total of 14) €3 each. To the Airport: €70, up to 4 people; extra passengers (for a maximum total of 14) € 3 each.
* € 7.50 extra charge night runs (from 10.00 p.m. to 7.00 a.m.)
* € 1.50 extra charge for each piece of luggage.

Useful numbers
ACTV Information 041.24.24
ACTV lost property 041.2722179
Airport (Marco Polo) 041.260.6111/041.260.9260
American Express 041.5227.207
British consulate Venice 041.522.7207
British consulate Milan tel: 02 723001
British consulate Rome 06 4220 0001
CTS Student travel center 041.520.5660
Customs office 041.260.9222
German consulate 041.523.7675
Israeli Embassy Rome 06.3619.8500
Japanese Consulate Rome 02.6241.141
Railway information 89.20.21
Spanish consulate Venice 041.523.3254
Spainish consulate Milan 02.6328.831
Tourist information office 041.529.8711, 041.715.016
Train Station 041.524.2303
US consulate Milan 02.290.351
US consulate Florence 055.266.951
US embassy Rome 06.46741

Emergency numbers
Ambulance 118
Fire Department 115
Police 113
Carabinieri 112