Can you pay contactless on buses in Italy?

You have to purchase your tickets before you board any public transport in Rome. Most people will have a pass of one kind or another. From January 2023 contactless payments will be accepted across the ATAC network. These work in the same way as tickets, just using your card or device to tap in and out on your journey.



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You can buy a metro or tram ticket from a metro station. In big cities like Rome and Milan, there are physical ticket offices as well as ticket machines in metro stations. These ticket machines usually have the option to use English settings, which might make your purchase a little easier.

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Starting today, in Florence it will actually be possible to buy an urban public transport ticket on board buses, using a contactless payment card that, when brought close to the green validator, means that an ATAF&Linea ticket, that is valid for ninety minutes, can be bought at the normal price of 1.50 euros?.

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With Busitalia Veneto app you can plan your trip, consult timetables, search for the nearest stops and all the information on the service. You can also buy urban and suburban tickets, renew the seasonal tickets, paying by credit card, Masterpass, Satispay, PostePay or recharging your credit even with SisalPay.

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A single-use bus ticket costs €1.50. We recommend buying the ticket in advance at a machine not only because it's cheaper but also because sometimes machines on the bus don't work. The machines also only accept coins and don't give change.

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You should always try to find the local ticket vendor—if there's no office, it's invariably the nearest newsstand or tabacchi (signaled by a sign with a white T), or occasionally a bar—but you can usually also buy tickets on the bus. (this only applies to regional buses not the orange city buses).

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You should always try to find the local ticket vendor—if there's no office, it's invariably the nearest newsstand or tabacchi (signaled by a sign with a white T), or occasionally a bar—but you can usually also buy tickets on the bus. (this only applies to regional buses not the orange city buses).

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There's the fact that some popular destinations in Italy are only accessible by bus or train. And most often than not, the train system is actually cheaper, more efficient, and more convenient than riding a plane or renting your own vehicle. So don't be intimidated by commuting in Italy!

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Tickets must be validated once boarding the bus (just once even if using multiple times during the 100 minutes) by inserting the ticket into the yellow machines located either towards the front or back of the bus. Once validated the ticket will be printed with an expiry time (scadenza).

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Italy's currency is the Euro (€). We recommend that you take a mixture of cash along with currency on a pre-paid currency card.

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You can buy a bus ticket from a cartoleria, which is a shop where magazines and newspapers are sold. Most train and bus stations in Italy have cartoleria shops. You can also buy bus tickets in some tabaccheria shops. A tabaccheria is a tobacco shop found throghout Italian towns and cities.

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The card has expired. The card is not contactless enabled (look for the logo). The card is damaged and cannot be read by the card reader.

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How can I pay for my ticket? Go Buses accepts payment via credit and debit cards. The quickest and easiest way to purchase tickets is through our website or mobile app. Dispatchers at Newton, MA, Manhattan, NYC, and our call center can assist with credit card processing.

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And even on the European level, Italy is statistically one of the safest countries in terms of bus travel.

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Traveling Italy by train is more cheap and convenient than by car. In fact, traveling by car can be quite expensive for tourists.

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