# Venice access fee: how the rules worked

> As of September 2, 2026 nothing is payable to enter Venice. Here is the regulation behind the charge, the exemptions, and the 25 to 150 euro penalty range.

URL: https://myitalia.it/plan/venice-access-fee
Last updated: 2026-09-02

Nothing is payable to enter Venice as of September 2, 2026, and the rules described below are the ones that would have to be reactivated by a new city resolution before anyone owes anything again.

## The status, with the date attached

The comune declared the 2026 trial concluded and from July 27, 2026 no payment and no exemption obligation applies. A future year requires a new resolution of the giunta comunale, and none has been published.

That sentence needs its date because it is a moving fact, and because the version of it circulating online is out of date rather than wrong: the charge existed, on listed days, in 3 consecutive seasons. This page carries a check date for exactly that reason.

## The regulation nobody reads

The regulatory text was approved by council resolution 190 of September 16, 2025. It is the instrument that defines who pays, who does not, how payment is proved and what happens if it is not, and it is separate from the yearly decisions on price and calendar.

Payment ran through a multilingual portal, cda.ve.it, which issued a QR code to be shown at checkpoints. That design has a consequence worth keeping in mind if it returns: the thing checked was the code, not the money, which is why the exempt also needed to register.

## The exemptions were not the same as being ignored

5 categories were exempt or excluded: residents of the comune, employees and self-employed people entering for work, students at schools and universities of the old city, owners paying municipal property tax in the comune, and anyone staying in registered accommodation and recorded on the portal.

That last one is the item English-language coverage got wrong most often. Sleeping in the city removed the payment, not the registration, and the two were separate steps. The published exemption list is partial: the full text is annexed to resolution 190/2025 and we have not read it.

## 25 to 150 euro, plus the 10

The administrative penalty ran from 25 to 150 euro, with a further 10 euro charged as the contribution due. So the worst case was 160 euro for something whose advance price was 5 euro.

The gap between those two numbers is the whole argument for registering rather than gambling, if the scheme is revived. It is also the reason the 5 euro and 10 euro tiers existed: 5 euro up to the fourth-to-last day before the visit and 10 euro in the days immediately before, applied between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm on the days in the calendar.

## The Venice rule that is still live

Guided tourist groups may not exceed 25 people, and guides may not use loudspeakers or stop in places that obstruct pedestrian flow. This came into force in August 2024, and 3 fines were issued on the first day of application. School groups on educational visits and boarding or disembarking operations are outside the limit.

Two honesty notes on that one. The official municipal pages returned errors on every URL tried, so the source is dated trade press. The fine amount and the extension of the rule to Murano, Burano and Torcello appear in search snippets and were not verified on an open page, so neither appears here. The wider picture sits on the [overtourism page](/themes/overtourism).

## FAQ

### Do I have to pay to enter Venice in 2027?

Not on anything decided so far. As of September 2, 2026 the charge does not apply, the 2026 trial ended on July 27, 2026, and any application in a later year needs a fresh resolution of the city executive. Nothing has been published to say one exists.

### What was the penalty for not paying?

An administrative fine of 25 to 150 euro, on top of 10 euro charged as the contribution due. Proof of payment was a QR code generated by the portal and shown at the checkpoints, so the enforcement was on the code rather than on the receipt.

### Did people staying in a hotel have to pay?

No, and they were not simply ignored either: guests in registered accommodation were 1 of the 5 exempt categories and were still recorded on the portal. Residents, employees and self-employed people entering for work, students of the old city and owners paying municipal property tax made up the rest.

### Which resolution governs the Venice access fee?

Council resolution 190 of September 16, 2025 approved the regulatory text. The 2026 amounts and calendar were set separately by the city executive. The official portal is cda.ve.it, and a 2027 decision would appear there before it appears anywhere else.

### How much was it in 2026?

5 euro per person paid up to the fourth-to-last day before the visit, or 10 euro paid in the days immediately before, applying between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm on the calendar days concerned. The two-tier price existed to push people toward booking ahead.

### Are there other rules for visitors in Venice?

Yes, and one of them is still in force: guided tourist groups are capped at 25 people and guides may not use loudspeakers or block pedestrian flow. That rule took effect in August 2024, and 3 fines were issued on its first day of application.

## Sources

| Fact | Source | Confidence | Valid until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al 1 settembre 2026 il contributo di accesso a Venezia NON e' in vigore: il Comune ha dichiarato conclusa la sperimentazione 2026 e dal 27 luglio 2026 non si applica alcun pagamento ne' obbligo di esenzione; l'eventuale applicazione negli anni successivi richiede una nuova delibera comunale. | [Comune di Venezia - Contributo di accesso](https://cda.ve.it/it/) | medium | 2027-03-31 |
| Il contributo di accesso a Venezia e' disciplinato dal testo regolamentare approvato con deliberazione di Consiglio comunale n. 190 del 16 settembre 2025; il pagamento avviene su portale multilingue e genera un QR code da esibire ai controlli, mentre le sanzioni amministrative vanno da 25 a 150 euro oltre al contributo dovuto. | [Comune di Venezia](https://www.comune.venezia.it/it/cda-info) | medium | 2027-03-31 |
| Nel 2026 il contributo di accesso a Venezia era di 5 euro a persona se pagato entro il quartultimo giorno prima dell'accesso e di 10 euro se pagato nei tre giorni precedenti l'ingresso, e si applicava nella fascia oraria 8:30-16:00 dei giorni in calendario. | [Comune di Venezia - Live](https://live.comune.venezia.it/it/2025/11/contributo-di-accesso-2026-la-giunta-conferma-gli-importi-differenziati-incentivando-la); [Comune di Venezia](https://www.comune.venezia.it/it/cda-info) | high | 2027-03-31 |
| A Venezia i gruppi turistici accompagnati da guida non possono superare le 25 persone e alle guide e' vietato usare altoparlanti o sostare in punti che ostacolano il flusso pedonale: la regola e' entrata in vigore nell'agosto 2024 e nel primo giorno di applicazione sono state elevate 3 sanzioni. Sono esclusi dal limite i gruppi scolastici in visita di istruzione e le operazioni di imbarco e sbarco dai mezzi. | [TTG Italia](https://www.ttgitalia.com/incoming/venezia-entra-in-vigore-il-limite-di-25-pax-per-gruppi-KH20639939) | medium | 2027-06-30 |

## Other languages

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