Tourist taxes in Europe
Most of Europe's big tourist cities charge a tourist tax, and many raised it in 2025 or 2026. Usually it's a flat amount per person per night that climbs with the hotel's stars, paid at the hotel and often left out of the price a booking site shows you.
Worked out with our calculator from each place's published rates. Percentage taxes rise and fall with the room price; flat ones don't.
Before you go
Check the booking price
Booking sites often say "excludes city tax". The hotel then asks for it at check-in or check-out, sometimes in cash.
Children often go free
But the age changes from place to place: under 10 in Rome, under 17 in Barcelona, under 18 in Paris and Milan.
Long stays cost less a night
Many cities stop charging after 5, 7 or 10 nights, and the Balearics halve the rate from the ninth night.
Day trips can count too
Venice has charged day visitors on busy days, and several ports charge cruise passengers by the day.
Countries where each town or region decides
France, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany have no single national rate. In France every town picks its own within national limits: the tourist tax in France. In Spain only some regions charge one: the tourist tax in Spain. Dutch municipalities set their own, from a few euros to 12.5% of the price: the tourist tax in the Netherlands. German cities charge their own city taxes, and Munich none: the tourist tax in Germany.
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Compare them in a table
| How it's charged | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | Spain | €6 to €12 per person per night since 1 April 2026, first 7 nights; under-17s free | In force |
| Catalonia (outside Barcelona) | Spain | €0.80 to €4.50 per person per night, first 7 nights; rising April 2027; under-17s free | In force |
| Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca | Spain (Balearic Islands) | €1 to €4 per person per night in summer, 75% less in winter, half from night 9; under-16s free | In force |
| Venice | Italy | €1 to €5 per person per night, first 5 nights; day trippers paid €5 or €10 on 60 days in 2026 | In force |
| Rome | Italy | €3 to €10 per person per night by hotel stars, first 10 nights; under-10s free | In force |
| Florence | Italy | €3.50 to €8 per person per night by hotel stars, first 7 nights; under-12s free | In force |
| Milan | Italy | €3 to €12 per person per night since 1 April 2026; under-18s free | In force |
| Greece | Greece | €0.50 to €15 per room per night by star rating and season | In force |
| Lisbon | Portugal | €4 per person per night, first 7 nights; under-13s free | In force |
| Porto | Portugal | €3 per person per night since December 2024, first 7 nights; 12 and under free | In force |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | 12.5% of the room price before VAT; €15 a day for cruise passengers | In force |
| Paris | France | €0.65 to €15.93 per person per night by star rating; under-18s free | In force |
| Berlin | Germany | 7.5% of the net room price, business trips included, since January 2025 | In force |
| Vienna | Austria | 5% of the room price before VAT and breakfast since 1 July 2026; 8% from July 2027 | In force |
| Iceland | Iceland | ISK 800 per room per night (400 on campsites); ISK 1,600 a day for cruise passengers | In force |
| Norway | Norway | 3% of the room price before VAT, in towns that opt in, from 2027 at the earliest | Proposed |