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Venice Access Fee 2027: All 72 Dates, the New Hours and What It Will Cost
Venice will charge day visitors on 72 days in 2027, from 26 March to 15 August, between 8:30 and 16:30. Every date, the 10 euro cap and what is still open.
Venice will charge its access fee on 72 days in 2027, from Friday 26 March to Sunday 15 August.
That is twelve days more than in 2026. The paid window also grows by half an hour.
The city executive approved the calendar on 15 October 2026, as ANSA reported, and the City of Venice published the list of dates. The price tiers, the exemptions and the booking rules will come with later acts. This is what is fixed so far for anyone planning a spring or summer trip.
Quick answer
Days: 72, between 26 March and 15 August 2027.
Hours: 8:30 to 16:30.
Price: capped at 10 euros. The tiers are not set yet.
Pattern: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the period, plus Easter Monday and two blocks of ten days in a row.
Free days: Monday to Thursday outside the two blocks, and every day before 26 March or after 15 August.
All 72 dates
| Month | Paid days | Total |
|---|---|---|
| March | 26, 27, 28, 29 | 4 |
| April | 2 to 4, 9 to 11, 16 to 18, 23 to 30 | 17 |
| May | 1 and 2, 7 to 9, 14 to 16, 21 to 23, 28 to 31 | 15 |
| June | 1 to 6, 11 to 13, 18 to 20, 25 to 27 | 15 |
| July | 2 to 4, 9 to 11, 16 to 18, 23 to 25, 30 and 31 | 14 |
| August | 1, 6 to 8, 13 to 15 | 7 |
Easter falls on 28 March in 2027, so the calendar opens on Good Friday and takes in Easter Monday. It closes on the Ferragosto weekend, almost three weeks later than in 2026, when the last paid day was 26 July.
The two ten-day blocks
Twice the fee runs without a break. From Friday 23 April to Sunday 2 May it covers Liberation Day, which in Venice is also the feast of St Mark, and the May Day weekend. From Friday 28 May to Sunday 6 June it covers Republic Day on 2 June.
Apart from Easter Monday, those are the only Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on the list. Any other weekday is free.
What is still open
The decision sets a ceiling of 10 euros and leaves the rest to later acts: how the amount is split, who is exempt, how to book and how the checks will work. The booking portal has no opening date.
The 2026 rules give an idea of the starting point. The fee was 5 euros when paid at least four days ahead and 10 euros inside those four days. It applied from 8:30 to 16:00 to day visitors entering the historic city, with children under 14 exempt. Guests sleeping in the municipality did not pay, because they already pay the tourist tax, but in many cases they had to register for an exemption code. The smaller islands of the lagoon, Murano, Burano, Torcello and the Lido among them, were outside the area.
None of this carries over automatically. The exemptions and exclusions for 2027 will be written into the acts that follow.
How the fee has grown
Venice introduced the fee in 2024, on 29 days. It applied on 54 days in 2025 and on 60 in 2026. It has never shrunk. The 2027 calendar is the fourth and the longest, and for the first time it reaches into August.
Planning around the calendar
There are three ways to keep the fee out of a trip. All three are simple. Come between Monday and Thursday, away from the two blocks. Arrive after 16:30, when the window has closed and the light on the Grand Canal is at its best. Or stay the night: so far hotel guests have been exempt, and Venice after the day visitors leave is a quieter city.
Winter sits outside the calendar. Carnival, which in 2027 ends on 9 February, carries no access fee.
In past years the stewards scanned codes at the main arrival points, starting with Santa Lucia station and Piazzale Roma, with no barriers and with spot checks along the routes into the centre.
The mistake to avoid
Do not assume that a weekday is free. Monday 26 April and Tuesday 1 June are both on the list, inside the blocks.
The second mistake is to pay early on an unofficial site. In past seasons the only official portal was the city's own, cda.ve.it, and until Venice opens the 2027 bookings there is nothing to buy.
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