November 19, 2025, 2:56 p.mNovember 19, 2025, 2:56 p.m
Venice will also cost entry next year: ten euros per day. On a total of 60 days between the beginning of April and the end of July, short visitors to the Italian lagoon city will be asked to pay in 2026, as the city administration announced.
Entry requests will begin at the beginning of April 2026.Image: keystone
Only those who book early – at least three days in advance – can get away with five euros. The controversial regulation, which was originally only declared as a test, is now entering its third season.
All day visitors have to pay an entrance fee – even if they are only staying in the alleys around St. Mark’s Square and Rialto Bridge for a few hours. The next round starts on April 3rd, the last payment date is July 26th. That’s once again more days than before: In the first year, the one-off worldwide fee was due on 29 days, then on 54. But at least it won’t be more expensive. Overnight guests are excluded. However, you have to pay a tourist tax for each night.
Many still avoid entry
This year, more than 720,000 day visitors registered, which brought the city around 5.4 million euros into its coffers. However, many visitors still avoided paying the contributo di accesso – that’s what the fee is called in Italian. There is currently no particularly strict control.
Tourists in the streets of Venice.Image: keystone
The money is intended to help better control mass tourism in the city with its many canals and palaces. Critics argue that the entrance fee hardly deters anyone from coming to Venice: the city is already expensive. Today, almost 50,000 people still live in the historic center – fewer than the city has hotel beds. (sda/dpa)
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