Venice compresses more ticketed landmarks into a square mile than almost any city in Europe — and in 2026 the ticketing is genuinely confusing. St. Mark's Basilica now charges for entry after centuries of effectively free admission. Doge's Palace isn't sold on its own at all; it comes bundled into a €35 St. Mark's Square Museums pass. San Giorgio Maggiore's famous bell-tower elevator is suspended for maintenance with no confirmed reopening date, and on roughly 60 dates between April and July the city charges day-trippers an access fee just to walk in. Getting the details wrong costs real money and, worse, real queue time.

This hub collects our visitor guides to Venice's landmarks in one place. Each guide is built the same way: verified 2026 ticket prices — the door rate, the online rate, and the reduced tiers that actually apply to your group — current opening hours, including the extended Friday and Saturday evenings several sites run from May through late September, and a straight worth-it verdict so you can decide what deserves a paid ticket and what's better admired from outside. Where a landmark is free — the Rialto Bridge, the Jewish Ghetto's streets, Burano's canals — the guides break down the costs around it instead: vaporetto fares, museum add-ons, and the reseller markups to avoid.

The 14 cards below each link to a full visitor guide. They cover the San Marco heavyweights (the Basilica, Doge's Palace, the Campanile, the Bridge of Sighs), the Grand Canal museums of Dorsoduro (the Accademia, the Peggy Guggenheim, Ca' Rezzonico), the quieter masterpieces (Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Teatro La Fenice, San Giorgio Maggiore), the Cannaregio Ghetto, and the lagoon islands of Murano and Burano. At the bottom you'll find our broader Venice planning guides for itineraries, passes, and day trips.