Venice Entry Fee
Information on 2024 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.
The restrictions will apply from 0830 to 1600 local time, initially for a total of 29 days and cover most weekends from:
April 25 to mid July (April 25-30, May 1-5, and all subsequent weekends until July 14, with the exception of June 1-2).
Travellers will have to book their visit online and pay 5 euros ($5.45) to obtain a QR code that will be checked randomly by police or agents.
Restrictions will not apply to the lagoon’s smaller islands, such as Murano, famous for its glass-making industry.
Fines will range from 50 to 310 euros will be imposed on those failing to comply with the measure.
Visitors aged under 14 will need to be registered but access for them will be free of charge.
HOW TO PAY?
This entry tax to Venice can be paid on this website: https://cda.ve.it/en/ which will issue a QR code. Keep this on your person.
The exceptions are:
Visitors to Venice who have booked a hotel room, B&B or apartment for 1+ nights.
If you are exempt you must still register to obtain the exemption QR code.
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.