A €5 (or €10 last-minute) day-tripper tax that Venice introduced in 2024. Right now it is not being charged — the 2026 season ended on 26 July. It was never part of your Vaporetto ticket, and most travellers were exempt anyway.
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The 2026 access fee applied on 60 selected days between 3 April and 26 July 2026. Since 27 July 2026 it has not been in force: you can visit Venice without paying anything and without filing for an exemption.
Whether Venice charges it again in 2027 is still open. The legal framework stays in place, but the city council has to approve each year separately, and no such decision has been announced. If that changes, the calendar is normally published months ahead at cda.ve.it — worth a quick look shortly before you travel.
Since 2024, Venice has charged a "Contributo di Accesso" — an access fee for day-tripping visitors on selected high-tourism days. In 2026 that meant 60 days between 3 April and 26 July; the fee has not applied since.
When it does apply, the fee is €5 if you book at least 4 days in advance, or €10 within 0–3 days of your visit, and only between 8:30 and 16:00 — outside those hours there is no charge. Bookings go through cda.ve.it.
Most travellers do not actually pay the access fee. The main exemptions:
They are two completely separate things. The Vaporetto ticket pays for public transport — vaporetto, bus, tram. The Access Fee is a city-entry tax — independent of whether you take any transport at all.
Your 72-hour Vaporetto ticket does NOT include the Access Fee. The Access Fee does NOT give you free transport. If you are a day-tripper on a fee day, you may need both.
No. The last fee day of 2026 was 26 July, and Venice has not announced a 2027 calendar. Until it does, entry is free of charge with no booking and no exemption paperwork. Any calendar for a future season would be published at cda.ve.it well before it starts.
On fee days, yes: spot checks at the main entry points (Piazzale Roma, Santa Lucia station, ferry pontoons), with a €50–€300 fine if you can show neither a QR code from cda.ve.it nor proof of exemption. With no fee days currently scheduled, there is nothing to check and nothing to carry.
No — children under 14 are exempt. From the 14th birthday, the full fee applies. Bring ID for borderline cases.
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