Venice authorities are set to ramp up the town’s controversial entry price system as soon as once more subsequent yr, with day-visitors required to pay a cost to enter on the busiest days.
City officers in September introduced they had been increasing the contested scheme to 60 days in 2026, up from 54 in 2025 and 29 in 2024.
The system is because of kick in on April third and finish on July twenty sixth, with day-trippers aged 14 and up required to pay for entry to Venice’s centro storico (historic centre) between 8.30am and 4pm on peak days.
This encompasses the complete Venice island besides the Santa Lucia railway station, Piazzale Roma, the Tronchetto terminal, the Ponte della Libertà , the San Basilio ferry terminal, and the Stazione Marittima Cruise Terminal.
Tourists staying in a single day in one of many metropolis’s lodging services – on the mainland Mestre space or one of many smaller islands, in addition to on the principle island – are exempt from paying the price, in keeping with official web site.
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City authorities mentioned in November that the price will as soon as once more be set at €5 for guests who guide their tickets no less than 4 days prematurely, whereas those that guide inside three days of their go to will face a €10 cost.Â
Councillors mentioned the cost, which is geared toward easing the pressure of mass tourism on the town’s fragile infrastructure, would proceed to use completely to Venice, with smaller islands on the lagoon excluded from its scope.
These embrace Murano, Burano and the Venice Lido, in addition to Pellestrina, Torcello, Sant’Erasmo, Mazzorbo, Mazzorbetto, Vignole, la Certosa, San Servolo, San Clemente and Poveglia.
Day-trippers can guide their go to and pay the price through a devoted on-line platform that can present them with a QR code to be proven to ticket officers upon arrival.Â
Those attempting to enter the town centre and not using a legitimate QR code final yr confronted fines starting from €25 to €150.
2026 entry price dates
The entry price system shall be operative between 8.30am and 4pm on the next dates:
- April 3-6, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27-30
- May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31
- June 1-7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28
- July 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
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Who’s exempt from the entry price?
Besides under-14s and visitors staying in one of many metropolis’s lodging services in a single day, different classes shall be exempt from paying the price. These embrace (however aren’t restricted to):
- Veneto area residents
- People born in Venice
- People working or finding out in Venice
- People with a licensed incapacity and an accompanying individual
- Second-home house owners and their family members
- Partners, dad and mom or family as much as the third diploma of kinship of individuals residing in VeniceÂ
Except for Veneto residents, these born within the metropolis, and pupil card holders, most individuals falling into the classes listed above might want to register for an exemption on the entry price on-line platform.
