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Venice City Pass Comparison: Venezia Unica vs Chorus Pass vs Turbopass (2026)

Doge's Palace, St Mark's Basilica, the Campanile, Chorus churches, and ACTV public transport — compared by what's actually included, verified against each provider's own current pages.

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Individual Tickets
Starting Price From €43.90 adult From €62.90 adult €15.00 adult (1-year validity) From €119.90 (1 day) Pay per attraction — see rows below
Doge's Palace (St Mark's Square Museums) Included — Doge's Palace + Museo Correr + Archaeological Museum + Biblioteca Marciana rooms, one combined entry Included, same combined entry, plus the rest of the civic museum network Not included — Chorus covers churches only Included, pre-booked for you €35 (€30 if booked online 30+ days ahead); not sold as a standalone ticket — this is always the combined 4-venue ticket
St Mark's Basilica Not included — ticketed separately by the Procuratoria di San Marco Not included Not included — the Basilica is not a Chorus church Unconfirmed — not itemized in Turbopass's own published inclusion list €10 admission (mandatory timed-entry reservation); €20 with Pala d'Oro; €30 for the full Basilica + Pala d'Oro + Museum combo
St Mark's Campanile (Bell Tower) Not included Not included Not included Not confirmed €15, sold via its own independent entrance — never bundled with the Basilica
Other Civic Museums (Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' Pesaro, Murano/Burano museums, etc.) Not included Included (the pass's own 'other 12 Musei Civici' scope) Not included Advertised as part of '20+ attractions', not independently itemized €15 each (Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' Pesaro, Glass Museum, Natural History Museum, Palazzo Mocenigo); €7 (Lace Museum, Goldoni's House)
Chorus Churches Not included Not included Included — around 17-18 churches (the Chorus Association's own materials aren't fully consistent on the exact current count), one entry each, valid 1 year Not included €3.50 per church
Gondola Ride Not included Not included Not included Included — one shared gondola ride in the base price €90 per gondola (up to 5 people, 30 min, daytime); €110 evening/night
Public Transport (ACTV) Not included — a separate ACTV ticket can be added when configuring your Venezia Unica order Not included, same as San Marco tier Not applicable Not included in the base price — an optional add-on ACTV ticket is available €9.50 (75 min) to €65.00 (7 days) — none of these cover Marco Polo Airport
Format Digital personal Venezia Unica e-card Digital personal Venezia Unica e-card Online purchase, redeemed in person for a physical pass card Digital (QR code by email) Varies by provider
💡 Best For Only cheaper than buying the Doge's Palace/St Mark's Square Museums ticket directly if you'll also genuinely visit Scuola Grande dei Carmini and the Querini Stampalia Foundation — otherwise the standalone €35 museums ticket is less expensive than the €43.90 pass.Real value for a museum-heavy visit that includes several of the wider civic museum network (Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' Pesaro, and others) alongside Doge's Palace — weak value if St Mark's Basilica, the Campanile, or Peggy Guggenheim are your main priorities, since none of those are included.Pays for itself from your 5th Chorus church onward (5 × €3.50 = €17.50, more than the €15 pass) — not worth it for visiting only 1-4 churches, and it never covers the Basilica di San Marco, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, or San Giorgio Maggiore, none of which are Chorus members.Best suited to a traveler who specifically wants Doge's Palace, a gondola ride, and a guided Murano/Burano/Torcello excursion bundled with provider-managed booking — its per-day price is high enough that it needs several of these bundled extras to beat buying them separately.Wins outright for a short, St Mark's Square-focused visit (Doge's Palace + Basilica + Campanile comes to about €60 versus at least €68.90 for the cheapest applicable pass plus those same two extra tickets) — and for anyone visiting fewer than 5 Chorus churches.
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Data sources & verification

Checked against 7 official and provider sources. Every fact listed here was verified on or after 2026-09-10.

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At least one pass inclusion on this page is not confirmed by the provider's own published information. We mark it as unconfirmed rather than guessing.

Affected: Venezia Unica ALL VENICE City Pass × Glass Museum, Murano (Museo del Vetro) · Venezia Unica ALL VENICE City Pass × Lace Museum, Burano (Museo del Merletto) · Venice City Pass × Ca' Rezzonico – Museum of 18th-Century Venice · Venice City Pass × Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art

FactSourceLast verified
Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern ArtAttraction detailsFondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE)
Ca' Rezzonico – Museum of 18th-Century VeniceAttraction detailsFondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE)
Chorus PassPass detailsChorus — Associazione per le Chiese del Patriarcato di Venezia (official)
Chorus Pass × Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern ArtPass inclusionChorus — Associazione per le Chiese del Patriarcato di Venezia (official)
Chorus Pass × Ca' Rezzonico – Museum of 18th-Century VenicePass inclusionChorus — Associazione per le Chiese del Patriarcato di Venezia (official)
Chorus Pass × Glass Museum, Murano (Museo del Vetro)Pass inclusionChorus — Associazione per le Chiese del Patriarcato di Venezia (official)
Chorus Pass × Lace Museum, Burano (Museo del Merletto)Pass inclusionChorus — Associazione per le Chiese del Patriarcato di Venezia (official)
Chorus Pass × Peggy Guggenheim CollectionPass inclusionChorus — Associazione per le Chiese del Patriarcato di Venezia (official)
Chorus Pass × St Mark's Square Museums (Doge's Palace, Museo Correr, National Archaeological Museum, Biblioteca Marciana)Pass inclusionChorus — Associazione per le Chiese del Patriarcato di Venezia (official)
Glass Museum, Murano (Museo del Vetro)Attraction detailsFondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE)
Lace Museum, Burano (Museo del Merletto)Attraction detailsFondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE)
Peggy Guggenheim CollectionAttraction detailsPeggy Guggenheim Collection (official)
St Mark's Campanile (Bell Tower)Attraction detailsProcuratoria di San Marco — official tariff and ticketing support page
St Mark's Square Museums (Doge's Palace, Museo Correr, National Archaeological Museum, Biblioteca Marciana)Attraction detailsFondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE) — palazzoducale.visitmuve.it / visitmuve.it
Venezia Unica ALL VENICE City PassPass detailsVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica ALL VENICE City Pass × Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern ArtPass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica ALL VENICE City Pass × Ca' Rezzonico – Museum of 18th-Century VenicePass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica ALL VENICE City Pass × Peggy Guggenheim CollectionPass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica ALL VENICE City Pass × St Mark's Campanile (Bell Tower)Pass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica ALL VENICE City Pass × St Mark's Square Museums (Doge's Palace, Museo Correr, National Archaeological Museum, Biblioteca Marciana)Pass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica SAN MARCO City PassPass detailsVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica SAN MARCO City Pass × Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern ArtPass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica SAN MARCO City Pass × Ca' Rezzonico – Museum of 18th-Century VenicePass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica SAN MARCO City Pass × Glass Museum, Murano (Museo del Vetro)Pass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica SAN MARCO City Pass × Lace Museum, Burano (Museo del Merletto)Pass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica SAN MARCO City Pass × Peggy Guggenheim CollectionPass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica SAN MARCO City Pass × St Mark's Campanile (Bell Tower)Pass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venezia Unica SAN MARCO City Pass × St Mark's Square Museums (Doge's Palace, Museo Correr, National Archaeological Museum, Biblioteca Marciana)Pass inclusionVenezia Unica (official)
Venice City PassPass detailsTurbopass (official)
Venice City Pass × Peggy Guggenheim CollectionPass inclusionTurbopass (official)
Venice City Pass × St Mark's Square Museums (Doge's Palace, Museo Correr, National Archaeological Museum, Biblioteca Marciana)Pass inclusionTurbopass (official)

"Last verified" means a person checked that specific fact against that specific source on that date. It is not a page-publication date, a file-modification date or a build date. Prices and rules can change at any time — always confirm the current figure with the provider before booking.

Breakdown by Main Attractions

01. Doge's Palace is never sold as a standalone ticket

Every ticket to the Doge's Palace is actually the combined 'St Mark's Square Museums' ticket — it also includes Museo Correr, the National Archaeological Museum, and the Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Marciana, whether you plan to visit them or not. At €35 (or €30 booked online 30+ days ahead), this combined ticket is already cheaper than either Venezia Unica City Pass tier unless you specifically want the pass's other bundled venues (Scuola Grande dei Carmini, Querini Stampalia, or — for the All Venice tier — the wider civic museum network).

02. St Mark's Basilica, Pala d'Oro, the Basilica Museum, and the Campanile are four separate tickets

Basic Basilica admission (€10) does not include the Pala d'Oro golden altarpiece (add €10, or €20 as a combined ticket) or the Basilica Museum/Loggia dei Cavalli/Terrace (add €10-14). The Campanile bell tower (€15) is a fully independent building with its own separate entrance and ticketing system — it is never included with any Basilica ticket. No pass modeled on this page currently includes any of these four components.

03. The Basilica's reservation system is a timed-entry requirement, not a 'skip the line' perk

The Procuratoria di San Marco's own access rules require every tourist ticket-holder to enter within their specific reserved time slot — this is a capacity-management system, not a marketed queue-bypass benefit. There's also a separate, free, no-reservation entrance for visitors attending religious worship or individual prayer, which is a different access category from the paid tourist ticket entirely.

04. The Chorus Pass does not include every paid church in Venice

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari and San Giorgio Maggiore — two of Venice's best-known churches — are both explicitly outside the Chorus circuit; the Frari's own official materials state directly that it does not participate in Chorus Pass, Venezia Unica, or any city pass. The exact current number of Chorus member churches is also not perfectly consistent across the Association's own published materials (published figures range 16-20, with 17-18 the most commonly stated), so treat any specific count as approximate rather than a firm number.

05. A gondola ride is priced per gondola, not per person

The official municipal tariff (€90 daytime / €110 evening, for up to 5 passengers per gondola) is set by the Comune di Venezia and applies regardless of which agency you book through — it's a genuinely fixed rate, unlike many other Venice tourist products. If you're travelling solo or as a couple, the per-person cost is much higher than if you can share a gondola with a full group of 5.

06. ACTV public transport tickets never cover Marco Polo Airport

All standard ACTV tickets (75-minute through 7-day) explicitly exclude travel to and from the airport — getting there requires a separate Aerobus ticket (public bus, from €10 one-way) or Alilaguna (a separate private company's airport boat service, €18 one-way/€32 round-trip). Never assume a multi-day ACTV pass gets you to or from the airport.

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St Mark's Square Focus, 1 Day

Doge's Palace + St Mark's Basilica + the Campanile individually comes to about €60 (€35 + €10 + €15) — cheaper than the San Marco City Pass (€43.90) plus those same two separate tickets (€68.90 total), since the pass's museum bundle doesn't include the Basilica or Campanile at all.

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Museum-Heavy, Multiple Civic Sites

Visiting Doge's Palace plus several of the wider civic network (Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' Pesaro, Palazzo Mocenigo, Casa Goldoni) individually adds up fast (€35 + €15 + €15 + €15 + €7 = €87) — the All Venice City Pass at €62.90 is real savings here, as long as your list is mostly civic museums and not the Basilica, Campanile, or Peggy Guggenheim.

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Church & Culture Focus

The Chorus Pass (€15) breaks even at exactly 5 churches at the €3.50 individual rate (5 × €3.50 = €17.50). Visiting 4 or fewer? Pay individually. Just remember the Frari and San Giorgio Maggiore aren't Chorus members and are always ticketed separately regardless.

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Gondola + Landmarks + Islands

A solo or small-group traveler who wants Doge's Palace, a gondola ride, and a guided Murano/Burano/Torcello excursion bundled together may come out ahead with Turbopass's Venice City Pass, since booking a private gondola (€90) and a guided island tour (from €29-50) separately adds up quickly for one or two people.

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Light Sightseeing, 1-2 Sights

Only want the Doge's Palace? At €35 (or €30 booked ahead), it's cheaper than any pass on this page outright — none of them beat the standalone ticket price for a single-attraction visit.

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St Mark's Basilica Guide: Basilica, Pala d'Oro & Museum

St Mark's Basilica Guide: Basilica, Pala d'Oro & Museum

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St Mark's Campanile (Bell Tower) Guide

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Peggy Guggenheim Collection Guide

Peggy Guggenheim Collection Guide

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Ca' Rezzonico Guide

Ca' Rezzonico Guide

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Ca' Pesaro Guide

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the best Venice city pass?
It depends on your plans. A 1-day St Mark's Square-focused visit (Doge's Palace, Basilica, Campanile) is actually cheaper buying tickets individually (about €60) than any pass. A multi-day, museum-heavy visit across the wider civic network benefits from the Venezia Unica All Venice City Pass (€62.90). Focused mainly on churches? The Chorus Pass (€15) only pays off from your 5th church visit onward.
Is Venezia Unica worth it?
Venezia Unica isn't one fixed product — it's a configurable platform where you build a bundle from named 'City Pass' tiers (San Marco from €43.90, All Venice from €62.90), separate public transport tickets, and individual museum/theatre tickets. Whether it's worth it depends entirely on which components you actually select and use.
What is Venezia Unica?
It's the City of Venice's official ticketing platform — a personal e-card (valid 5 years once activated, EUR 10 base card fee) that lets you load named City Pass bundles, ACTV transport tickets, airport transfers, and individual museum/theatre tickets, rather than one single fixed product.
Does Venezia Unica include public transport?
Not automatically. Both the San Marco and All Venice City Pass tiers are museum-only bundles — ACTV public transport tickets (75-minute through 7-day) are separate, additionally-priced products you add to your Venezia Unica order if you want them.
What is the Venice Museum Pass?
A different product from both the St Mark's Square Museums ticket and the Venezia Unica City Pass tiers: EUR 50 (adult) for 6-month access to the full Musei Civici di Venezia network (12 venues, one entry each), excluding the Clock Tower.
Does the Museum Pass include Doge's Palace?
Yes — the Doge's Palace is one of the venues covered by the Museum Pass's civic museum network, alongside Museo Correr, the Archaeological Museum, the Biblioteca Marciana rooms, Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' Pesaro, and several others.
What does the Doge's Palace ticket include?
The Doge's Palace has no standalone ticket — every ticket to it is the combined 'St Mark's Square Museums' ticket (EUR 35, or EUR 30 booked online 30+ days ahead), which also covers Museo Correr, the National Archaeological Museum, and the Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Marciana.
Does Doge's Palace include Museo Correr?
Yes — they're sold together as one combined ticket, along with the National Archaeological Museum and the Biblioteca Marciana's Monumental Rooms. You cannot buy a Doge's Palace-only ticket that excludes the other three.
What does Chorus Pass include?
Admission to the Chorus circuit's member churches around Venice, valid for 1 year from your first visit (EUR 15 adult / EUR 10 reduced / EUR 30 family). It does not include St Mark's Basilica, the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, or San Giorgio Maggiore — none of these are Chorus members.
How many churches does Chorus Pass include?
The Chorus Association's own published materials aren't fully consistent — its marketing text states 17, while a direct check of its own churches-listing page found 18 distinct named churches, and third-party sources report figures from 16 to 20. Treat the exact current count as approximate (17-18 is the best-supported range) rather than a fixed number.
Does any Venice pass include St Mark's Basilica?
No — none of the passes compared on this page (Venezia Unica's City Pass tiers, the Chorus Pass, or Turbopass's confirmed inclusions) include St Mark's Basilica. It's ticketed entirely separately through the Procuratoria di San Marco's own system.
Does Basilica admission include Pala d'Oro?
No. Basic Basilica admission (EUR 10) does not include the Pala d'Oro golden altarpiece — that requires either a EUR 10 supplement (combined ticket: EUR 20 total) or, per the operator's own tariff sheet, a separately-priced EUR 10 ticket under specific conditions that aren't fully spelled out.
Does it include the Campanile?
No. The Campanile (bell tower, EUR 15) is a completely separate structure with its own independent entrance and ticketing — it is never bundled with any Basilica ticket, and Basilica-area resident discounts explicitly don't apply to it either.
Is St Mark's Basilica free?
There is a free, no-reservation entrance for visitors attending religious worship or individual prayer, capacity permitting. Standard tourist admission is paid (EUR 10) and requires a mandatory timed-entry reservation — it is not free for general sightseeing.
Do I need to reserve St Mark's Basilica?
Yes, for tourist admission — a mandatory online timed-entry reservation is required, and access is only permitted within your specific booked slot. This is described by the operator as a capacity-management system, not as a 'skip the line' benefit.
Which pass includes a gondola ride?
Turbopass's Venice City Pass includes one shared gondola ride in its base price. Neither Venezia Unica City Pass tier nor the Chorus Pass includes a gondola ride — booked independently, the official municipal tariff is EUR 90 daytime / EUR 110 evening, per gondola (up to 5 passengers), not per person.
Does a gondola count as public transport?
No. A gondola ride is a tourist experience with its own separate, officially regulated tariff — it has nothing to do with ACTV's public vaporetto network, and should never be confused with it.
Does ACTV include Murano and Burano?
Yes — standard ACTV tickets (75-minute through 7-day) cover the public vaporetto routes to Murano, Burano, and Torcello, since these islands sit on the ordinary navigation network. This is different from a paid guided Murano/Burano excursion with a live guide and glass-blowing demonstration, which is a separate commercial product costing considerably more.
Does ACTV include Marco Polo Airport?
No. Every standard ACTV ticket tier explicitly excludes travel to and from the airport. Getting to the airport requires a separate ticket: the ACTV Aerobus (public bus, EUR 10 one-way / EUR 18 return) or Alilaguna (a separate private company's airport boat, EUR 18 one-way / EUR 32 round-trip).
What is the difference between ACTV and Alilaguna?
ACTV is Venice's public transport operator (vaporetto, bus, tram, People Mover) — its tickets are cheap but never cover the airport. Alilaguna is a completely separate, privately-run company operating dedicated airport boat lines (Blue, Orange, and a seasonal Red line) between Marco Polo Airport and central Venice, at a higher, airport-specific fare. They are never interchangeable.
Which pass is best for 1 day?
For a St Mark's Square-focused day (Doge's Palace, Basilica, Campanile), buying tickets individually (about EUR 60 total) beats every pass on this page.
Which is best for 2 days?
If your 2 days include several civic museums beyond Doge's Palace (Ca' Rezzonico, Peggy Guggenheim if it interests you, and similar), individual tickets still tend to edge out the passes unless you're also visiting enough of the wider civic network to justify the All Venice City Pass.
Which is best for museums?
The Venezia Unica All Venice City Pass (EUR 62.90) is the strongest value for a museum-heavy visit covering Doge's Palace plus several other civic sites — it beats paying for four or more of those attractions individually.
Which is best for transport?
This depends entirely on trip length — ACTV's multi-day tickets (EUR 25 for 1 day up to EUR 65 for 7 days) are the standard choice for getting around Venice by vaporetto, but remember none of them cover the airport.
Are individual tickets cheaper?
Often yes, especially for a short, St Mark's Square-focused visit, for visiting fewer than 5 Chorus churches, or for a single-attraction visit — run the actual numbers for your specific plans rather than assuming a pass automatically saves money.
Do I have to pay the Venice Access Fee?
Not right now. The Venice Access Fee (Contributo di Accesso) 2026 trial period ran only on 60 specific dates between 3 April and 26 July 2026 and has now ended — as of today, visiting Venice requires no access fee payment or exemption request. Whether it returns in 2027 has not yet been decided by the Comune di Venezia.
Does a city pass waive the Venice Access Fee?
No — the Comune di Venezia's own official rules state explicitly that holding a Venezia Unica card does not exempt you from registering for or paying the Access Fee on a date when it applies. No pass compared on this page has ever been confirmed to waive it.
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