Verona City Bus Tickets: ATV Fares, Day Tickets and Paying by Card

How much is a bus ticket in Verona?

ATV's urban fares have been in force since 18 December 2023 (ATV, 2026a). The basic ticket, Urbano Verona 90 minuti, costs 1.50 EUR. It is personal, must be validated every time you board, including when you change bus, and is valid for 90 minutes from the first validation on the whole urban network; the journey must end within the 90 minutes (ATV, 2026a).

A ticket bought on board from the driver costs 2.00 EUR and is also valid for 90 minutes. The carnet of 10 rides costs 13.50 EUR, which ATV notes saves 1.50 EUR against ten single tickets; it is personal and cannot be used by several people at the same time (ATV, 2026a).

The urban day ticket costs 5.00 EUR and is valid for 24 hours from validation on the whole urban network within the Comune di Verona. One adult and one child under 14 travelling together can use it (ATV, 2026a). Two cheaper tickets are sold only in the app and at ATV ticket offices: the group ticket at 8.00 EUR, for a return journey of up to 90 minutes each way by four people (one adult and three children under 14, two adults and two children, or up to four adults over 70), and the off-peak ticket at 1.00 EUR, valid for 90 minutes between 9:00 and 12:00 and between 15:00 and 17:00 (ATV, 2026a).

Paying with a contactless card: Bip&Vai

ATV's Bip&Vai system accepts contactless credit, debit and prepaid cards on the Europay, Mastercard and Visa circuits, and phone wallets. You tap on the red validator on board; you do not need a ticket in advance and you do not buy from the driver (ATV, 2026b).

On the urban network a tap costs 2.00 EUR for a 90-minute journey, and further taps within the 90 minutes cost nothing. After 90 minutes a new tap costs another 2.00 EUR, but the total never exceeds 5 EUR in 24 hours, the price of the urban day ticket (ATV, 2026b). For a visitor making three or more trips in a day, tapping costs the same as buying the day ticket, without having to find a reseller.

One card can pay for up to five passengers, either by tapping several times or by pressing the plus key on the validator to set the number of passengers and then tapping once (ATV, 2026b). Tap every time you board, including when you change buses. The validator gives no paper receipt. Charges are calculated overnight at the best applicable fare and reach your account one to four working days later; you can register on bipevai.atv.verona.it to see your trips, though registration is not required (ATV, 2026b).

Passes for the airport bus, Lake Garda and the province

If you will ride beyond the city, ATV's network passes cover every urban and extra-urban bus in Verona and its province. The 1-day pass costs 11.00 EUR for 24 hours from validation, the 3-day pass 22.00 EUR for 72 hours, and the 7-day pass 44.00 EUR for 168 hours. All three include the 199 Airlink to Catullo airport, the Spiazzi to Madonna della Corona shuttle and the BusWalk&Bike services at Lake Garda (ATV, 2026a).

With a contactless card, an extra-urban ride costs a flat 3.70 EUR whatever its length. It is valid only for that ride, so a trip that continues on an urban bus needs a new tap. Once your taps in 24 hours pass 11 EUR, further travel that day is free (ATV, 2026b). The airport bus costs 7.00 EUR by card and lets you finish the trip on the urban network within its 75 minutes (ATV, 2026b). Our airport to city page covers that route.

The Verona Card includes the city buses for its 24 or 48 hours, but it is not valid on the Airlink shuttle or on the provincial extra-urban network (ATV, 2026c). For buses to the lake and the wine country, see Verona to Lake Garda and our Valpolicella day trip.

Where to buy tickets and how to validate them

Paper tickets are sold at ATV ticket offices, at Mover Points and at ordinary resellers, which sell urban and extra-urban tickets (ATV, 2026d). The ticket office at Verona Porta Nuova bus station, in Piazzale XXV Aprile in front of the railway station, is open Monday to Saturday from 6:30 to 19:00. The office in Piazza Renato Simoni is closed to the public (ATV, 2026e).

Ticket machines stand on the Porta Nuova station forecourt at platforms B2, C3 and E1 and beside the ticket office, and in the arrivals area at Catullo airport. Tickets from these machines carry no QR code: they are already validated when printed, must not be validated on board, and expire after the stated minutes from the time of issue (ATV, 2026d). Buy them just before you travel.

The Ticket Bus Verona app, built on the MyCicero platform and free for Android and iOS, sells the urban single, carnet and day tickets, extra-urban fares, the airport ticket and the 1, 3 and 7-day passes. App tickets cost the same as at a reseller, with no surcharge, and are validated by scanning the QR code at the door of every bus (ATV, 2026f). The app also has a journey planner and live bus positions. Verona Card holders scan the card's QR code on the validator at each boarding (ATV, 2026c).

Lines from the station to the centre, and evening buses

ATV's winter timetables have been in force since 10 September 2026, and the whole urban service stops on 25 December and 1 January (ATV, 2026g).

From Porta Nuova station, lines 11, 12 and 13 run via Via Valverde to Piazza Bra and on to Porta Vescovo; lines 51, 52 and 53 also stop at Piazza Bra. For Castelvecchio, take one of lines 20 to 23, 41 or 61, which run between the station and the castle. Line 73 runs from the station via Piazza Cittadella and San Fermo to Piazza Isolo in Veronetta (ATV, 2026g).

In the evening, between 20:30 and 24:00, a separate network of lines 80 to 85 takes over. Lines 80 and 81 run every 25 minutes between Porta Nuova station, Piazza Bra and Porta Vescovo; lines 83 and 84 every 22 minutes between the station, Castelvecchio and the Ospedale Maggiore; line 82 every 50 minutes between Borgo Roma, Piazza Bra and Lungadige Capuleti; and line 85 every 40 minutes via Porta Vescovo, Piazza Isolo and Valdonega, running after 2:00 from June to September (ATV, 2026h).

On foot, Piazza Bra is about 1.6 km and 22 minutes from the station (FOSSGIS, 2026).

Fines for travelling without a valid ticket

Ticket inspectors check on board, and ATV applies the penalties of article 37 of Veneto regional law 25 of 1998. A ticket that has not been validated counts as no ticket at all (ATV, 2026i).

The fine runs from 50.00 to 300.00 EUR, plus the ordinary fare. An adult can pay the minimum of 50.00 EUR on the spot to the inspector, or within five days; between the sixth and the sixtieth day the reduced amount is 100.00 EUR, plus 7.00 EUR in procedural costs and any notification costs (ATV, 2026j). Paying the fine rules out an appeal. Fines can be paid online by card or PagoPA, or at ATV offices, including the one at Porta Nuova station (ATV, 2026j).

Two habits avoid trouble: validate at every boarding, including on changes, and keep the ticket or the card you tapped with until you get off.

For questions, ATV's information office at Lungadige Galtarossa 5 answers on 045 8057922 or at [email protected], Monday to Friday 7:00 to 18:30 and Saturday 7:00 to 13:30 (ATV, 2026e). For getting around by car instead, see parking and the ZTL in Verona.