As of: February 5, 2024, 3:00 p.m
By: Franziska Kaindl
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This year, Venice tourists will have to pay an entry fee for a day visit - but for now only on 29 test days.
Sales have already started.
Venice has been suffering from the crowds of visitors for years - at peak times there are more travelers in the tourist hotspot than locals.
That's why the city council decided last year to impose an entrance fee for day tourists.
With this, Venice hopes to get under control the mass of holidaymakers who only pay a short visit to the city and then want to disappear immediately without supporting the local businesses.
Larger travel groups are therefore also prohibited from June 1st.
When tourists have to pay the entrance fee to Venice
Venice wants to curb mass tourism to protect the city's heritage.
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The entry fee is five euros per person and applies to all holidaymakers aged 14 and over who only spend one day in the city.
Anyone who has booked accommodation in the city area is exempt from this.
Since January 16th, tickets can actually be purchased at
https://cda.ve.it/en/
.
A ticket is required between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., but initially only on 29 test days in spring and on summer weekends.
Days were particularly chosen when a high number of visitors were expected:
April 25th to 30th
May 1st to 5th
May 11th + 12th
May 18th + 19th
May 25th + 26th
June 8th + 9th
June 15th + 16th
June 22nd + 23rd
June 29th + 30th
July 6th + 7th
July 13th + 14th
No entry fee is required on the first weekend of June, as this is Italy's national holiday, Festa della Repubblica.
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Exceptions to the Venice fee
Tourists do not need to buy a ticket if they want to visit the smaller islands.
These include Pellestrina, Murano, Burano, Torcello, Sant'Erasmo, Mazzorbo, Mazzorbetto, Vignole, Sant'Andrea, La Certosa, San Servolo, San Clemente and Poveglia as well as the Lido including Alberoni and Malamocco.
Tourists who only stop in transit at the Piazzale Roma bus station, the parking lot on the island of Tronchetto or the Statione Maritime port are also exempt from the fee.