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ACTV 'Tap to Pay' ticket validator and card reader in Venice, Italy.

ABOVE: With the ACTV transit agency's new 'Tap to Pay" scanners, you'll save money if you use a bank card and take more than a couple of vaporetto trips per day. The system's "Best Fare" algorithm will monitor your rides and upgrade you to a Tourist Travel Pass automatically (and retroactively) when appropriate.


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Vaporetto arriving at a Venice waterbus stop.

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Two hotels near the Venice Santa Lucia railroad station.

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