How do you pay for a boat in Venice?

Online waterbus tickets in Venice can be purchased through the website www.veneziaunica.it. If you need further information you can call +39 041 2424. The ACTV site notes, that ACTV tickets do not work on the private waterbus Alilaguna line.



Paying for boat transport in Venice depends on whether you are using the public "Vaporetto" (water bus) or a private "Water Taxi." For the Vaporetto, which is run by ACTV, the most efficient method is using the AVM Venezia Official App to purchase and activate digital tickets on your smartphone. Alternatively, you can buy physical tickets at Venezia Unica kiosks, authorized tobacco shops (Tabacchi), or directly at major piers using contactless credit cards at the automated machines. For private water taxis, which are the "limousines" of the canals, you typically pay the driver directly via cash or credit card at the end of the trip, though it is highly recommended to agree on the fare beforehand or book through a reputable agency. If you are using a traditional Gondola, the prices are officially regulated by the city; you pay the Gondolier in cash (Euros) either before or after the ride. For a cheap crossing, the "Traghetto" (a shared gondola ferry) costs only 2 Euros for tourists, which you hand directly to the oarsman as you board the boat at specific crossing points.

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Although cheaper than a gondola, public transportation in Venice is quite expensive compared to many other major cities. A single vaporetto ticket costs about 7 euros and is valid for 75 minutes, children under six travel free and people with reduced mobility get discounts.

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You can drink the water in Venice and save yourself the expense and waste of bottled water. Venice's tap water is pumped in from the Italian mainland so you don't have to worry about anything questionable in the water that is floating under the city. That lagoon water is not coming out of the tap.

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Lines 4 & 5 are paired lines encircling Venice and connecting it to the adjacent islands of Murano, Giudecca, and Lido.

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Translation of vaporetto – Italian–English dictionary steamer [noun] a steamboat or steamship. steamboat , steamship [noun] a ship driven by steam.

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The primary means of getting where you need to go in Venice are by boat or on foot. In the lagoon and along the canals, travelers can choose between several types of public and private boat options: vaporetto, alilaguna, private water taxi, gondola, and traghetto.

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What is the cheapest way to go around Venice? The cheapest way to travel around Venice is on foot. However, to save time and money, you can take the vaporetti, which is perhaps the cheapest public transportation option for travelling long distances.

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All the restrooms are accessible with a coin that needs to be inserted in the proper coin acceptors. The entry fee, determined by the City Hall of Venice, is of euro 1,50, Vat included, in all the restrooms except for the Tronchetto island and the Napoleonic gardens, where the fee is of 1,00, euro Vat included.

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Vaporetto Tickets & Fares Fares: A 75-minute ticket costs 7.50 euros and entitles you to unlimited travel during that period, starting at the validation time. If you plan to use vaporetti a lot, it makes sense to buy a 1-day (20 euros), 2-day (30 euros), or 3-day (40 euros) pass. Weekly passes cost 60 euros each.

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What's included
  • Unlimited use of the public transport (ACTV vaporetti and buses) in the city of Venice.
  • Unlimited use of the water-buses and buses in Lido, the lagoon islands, Mestre and Marghera.
  • Unlimited use of train R and RV in the municipality of Venice (only if option 1 day Ticket + Trenitalia is selected)


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Water Bus Tickets Pass Vaporetto Water Bus line number 12 is a line which leaves from Fondamente Nove to go to Punta Sabbioni, stopping successively at Murano, Mazzorbo, Torcello, Burano and Treporti. Good to know: This water bus has toilets.

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