Venice Entry Fee

Information on the 2026 entry fee for Venice

Venice has start testing a daily admission fee which is aimed at managing the flow of tourists on spring bank holidays and some summer weekends when visitor numbers are at their peak.

Who is Required to Pay the Fee?

Visitors who DO NOT stay overnight in Venice who plan to visit Venice on the dates when the experiment is active and who DO NOT reside in the Veneto Region.

If you have a hotel/apartment booking, you are not required to pay it but you are required to sow your exemption.

ENTRY FEE DATES

April 2026: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
May 2026: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31
June 2026: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28
July 2026: 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

HOURS OF IMPLEMENTATION

From 8.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
AMOUNT: € 5.00 prebooked at least 4 days in advance or € 10.00 on the day

Applies ONLY to Venice,
NOT to the minor islands of the Venetian
Lagoon.

Documents (QR code) proving payment must be carried with you

HOW TO PAY?

This entry tax to Venice can be paid on this website: https://cda.veneziaunica.it/en which will issue a QR code. Keep this on your person.

REACTIONS TO THE ENTRY FEE

The aim of the fee is to manage the flow of some 30 million tourists drawn in by the city’s history and romantic canals each year and the fee, or tax, will only be implemented on the 29 busiest days of the calendar year

Reactions by a number in the Venice community have been brutally honest

The former mayor of Venice, Massimo Cacciari, said in a statement to Adnkronos news agency that day visitors already pay ‘three times as much as residents’ for public transport in the city, and that travellers all contribute to the longevity of Venice’s restaurants and museums. He went on to say that he would ‘love to see’ city authorities ‘justify in a court the legitimacy of imposing a tax on entering the city’ and suggests visitors should refuse to pay the ‘absurd’ entrance fee, arguing they already ‘pay for everything’.

Critics say that the €5 (£4.30/$5.34) fee is unlikely to alter visitor numbers to Venice and we are told that the scheme only pays for itself. We wonder if prices will rise and it will become a useful tax for the bureaucracy of Venice but without achieving much. Wait and see.

VENICE IN PERIL

Meanwhile, a mention for Venice In Peril, one organisation that raises funds for at risk monuments, buildings and works of art across Venice and its islands. Read more on the charity’s website.

Venice Entry Fee

Information on the 2026 entry fee for Venice

Who is Required to Pay the Fee?

ENTRY FEE DATES

HOURS OF IMPLEMENTATION

HOW TO PAY?

REACTIONS TO THE ENTRY FEE

VENICE IN PERIL

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