Tourist tax 2026, city by city

The tourist tax is the line that is almost always missing from the estimate: you pay it at the property, per person and per night, and for a family of four spending a week in Rome or Paris it is the difference between the budget and the bill. The problem is that every city decides for itself, changes often, and the sites that summarise it copy old numbers.

This table has one rule: every row has its source, and it is either the city's official page read on 15 September 2026, or the VoyAVer dossier that verified that entry in the last few weeks. The cities we could not check against an official source (Lisbon, Madrid, Athens, Budapest) are not here: better one row fewer than one wrong number.

The table: 19 cities, A to V

Figures are per person, per night. Where the tax is a percentage it is calculated on the room price net of VAT, so on a €200 hotel in Vienna that is about €6 per person until June 2026 and about €10 after.

City	What you pay (per person, per night)	Limits and exemptions	Source
Amsterdam	12.5% of the room price excluding VAT; transit cruise passengers €15 per person	Applies to hotels, hostels, B&Bs, apartments and campsites	amsterdam.nl
Barcelona	From 1 April 2026, from €1.10 (hostels) to €13.20 (5-star hotels)	Maximum 7 nights; under-17s exempt	Barcelona dossier
Berlin	7.5% of the net room price (breakfast excluded)	Since 2025 no night limit: the exemption beyond 21 days is gone	berlin.de
Bologna	By room price band: €4 up to €30.99, €5.80 from €31 to €70.99, €6.50 from €71 to €120.99, €7 from €121 up; campsites and hostels €2.80	Short lets through platforms: 10.5% of the price capped at €7. Rates confirmed for all of 2026	Bologna city council resolution
Cagliari	From 1 April 2026 hotels from €1 (1 star) to €5 (5 stars); B&Bs and holiday homes €2, rising to €3 from July to September; hostels €1.50	Paid at the property; exemptions on the council's portal	Cagliari dossier
Edinburgh	From 24 July 2026, 5% of the accommodation price (net of VAT)	First 5 consecutive nights only; the UK's first tourist tax	Edinburgh dossier
Florence	Hotels from €3.50 to €8 by star rating; B&Bs and short lets €6	Maximum 7 consecutive nights; under-12s exempt	Florence dossier
Funchal, Madeira	€2 per night	Maximum 7 nights (€14); from age 13; other municipalities on the island charge similar taxes	Madeira dossier
Lagos	No tax in 2026	7 of the 16 Algarve municipalities do charge one (Albufeira, Faro, Portimão and others): €2 in high season, €1 in low	Lagos dossier
Milan	From 1 January 2026: 1-star hotels €4, 2-star €5, 3-star €7.40, 4- and 5-star €10; B&Bs, guest houses and short lets €9.50; hostels and campsites €3	In 2026 municipalities within 30 km of the Olympic venues may add up to €5 per night	Milan city council resolution
Naples	From 1 May 2026: 1-star hotels €4, 2-star €4.50, 3-star €5.50, 4- and 5-star €6; non-hotel accommodation €5.50; short lets €6	Maximum 14 consecutive nights; up to age 14 exempt	comune.napoli.it
Palermo	From 1 July 2025: €4 in B&Bs, holiday homes, hostels and campsites; €3-5 in hotels by star rating	First 4 consecutive nights only; under-12s exempt	Palermo dossier
Paris	From 1 January 2026, all surcharges included: palaces €15.93, 5-star €11.70, 4-star €8.45, 3-star €5.53, 2-star €3.25, 1-star, chambres d'hôtes and hostels €2.60	Unclassified accommodation: 5% of the price per person plus surcharges, capped at €15.93. Rates are per adult	Ville de Paris, 2026 rates
Porto	€3 per night	Maximum 7 consecutive nights; up to age 12 exempt; regulation in force since 1 December 2024	Câmara Municipal do Porto
Prague	50 crowns (about €2) per person per night, since 1 January 2022	Stays of up to 60 days	praha.eu
Rome	1-star hotels €4, 2-star €5, 3-star €6, 4-star €7.50, 5-star €10; B&Bs, holiday homes and short lets €6; hostels €3.50; campsites €3	Maximum 10 consecutive nights (5 at campsites). Rates from 1 October 2023, still in force in 2026	Roma Capitale, rate table
Seville	No tax in 2026	The city proposed one; the Junta de Andalucía has not introduced it	Seville dossier
Venice	Historic centre, 1 February to 31 December: 1-star hotels €1, 2-star €2, 3-star €3.50, 4-star €4.50, 5-star €5; B&Bs and tourist lodgings €2 to €5 by "lions"; short lets €3 to €5 by cadastral category	Maximum 5 nights; under-10s exempt; 20% less on the Lido and islands, 30% less on the mainland and in January. Not the same thing as the day-tripper access fee	Comune di Venezia, rates from 1 April 2025
Vienna	3.2% of the room price (excluding VAT and breakfast) until 30 June 2026; 5% from 1 July 2026; 8% from July 2027	Stays of up to 3 months only; students and minors in education exempt	wien.gv.at

What changes in 2026

The Winter Olympics year pushed Milan to the €10 ceiling for 4- and 5-star hotels and to €9.50 for B&Bs and short lets, the highest figure in Italy for non-hotel accommodation. Naples raised everything by one euro from 1 May. Bologna confirmed the Jubilee-increased rates for all of 2026. Cagliari and Barcelona have new rates from 1 April.

Outside Italy there are two new things: Edinburgh introduces the UK's first tourist tax from 24 July 2026, 5% of the accommodation price for the first five nights, and Vienna goes from 3.2% to 5% from 1 July 2026, with 8% already announced for 2027.

The traps that matter more than the figure

The number of nights counts as much as the rate: Venice charges for 5 nights at most, Palermo for 4, Rome for 10, Naples for 14. On a long stay, a city with a higher rate but a lower cap can cost less.

The exemption age changes from city to city: up to 10 in Venice, 12 in Florence, Palermo and Porto, 14 in Naples, 17 in Barcelona. In Paris the rates are per adult. And there are cities with no tax at all, such as Seville and Lagos, which is however surrounded by municipalities that charge it.

One last thing: the tourist tax has nothing to do with Venice's access fee for day visitors, nor with the landing fees of the islands. They are three different things, with different rules.

Dossiers mentioned in this article

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