Venice eSIM
In Venice you connect to Vodafone or TIM, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 88 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Vodafone and TIM
- Typical speed in Italy
- 88 Mbps typical, 24 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Venice
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $0.94 | $46.89 |
How Italy compares across Europe
- Regional typical speed
- 71 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Vodafone, TIM
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Denmark, 88 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Liechtenstein, 88 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 5: Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, Naples
Landing at Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)
- Airport
- VCE / LIPZ
- Distance
- 8 km from the centre of Venice
- Also serves
- Treviso Airport A. Canova (TSF)
Getting into Venice
- Alilaguna water bus (Blue, Orange and seasonal Red lines) to Venice, Lido and Murano (VCE)
- ACTV route 5 aerobus and routes 15/45 to Piazzale Roma and Venezia Mestre station (VCE)
- Barzi Bus Service coach to Venice (TSF), about 40 minutes
Worth knowing about Venice
- Venice's historic centre has no metro or overground rail: an underground railway is impracticable and there is no space for surface trains, so the canals carry the rapid transit and the vaporetto water bus is the public transport network.
- Marco Polo Airport is not connected to Venice by rail; you reach the historic centre either by Alilaguna water bus across the lagoon or by bus to Piazzale Roma, the mainland road terminus.
- A rail link connecting Marco Polo Airport to Venezia Mestre via the Venice-Trieste railway is under construction and expected to be completed in late 2026.
- Many low-cost flights labelled 'Venice' land at Treviso, about 31 km away, from where the coach to Venice takes roughly 40 minutes.
- ACTV takes contactless Mastercard, Visa, Visa Pay, Maestro and American Express cards, or a phone or watch holding one, on its buses, trams, People Mover and water buses. Tap on boarding and at every change; water buses and the People Mover need no tap out.
- Tapping with the same card caps your spending: three trips within 24 hours, water buses included, add up to a Venezia Daily Pass, and 48-hour, 72-hour and 7-day passes build the same way. Trips to or from Marco Polo Airport sit outside the cap.
- Every passenger needs their own ACTV ticket: a ticket on a Venezia Unica card or bank card cannot be validated for a companion travelling with you.
- Alilaguna's Orange Line runs from Marco Polo Airport down the Grand Canal, stopping at Guglie, Rialto and Santa Maria del Giglio. The Blue Line goes by way of Murano, Lido and San Marco and ends at Tronchetto and Santa Lucia station.
- Venice charges day visitors an access fee only on dates the city fixes in advance. The 2026 trial ended on 26 July, the gates and ticket desks were removed for the rest of the year, and the 2027 dates were still to be announced.
- Guests staying in registered accommodation anywhere in the municipality are exempt from the access fee from arrival day to departure day, because they pay the overnight tourist tax instead. Children under 14 and residents of the Veneto are exempt too.
- Staying only on the Ponte della Liberta, Piazzale Roma, Santa Lucia station, the Stazione Marittima, San Basilio or Tronchetto never triggers the access fee, so changing from train or bus to a boat does not count as entering the old city.
- The City of Venice's public Wi-Fi network is VeniceConnected, run by Venis. You need an account from the city's registration form before your first connection.
- ACTV tickets bought in the app or on WhatsApp arrive as a QR code, which you hold on the validator after pressing its QR button. The card reader then stays off for ten seconds.