Venice parking costs 29 EUR for 24 hours at Tronchetto, 35 EUR at the Autorimessa Comunale on Piazzale Roma and 45 EUR at the Garage San Marco beside it (Interparking, 2026; AVM, 2026; Garage San Marco, 2026). Those three garages sit at the end of the road: no street continues into the historic centre, so whatever you drive stops here. Park in Mestre instead and 24 hours costs 12 EUR at Park Costa, or nothing in the municipal park-and-ride lots, with a 1.50 EUR ticket for the tram or bus into Piazzale Roma (AVM, 2026; ACTV, 2026).
Every figure below was re-checked against the operator's own tariff page on 7 October 2026, because rates at the two Piazzale Roma garages are no longer close to the Tronchetto rate. This guide covers the three garages at the bridgehead and what each one charges by the hour, the day and the evening, the height limits that decide where a tall vehicle can go, the People Mover fare from Tronchetto, the coach pass system, the Mestre and Marghera alternatives with the real saving, and a worked comparison for a two-night and a week-long stay.
How much does parking cost in Venice in 2026?
Tronchetto, run by Interparking, is the cheapest of the three garages at the road's end. Its tariff is 6 EUR for one hour or part, 12 EUR for two hours, 18 EUR for three, 25 EUR for four, 27 EUR for five, 29 EUR for 24 hours and 29 EUR for every following 24 hours or part. Indoor and outdoor spaces cost the same up to 225 cm tall; above that it is 29 EUR per 12 hours or 58 EUR for a full day (Interparking, 2026).
The Autorimessa Comunale, the AVM garage on Piazzale Roma itself, charges one daily rate of 35.00 EUR for 24 hours from entry, not divisible, for cars and motorcycles alike. An evening rate of 15 EUR applies to entries between 17:00 and 05:00, cannot be booked online and is void on 31 December and on Redentore Saturday. For a short visit the Parcheggio S. Andrea, inside the same building with its own entrance from Rio Terà S. Andrea, charges 7.00 EUR for every two hours (AVM, 2026).
The Garage San Marco at Piazzale Roma 467/F is the most expensive: 25 EUR up to five hours, 35 EUR up to ten, 45 EUR for 24 hours, 20 EUR for a motorcycle and 20 EUR for the evening slot of 12 hours from 17:00 to 05:00. A ground-floor space adds 10 EUR a day, and time beyond the first full day costs 5 EUR an hour for up to nine hours (Garage San Marco, 2026).
Tronchetto or Piazzale Roma: which garage to choose
The difference is 6 EUR a day and about ten minutes. Piazzale Roma is the terminus itself, so from the Autorimessa Comunale or the Garage San Marco you walk straight out to the vaporetto landings, the taxi pontoon and the first bridges of Santa Croce. Tronchetto is the artificial island one step further west, which is why it costs less.
From Tronchetto the People Mover, an automated shuttle on an elevated track, reaches Piazzale Roma in four minutes with a stop at Marittima on the way. A single ticket costs 1.50 EUR, departures run every ten minutes, and the service operates 07:00 to 23:00 on weekdays from April to October, 08:00 to 22:00 on holidays in that period, and 07:00 to 23:00 on weekdays with 08:30 to 21:00 on holidays from November to March (AVM, 2026). Vaporetto line 2 also calls at Tronchetto, and the 75-minute waterborne ticket covering the whole network costs 9.50 EUR, with travel cards at 25.00 EUR for 24 hours, 35.00 EUR for 48 hours, 45.00 EUR for 72 hours and 65.00 EUR for seven days (ACTV, 2026).
Capacity and height decide the rest. The Autorimessa Comunale has 1,906 car spaces and 300 motorcycle spaces with a 2.20 m height limit; the Garage San Marco has 900 spaces and admits vehicles up to 2.10 m; Tronchetto allows 2.10 m indoors and sets no height limit in its outdoor areas (AVM, 2026; Garage San Marco, 2026; Interparking, 2026).
Where the road ends, and what a tall vehicle can do
The causeway from Mestre carries road traffic as far as Piazzale Roma and the Tronchetto. Beyond that point there is no carriageway at all, so the question of driving through Venice does not arise: the six sestieri are reached on foot or by water, and a car left in one of the garages stays there until you leave.
Coaches are the one class of road vehicle the city regulates by permit rather than by garage tariff. Tour buses need a ZTL BUS pass, which allows a maximum of four entries a day across the Ponte della Libertà towards Venice. A standard coach pass for Tronchetto costs 320 EUR for a Euro 6 vehicle, 400 EUR for Euro 5, 430 EUR for Euro 4, 310 EUR for natural gas and 190 EUR for an electric coach, with minibus passes at 190 EUR for Euro 6 and school-trip passes at the same figure. The equivalent pass for the mainland or the Lido is 280 EUR for a Euro 6 coach (AVM, 2026).
Campers, caravans and anything else above 225 cm are handled at Tronchetto, in the outdoor areas that carry no height limit, at 29 EUR per 12 hours or 58 EUR for 24 hours (Interparking, 2026). Neither Piazzale Roma garage can take them: the barriers are set at 2.20 m and 2.10 m. Day visitors should also check whether the city's separate access contribution applies to the date of their trip, which is covered on our Venice entry fee page.
Parking in Mestre or Marghera and taking the tram
The mainland is where the money is saved. Park Costa, at via A. Costa 15 in Mestre, is open 24 hours a day every day of the year and charges 2.00 EUR an hour for the first six hours and 12.00 EUR for anything beyond six hours up to 24. Its height limit is 2 m, motorcycles are not admitted, LPG vehicles are excluded, and eight spaces are reserved free for disabled visitors. A monthly season ticket costs 140 EUR (AVM, 2026).
Cheaper still are the municipal park-and-ride lots, the parcheggi scambiatori, which are free: P1 Marghera B on via Trieste in Marghera, P7 Miranese A under the ring road in Mestre, P6 Terraglio A, P4 Favaro A, P10 Gazzera and several more around Trivignano and Favaro Veneto. Two of the set are charged, at 1.00 EUR a day: P2 S. Maria dei Battuti and P5 Castellana A. A combined parking and public transport season ticket costs 51.00 EUR a month or 510.00 EUR a year (AVM, 2026).
From any of them the connection into the city is the road network ticket, 1.50 EUR for 75 minutes, which covers the Mestre buses, the T1 tram that runs through to Piazzale Roma and the People Mover. A Mestre day ticket for bus and tram costs 5.00 EUR (ACTV, 2026). The tram is the simple option because it ends where the garages are, and trains from Venezia Mestre to Venezia Santa Lucia are the quicker one, sold separately by the rail operator.
Two nights or a week: what parking actually costs
For a two-night stay, counting two 24-hour periods, the garage bill is 58 EUR at Tronchetto, 70 EUR at the Autorimessa Comunale and 90 EUR at the Garage San Marco. Park Costa in Mestre charges 24 EUR for the same two days, and two people travelling in and out again on the 1.50 EUR road ticket add 6 EUR, for a total of 30 EUR. That is 28 EUR less than Tronchetto and 40 EUR less than Piazzale Roma, at the cost of about half an hour of tram time in each direction.
Over seven days the gap stops being marginal. Seven 24-hour periods cost 203 EUR at Tronchetto, 245 EUR at the Autorimessa Comunale and 315 EUR at the Garage San Marco. Park Costa comes to 84 EUR, or 90 EUR including the same two return tickets, which saves 113 EUR against Tronchetto and 155 EUR against the municipal garage. A free park-and-ride lot in Marghera or Mestre removes the parking cost entirely, leaving only the fares.
The arithmetic reverses for short visits and for evenings. Four hours at Tronchetto is 25 EUR against 7.00 EUR for two hours at the Parcheggio S. Andrea, and an evening out costs 15 EUR at the Autorimessa Comunale between 17:00 and 05:00, which is less than half its daily rate. If the car is only being left while you eat dinner or go to the theatre, the island garages are the cheaper choice.
Booking ahead, discounts and electric charging
Booking is about securing a space rather than getting a lower price. The Autorimessa Comunale takes online reservations until midnight on the day before arrival, paid by card, and its evening rate is excluded from online booking. The Garage San Marco publishes the same 45 EUR for a car and 20 EUR for a motorcycle online as it charges at the barrier, so the reservation buys certainty and no discount. Tronchetto takes bookings through Interparking's reservation site (AVM, 2026; Garage San Marco, 2026; Interparking, 2026).
Two discounts at the municipal garage are worth knowing. Holders of the European disability card park free for up to 12 hours, for a maximum of 14 vehicles at a time, and pay half the rate between 12 and 14 hours. Clients of the Venice casino pay 10.00 EUR on validation of their ticket at the casino (AVM, 2026). Telepass is accepted at the Autorimessa Comunale and at Park Costa.
For electric cars, Tronchetto publishes 40 charging points and the Garage San Marco lists charging stations among its services (Interparking, 2026; Garage San Marco, 2026). Charging tariffs are handled by the e-mobility operator rather than the garage, so check the rate on the unit before plugging in. One last habit saves trouble on arrival: at the Autorimessa Comunale the daily rate runs for 24 hours from the moment of entry and is not divisible, so arriving at 18:00 and leaving at 10:00 two days later is charged as two full days.
