Caribe Bay Jesolo: tickets, prices and opening hours for the water park

Caribe Bay in Jesolo is the Caribbean-themed water park built just behind the coast, on Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, about ten minutes' walk from the beach. A full day costs €39.50, it opens every day in summer from 10:00 to 18:00, and it remains the most predictable day out with children when the sea is rough or the wind has ruined the beach.

Ticket comparison: full day, afternoon or two days

The park sells one kind of entry ticket with several ways to buy it. The real difference is between buying online and paying at the gate.

The open-date ticket online, from €39.50 on Tiqets, costs exactly the same as the gate and gives you something worth a lot on holiday: the freedom to choose the day at the last minute. It is not tied to a date, so you buy it as soon as you arrive in Jesolo and use it when the forecast turns against the beach. Rated 4.5 from 727 reviews.

Afternoon entry at €35.50 saves four euros and costs you four hours. It only makes sense if your morning is already spoken for, because the afternoon is also when the slide queues are at their longest.

The two-day ticket at €67 is worth it if you are staying a full week: two single tickets would come to €79. Both entries must be used in the same season.

Watch one detail that wrecks a lot of days out: the ticket office closes at 15:45, and after that you do not get in, even with the ticket in your hand. If you are arriving by bus from Venice, allow an hour of margin.

What is inside the park

The site is divided into themed zones, and the logic is simple: adrenaline on one side, small children and sunbathing on the other.

• Pirates' Bay is the area for the youngest: shallow pools, a castle, small slides, water jets. It is where you can park a family with under-sixes for two hours without ever losing sight of them.
• Shark Bay gathers the family attractions, with slides of middling difficulty.
• Laguna De Oro and Playa Paraiso are the relaxing areas: shallow water, sand, loungers, and where the parents end up.
• The big slides are concentrated on the far side and carry height and weight limits, posted at the entrance to each tower.
• The crazy golf is included in the ticket and almost nobody uses it: at peak times it is the only empty corner of the park.
• Bungee jumping is paid separately: €50 for a single jump, €100 for a double.
• The shows are the park's signature: acrobatic diving and stunts with an international cast, several times a day. Times are posted at the entrance and change from season to season.

What to bring and how the day works

The park is large and you walk barefoot on hot surfaces: a few small things make a big difference to the day.

• Pool shoes for everyone. The ground between one tower and the next burns in the middle of the day.
• High-factor sun cream, reapplied every two hours: you are in the water and you lose track of time. Natural shade is scarce and concentrated in the relaxing areas.
• One towel each plus a spare, because loungers are claimed by occupying them and the towels all get wet at once.
• Cash or a card in a waterproof belt bag if you decide to do without the €6 locker.
• A packed lunch, where allowed: there are kiosks, but for a large family the difference by the end of the day is substantial.
• Proof of any concession ready to show: the card for over-65s, the certificate for disability rates.

The more demanding attractions carry height and weight limits, posted at the entrance to each tower: check them before letting a child queue for something they will not be allowed on. That scene ruins more afternoons than anything else.

As at any water park, swimwear with metal buckles or rivets is not allowed on the slides, and nor are diving masks: the full rules are displayed at the entrance to each tower.

When to go

The best day is a Tuesday or Wednesday in June. Weekends bring residents from the Veneto and holidaymakers staying in Caorle and Cavallino; July and August bring everyone else. In June the water is already warm and the park is at half capacity.

The best time is opening at 10:00. In the first hour the big slides take two minutes of queuing; by 12:30 the same tower asks for twenty. Do the slides in the morning and move the sunbathing, lunch and shows to the afternoon, not the other way round.

The worst day is the first fine day after two wet ones: half the coast pours into the park at once.

End of season: in 2026 closing day was 13 September. In the first week of September the water is still warm, schools in northern Italy have gone back and the park is emptier than at any other point in the summer. It is the best window of the lot if you can choose.

How to save

• The height measurement decides the price. Under 100 cm is free, between 100 and 140 cm costs €33.50. Turn up to be measured without shoes: a few centimetres are worth the whole difference.
• Over-65s at €33.50: the same rate as the child concession, for both the full day and the afternoon.
• Disability: free entry for wheelchair users, €26.50 for disabled visitors who are not wheelchair users, €33.50 for a carer.
• Offers for two, three or four people appear on the official site in certain periods and can bring the price per head below €35. They are tied to specific date windows: check https://www.caribebay.it before buying.
• A packed lunch is the single biggest saving. The kiosks inside cost the same as those along the coast; bring a cool bag and the day comes down by €40–50 for a family of four.
• A locker costs €6 and is only really needed for a wallet and phone. With a towel and a waterproof bag left on the lounger you can do without.
• Parking: €8 for cars and motorbikes, €11 for campervans. If you are staying in Jesolo, the local bus or a bicycle saves the whole amount: the cycle path runs almost to the entrance.

The mistake that costs money: buying the afternoon ticket to save four euros and then queuing for slides all afternoon. Four euros is less than an ice cream; four hours of park is not.

Getting there

Address: Via Michelangelo Buonarroti 15, 30016 Lido di Jesolo (VE). Telephone +39 0421 371648.

From Lido di Jesolo: ten to fifteen minutes on foot from the central stretch of the seafront, or two stops on the local bus. The cycle path that runs parallel to Via Bafile comes out close to the entrance, and almost every hotel in the area hires bicycles by the day.

From Venice as a day trip: an ATVO coach from Piazzale Roma bus station to Jesolo, about an hour and ten minutes, then a local bus or taxi to the park. The alternative is the ACTV motonave (the large lagoon ferry) to Punta Sabbioni and then the ATVO 23a bus towards Jesolo: the water leg needs an ACTV ticket, and the options are compared on the vaporetto and ACTV page (ACTV is the city's public transport operator). The full route is set out in the guide to Punta Sabbioni.

Read that in reverse if you are based on the beach and going the other way. Jesolo to Venice is the same journey backwards: bus 23a to Punta Sabbioni, roughly 30–40 minutes, then the ACTV motonave on line 14 or 15 across the lagoon to Riva degli Schiavoni, a little over half an hour, and St Mark's Square five minutes' walk from the landing stage. Door to door it is about an hour and a half each way, so a day in Venice and a day at Caribe Bay do not fit into the same 24 hours.

One thing that catches out British, German and Polish families staying in Jesolo: on your day in Venice you almost certainly owe the contributo di accesso (Venice access fee). It applies to day visitors who do not spend the night in the city, on the dates set by the council, and a Jesolo hotel or campsite does not exempt you, because Jesolo is a different municipality. It costs €5 booked in advance and €10 last minute, paid only at https://cda.ve.it. Caribe Bay itself is outside Venice, so no fee applies to the park.

By car: leave the A4 motorway at Noventa di Piave, then 25 km towards the sea. Paid parking on site.

By campervan: dedicated parking at €11 a day.

What else is nearby

• Jesolo beach, ten minutes on foot: fifteen kilometres of sand with staffed lidos and free stretches. Everything you need to know is in the guide to Lido di Jesolo.
• Via Bafile, the shopping street running parallel to the beach: a dozen kilometres of shops open late in season, with long pedestrianised stretches in the evening.
• Tropicarium Park and Sea Life Jesolo, a few minutes away: indoor aquariums and reptile houses, the plan B for a wet day.
• Jesolandia, the funfair on the seafront, open in the evening in season: useful with young children once the water park has closed.
• Venice, an hour and a half door to door: the classic shape of a week in Jesolo is three days on the beach, one at the park and one in the city, with the stops gathered in the guide to things to do in Venice. Check the Venice access fee calendar for your date before you go.

Caribe Bay in Jesolo works best if you treat it for what it is: a full day, planned from the morning, with lunch in the rucksack and the slides done before midday. Set up that way, two adults with two children between 100 and 140 cm spend €146 on entry and need nothing else until the evening.