Latest news about Venice and the lagoon — seasonal highlights, festival programmes, strikes and transport updates, openings, restaurant recommendations and insider tips. Curated by the Treffpunkt-Venedig editorial team: local sources, honest assessments, city knowledge since 2007.
In brief: on the west side of Jesolo Lido, the new „Mercato sperimentale di via dei Mille” starts on Wednesday, 17 June 2026. Through the summer season it runs every Wednesday from 7:30 am to 1:30 pm in the area between Via dei Mille and Piazza Nember, from the second half of June to the […]
In brief: Antenne Bayern has, since Whitsun 2026, been receivable for the first time via DAB+ across large parts of Northern Italy — from Bolzano to Venice, from Lake Garda to the Adriatic coast. The new digital coverage area takes in the main routes heading south: the Brenner motorway A22 (Bolzano–Trento–Verona), the A4 towards Venice […]
In brief: if you’re holidaying on the upper Adriatic in June 2026, you don’t need to head to Venice for a good evening. The highlights: Festival Aqua in Jesolo (9–26 June) with concerts and talks on the beach near Piazza Brescia, the patron-saint feast Equilium in festa (19–25 June) in Jesolo Paese, the Jesolo Country […]
In brief: from 13 June to 23 August 2026, Venice, Mestre, Chioggia and Jesolo reactivate the “zone rosse” — areas of reinforced surveillance ordered by the Prefect. Police can issue removal orders against people already known to them. For ordinary visitors nothing changes except a more visible police presence.
The Festa della Madonna della Salute on 21 November 2026 is Venice’s great autumn pilgrimage: a votive pontoon bridge across the Grand Canal to the Salute church, a candle pilgrimage, the traditional castradina and the memory of the 1630 plague vow. Date, programme, history and tips.
The Regata Storica 2026 takes place on 6 September: Venice’s magnificent historic boat pageant in period costume and the thrilling gondolini rowing races on the Grand Canal. Date, programme, route, best viewing spots and how to get there.
At the Caorle Sea Festival 2026 (23 May–7 June) international street artists covered Caorle’s old town with murals — an open-air museum you can visit all year round.
Venice’s MUVE museum year 2026: a new MUVEC venue in Mestre, an expanded Murano Glass Museum, the “Grande Correr” project and major exhibitions — Etruscans and Veneti, Jenny Saville and Erwin Wurm.
The 83rd Venice Film Festival runs 2–12 September 2026 on the Lido: dates, sections, public tickets, getting there by vaporetto — and why there is no access fee in September.
In a nutshell: The Venice access fee 2026 (officially the Contributo di Accesso) applies on 60 valid days between 3 April and 26 July 2026, each time between 8:30am and 4:00pm. Day visitors aged 14 and over pay €5 with advance booking (at least 3 days ahead) or €10 at short notice. Overnight guests, children […]
In a nutshell: The Venice access fee 2026 (Contributo di Accesso) brings three important changes compared with 2025: 60 instead of 54 valid days, a GDPR-compliant overhaul of the registration portal after a €10,000 fine against the city in autumn 2025, and intensified spot checks at the main entrances. The prices (€5 advance booking, €10 […]
In a nutshell: Since 1 August 2021, cruise ships over 25,000 gross register tons may no longer pass through the St Mark’s basin channel in Venice. Large liners (MSC, Costa, Viking Ocean) now dock at the industrial port of Marghera on the mainland. Medium-sized ships use the Fusina terminal in the southern lagoon, small yachts […]
