We've just published a four-page article titled "Vaporetto Water Buses" at our travel-planning site, Venice for Visitors. The article discusses:

• Types of ACTV public water buses.
• Traveling by vaporetto, motoscafo, or motonave (ticketing, boarding, and more).
• Tips and warnings for passengers (such as how to save money, how to avoid crowds, and where to sit for the best views).

Observant readers of the four-page guide may wonder where we got aerial photos such as these:

No, we didn't rent a helicopter or a hot-air balloon: We took the photos from an upper deck of MSC Poesia, which was leaving Venice for a 7-day Eastern Mediterranean cruise. Fortunately for us, the weather was perfect, and the light conditions made it easy to grab decent images as we passed the ACTV water buses.