Originally Posted by bdemaria

Clarification: a water taxi is an individual boat for hire; what do you mean by "ride the water taxis" they are quite pricey (c. 100 EU from the airport to city center)

A vaporetto is a water bus; the tickets range in price, a regular one way ride is about 6 EU; you can a longer passes (12 hours, 24 hours, etc..)

Many of your other questions (esp. re: dining) have running threads on this forum