LNW-GW Joint
Veteran Member
The visitor access fee regime starts on 25 April and applies on selected days during the year, between 0830 and 1600.
The fee is €5 for anyone over 14 not resident in Venice (there are a number of exemptions, but none extend to foreign day trippers).
The fee is charged for visits to the Old City, and doesn't apply to the transport hubs at/near Santa Lucia station, nor to the lagoon islands.
However if you enter any of the old city from there you will need to pay the fee, so there must be barriers of some sort outside Santa Lucia if you turn left there or board a boat down the Canal Grande.
The regulations say that the fee can be collected by transport providers, but I can't see any mention of this on the Trenitalia site for arrival by train.
Maybe they will add it to the vaporetto fares.
Otherwise, individuals need to apply and pay for a pass, which is a bar-coded ticket issued via email.
This fee is separate from the existing Tourist Tax, which is paid for any overnight stays in Venice.
If you book accommodation, the access fee does not apply, but you still have to get a voucher to confirm the dates of your stay.
The wider regulations are covered here (in English):
All part of the "over-tourism" syndrome sweeping Europe, and particularly aimed at cruise-ship passengers who call for a few hours.
I first visited Venice by train from Verona, and it was a very easy trip, straight from train to vaporetto at Santa Lucia.
It looks like that will now involve extra hassle and fees.
The dates so far go up to July, but presumably every day in August will attract the fee.
The fee is €5 for anyone over 14 not resident in Venice (there are a number of exemptions, but none extend to foreign day trippers).
The fee is charged for visits to the Old City, and doesn't apply to the transport hubs at/near Santa Lucia station, nor to the lagoon islands.
However if you enter any of the old city from there you will need to pay the fee, so there must be barriers of some sort outside Santa Lucia if you turn left there or board a boat down the Canal Grande.
The regulations say that the fee can be collected by transport providers, but I can't see any mention of this on the Trenitalia site for arrival by train.
Maybe they will add it to the vaporetto fares.
Otherwise, individuals need to apply and pay for a pass, which is a bar-coded ticket issued via email.
This fee is separate from the existing Tourist Tax, which is paid for any overnight stays in Venice.
If you book accommodation, the access fee does not apply, but you still have to get a voucher to confirm the dates of your stay.
The wider regulations are covered here (in English):
All part of the "over-tourism" syndrome sweeping Europe, and particularly aimed at cruise-ship passengers who call for a few hours.
I first visited Venice by train from Verona, and it was a very easy trip, straight from train to vaporetto at Santa Lucia.
It looks like that will now involve extra hassle and fees.
The dates so far go up to July, but presumably every day in August will attract the fee.