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How much does a trip to Venice cost?

What a trip to Venice costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in Venice come to €110 – €120 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

€1,600 – €1,800

≈ $1,800 – $2,000 · rate of October 6, 2026

€110 – €130 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
€1,600 – €1,800
Most trips land in here
Set aside
€1,800
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
€170
10% of the trip
  • Food€570 – €780
  • Getting around€350
  • Airport, both ways€40.00 – €72.00
  • Sights and activities€420 – €490
  • Nights out€44.00 – €70.00
  • Lodging tax and odds and ends€67.00 – €81.00

Of that, in cash: €19 – €200

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in Venice costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

€69.00 – €89.00 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
€25.00 – €44.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€25.00
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
€15.00 – €18.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€3.20 – €4.30

Mid-range

€110 – €120 per person per day

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
€41.00 – €56.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€25.00
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
€30.00 – €35.00
Nights outNow and then
€3.10 – €5.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€4.80 – €5.80

Comfort

€160 – €200 per person per day

The best food level we can price, public transport, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
€61.00 – €99.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€25.00
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
€60.00 – €70.00
Nights outNow and then
€3.10 – €5.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€7.30 – €9.70

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Venice

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights. It is not the daily figure times the days: airport transfers are paid once, so they weigh less the longer you stay.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3€240 – €290
€78.00 – €98.00 a day
€350 – €400
€120 – €130 a day
€520 – €640
€170 – €210 a day
5€370 – €470
€75.00 – €94.00 a day
€560 – €640
€110 – €130 a day
€840 – €1,000
€170 – €210 a day
7€510 – €650
€73.00 – €93.00 a day
€780 – €890
€110 – €130 a day
€1,200 – €1,400
€170 – €210 a day
10€720 – €910
€72.00 – €91.00 a day
€1,100 – €1,300
€110 – €130 a day
€1,700 – €2,000
€170 – €200 a day
14€1,000 – €1,300
€71.00 – €91.00 a day
€1,500 – €1,700
€110 – €120 a day
€2,300 – €2,900
€160 – €200 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in Venice

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Espresso at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian€3.50From the source Oct 2026
Croissant at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian€4.00From the source Oct 2026
Takeaway pasta marinara, Dal Moro's€8.00From the source Oct 2026
Takeaway pasta carbonara, Dal Moro's€13.00From the source Oct 2026
Water, Dal Moro's€1.50From the source Oct 2026
Tomato, mozzarella and basil pizza, Al Profeta€8.00From the source Oct 2026
Bigoli pasta with clams, Al Profeta€18.00From the source Oct 2026
Cover charge (coperto) with bread, Al Profeta€2.50From the source Oct 2026
Water, 75 cl, Al Profeta€2.50From the source Oct 2026
Tagliatelle with duck ragù, Antiche Carampane€25.00From the source Oct 2026
Cuttlefish in its ink with polenta, Antiche Carampane€33.00From the source Oct 2026
Glass of white wine, Al Profeta€5.50From the source Oct 2026
Beer, 40 cl, Al Profeta€6.00From the source Oct 2026
Getting around
Vaporetto, 75-minute ticket€9.50From the source Oct 2026
Daily cap paying by contactless card€25.00From the source Oct 2026
City transport pass, 1 day€25.00From the source Oct 2026
City transport pass, 2 days€35.00From the source Oct 2026
City transport pass, 3 days€45.00From the source Oct 2026
City transport pass, 7 days€65.00From the source Oct 2026
Bus, Marco Polo Airport to Piazzale Roma (ACTV – ATVO)€10.00 – €12.00From the source Oct 2026
Alilaguna boat, Marco Polo Airport to Venice€18.00From the source Oct 2026
Sights
Doge's Palace (bought over 30 days ahead – later)€30.00 – €35.00From the source Oct 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters
From Takeaway pasta marinara, Dal Moro's × 2 + Water, Dal Moro's (€17.50) to Espresso at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Takeaway pasta marinara, Dal Moro's + Takeaway pasta carbonara, Dal Moro's + Water, Dal Moro's (€26.00).
Local and cheap
From Espresso at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Takeaway pasta marinara, Dal Moro's + Tomato, mozzarella and basil pizza, Al Profeta + Cover charge (coperto) with bread, Al Profeta + Water, 75 cl, Al Profeta (€24.50) to Espresso at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Croissant at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Takeaway pasta carbonara, Dal Moro's + Bigoli pasta with clams, Al Profeta + Cover charge (coperto) with bread, Al Profeta + Water, 75 cl, Al Profeta (€43.50).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Espresso at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Croissant at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Tomato, mozzarella and basil pizza, Al Profeta + Cover charge (coperto) with bread, Al Profeta × 2 + Bigoli pasta with clams, Al Profeta + Water, 75 cl, Al Profeta (€41.00) to Espresso at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Croissant at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Bigoli pasta with clams, Al Profeta + Cover charge (coperto) with bread, Al Profeta + Tagliatelle with duck ragù, Antiche Carampane + Water, 75 cl, Al Profeta (€55.50).
Restaurants most of the time
From Espresso at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Croissant at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Bigoli pasta with clams, Al Profeta + Cover charge (coperto) with bread, Al Profeta + Tagliatelle with duck ragù, Antiche Carampane + Water, 75 cl, Al Profeta + Glass of white wine, Al Profeta (€61.00) to Espresso at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Croissant at the counter of a luxury café, Caffè Florian + Tagliatelle with duck ragù, Antiche Carampane × 2 + Cuttlefish in its ink with polenta, Antiche Carampane + Water, 75 cl, Al Profeta + Glass of white wine, Al Profeta (€98.50).
Getting around

Which ticket pays off

A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.

  • Pay by contactless and a day of public transport never costs more than €25.00: the cap applies by itself, with nothing to buy.
  • 1-day pass at €25.00: never cheaper, because by card a day costs at most €25.00.
  • 2-day pass at €35.00: it pays off from 2 rides a day at €9.50 each.
  • 3-day pass at €45.00: it pays off from 2 rides a day at €9.50 each.
  • 7-day pass at €65.00: it pays off with a single ride a day at €9.50.

A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.

Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

    • Five stars: €5.00 per person per night
    • Four stars: €4.50 per person per night
    • Three stars: €3.50 per person per night
    • Two stars: €2.00 per person per night
    • One star: €1.00 per person per night
    • B&B or guest house: €2.00 – €5.00 per person per night
    • Holiday apartment or short let: €3.00 – €5.00 per person per night
    • Only the first 5 nights are charged.
    • Under-10s don't pay.
Saving

What saves money in Venice, and what does not

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: €20.00 – €43.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: €12.00 – €17.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters” instead of “Local and cheap”: €7.00 – €18.00 less per person per day.
  • “Takeaway pasta marinara, Dal Moro's” (€8.00) instead of “Takeaway pasta carbonara, Dal Moro's” (€13.00): €5.00 less each time.

What does not

  • The 1-day pass (€25.00): by card a day costs at most €25.00, so the pass is never cheaper.
Questions

Questions about money in Venice

How much money do you need for a week in Venice?

For seven days, €780 – €890 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in Venice?

For 3 days, €350 – €400 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

What is a realistic daily budget in Venice?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: €69.00 – €89.00 on the “Budget” style, €110 – €120 on the “Mid-range” style, and €160 – €200 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to Venice on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: €69.00 – €89.00 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in Venice?

From €18.00 per person per day (“Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters”) to €99.00 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in Venice?

A ride on public transport costs €9.50. The 1-day pass costs €25.00, but by card a day costs at most €25.00: the pass is never cheaper. Pay by contactless and a day of public transport never costs more than €25.00: the cap applies by itself, with nothing to buy.

Is there a lodging tax in Venice?

Yes: €1.00 – €5.00 per person per night, depending on the category of the accommodation. Only the first 5 nights are charged. Under-10s don't pay.

How much cash should you carry in Venice?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about €9.30 – €98.00 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in Venice?

By card: in general.

Do you tip in Venice?

Restaurants: optional.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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