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Venice Vaporetto and Bus Fares
ABOVE:
An Actv motoscafo in the Cannaregio Canal.
The boat and bus fares below are for
visitors to Venice and its suburbs. Prices for single trips are
outrageous, so
consider buying a 12-hour to 7-day tourist travel card or a Venice
Connected (formerly Venice Card) pass. Of the two, the travel card is easier
to buy and is usually the better value.
Important:
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 You must validate tickets before use.
Tourist travel cards should be validated the first time you use them. Boats: Look for a
yellow stamping machine near the walkway that leads to the floating
platform. Buses: Yellow stamping machines are inside the bus, near
the doors.
- If you're at a vaporetto stop without a ticket counter, buy a ticket
from the conductor as soon as you board to avoid a fine. (On land,
buy bus tickets at Actv offices or at the nearest tobacconist.)
- The Cartavenezia card is worth the
steep non-resident fee if you're staying in Venice for a while, since
it offers huge discounts on public-transportation fares.
(It used to be
available only for residents and students, but tourists can now buy it at
HelloVenezia ticket offices.) See the
Actv's English-language
fares page
for information.
- The Actv is
struggling to introduce an "Imob Venezia" electronic ticketing system with
contactless "smart cards" that will eventually replace traditional paper
tickets. Initially, the system is being used for residents' commuter cards;
stay tuned for further information or check the Italian-language
Imob.venezia.it Web site our other articles on
Venice transportation and parking.
- Fares below are valid as of mid-March, 2009.
| Actv boat tickets |
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Adult standard one-way fare
Biglietto di corsa semplice
(Valid for 60 minutes after stamping on all routes of the Venice
transportation network except the Alilaguna, Fusina, and Clodia lines. You
can use more than one line to reach your destination, but return trips
during the 60 minutes are not allowed.)(Note:
Children under 5 travel free; children from 5-12 pay half fare.) |
€6,50 |
| Multi-day tourist
travel cards (boats and buses) |
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12-Hour Travel Card
Biglietto dodici ori |
€16,--
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24-Hour Travel Card
Biglietto ventiquattro ori |
€18,--
* |
36-Hour Travel Card
Biglietto trentasei ori |
€23,--
* |
48-Hour Travel Card
Biglietto due giorni |
€28,--
* |
72-Hour Travel Card
Biglietto tre giorni |
€33,--
* |
7-Day Travel Card
Biglietto sette giorni |
€50,--
* |
Three-day Young Person's
Travel Card
Biglietto tre giorni giovani
(Valid 72 hours after stamping;
to buy this card, you'll need a
Rolling Venice Card,
which you can buy at any Hellovenezia ticket counter or branch of the Venice
Tourist Office for €4,--. |
€18,--
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Venice
Connected
This pass (formerly the Venice Card) offers an a la carte package of
transportation, admissions, and other tourist services with a frustratingly
byzantine pricing scheme. |
See Venice
Connected article |
| Land buses (Lido and
Mainland) |
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Standard bus ticket
Biglietto di corsa semplice
(Valid for 75 minutes of travel in one direction by any number of bus lines) |
€1,10 |
10-ticket carnet
Carnet |
€10,-- |
Local Chioggia bus ticket
Biglietto di corsa semplice
(Valid in and around Chioggia, at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon) |
€0,90 |
For more information--including
conference cards, football tickets, and other special fares--please see:
Actv Vaporetto Fares page
Actv Land Buses page
Last updated April 30, 2008
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