What you will actually pay in Italy: Rome €3–€10 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 10 and over, Milan €3–€12 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 18 and over, Verona €1.50–€5 per person per night, by accommodation classification, ages 15 and over, Venice €0.10–€5 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 10 and over, Florence €3.50–€8 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 12 and over. Add applicable entry fees below for the full total.
55 cities with nightly tourist taxes20 country entry & visa fees13 major park passes
All fees are approximate and change frequently. Check official government/park websites before travel. Currency conversions shown in USD (approximate). Visa fees depend on your passport nationality — verify with the embassy or official visa portal.
What Italy charges
Rome
€3–€10 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 10 and over
EUR 3–10 per person per night by accommodation class (about EUR 6 for 3-star and short-term rentals, EUR 7.50 for 4-star), for a maximum of 10 consecutive nights.
Travellers under 10 are not charged.
Read at source: Roma Capitale — contributo di soggiorno (comune.roma.it) · checked 2026-09-25
Milan
€3–€12 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 18 and over
EUR 3–12 per person per night by accommodation category, charged for every night of a hotel stay. Hotels run EUR 3 (1-star), 4 (2-star), 7 (3-star), 10 (4-star) and 12 (5-star); campsites and youth hostels are EUR 3, and a B&B, inn, guesthouse, holiday apartment or short let is a flat EUR 9.50 — which makes a cheap short let dearer per night than a 3-star hotel. Unlike Rome and Venice there is NO night cap in a hotel: the 14-night cut-off applies only to residences, holiday homes and holiday apartments, and the count restarts if the stay is broken. Under-18s pay nothing, as do under-30s in youth hostels, students up to 26 enrolled at a Milanese university, and disabled travellers with their companions. These rates replaced a different 2026 set on 1 April — the 1 January table charged more for 1 to 3-star hotels (EUR 4, 5 and 7.40) and less for 5-star (EUR 10) — so a quote from early 2026 will not match.
Travellers under 18 are not charged.
Read at source: Comune di Milano — Imposta di soggiorno, Tariffe dal 1° aprile 2026, set by deliberazione della GIUNTA Comunale n. 144 del 12/2/2026 for the year 2026 (comune.milano.it/argomenti/tributi/imposta-di-soggiorno-informazioni, the Italian original rather than a translation); every figure cross-checked against the city's own tariff table PDF headed “TARIFFE 2026 dall'1/4/2026”. The January 2026 table it replaced came from Giunta deliberazione n. 1418 del 13/11/2025, so the Giunta sets each year's tariffs in November · checked 2026-10-29
Verona
€1.50–€5 per person per night, by accommodation classification, ages 15 and over
EUR 1.50 to 5.00 per person per night, set by the accommodation’s official classification rather than by what you pay: hotels run EUR 1.50 at 1-star to 5.00 at 5-star and 5-star luxury, open-air sites the same, agriturismi are graded in girasoli (sunflowers) from 1.50 to 5.00, and extra-hotel places are graded in leoni alati (winged lions), the Veneto system, from 2.00 at two lions to 5.00 at five. Somewhere unclassified with no guest services pays a flat 3.50. ONLY FOUR NIGHTS ARE CHARGED per person per month, the tightest night cap of the Italian cities here — Rome charges ten and Venice five — and it still applies to a stay of up to 30 consecutive days that spans two months or several addresses. Under-15s pay nothing at all — the exemption runs to the day before the 15th birthday. Three groups then pay 20% less, and the reductions do not stack: guests over 70, anyone from their 15th birthday to the day before their 26th, and members of a single booking for a group of more than 25. There is a long list of other exemptions, including hospital patients and one companion, coach drivers and one escort per 25 passengers, and students in E.S.U. halls. A short-let operator can instead agree to pay 7% of the room or apartment price net of VAT, capped at EUR 5 a person a night, but only under a signed convention with the city.
Travellers under 15 are not charged.
Read at source: Comune di Verona — Direzione Tributi, “Imposta di Soggiorno - Tariffe in vigore” (comune.verona.it, data di inizio validità 01/07/2024, published 23/09/2026 and last updated 25/09/2026), headed “TARIFFE dal 01/07/2024, Deliberazione di Giunta n. 422 del 19/04/2024”; read with the Ufficio Imposta di Soggiorno page, which states the four-night cap and that the tariffs are confirmed for 2026, and with the Esenzioni e riduzioni service page, which lists the exemptions and the art. 4bis reductions approved by Consiglio Comunale deliberazione n. 32 del 09/05/2024 — comune.verona.it · checked 2026-10-29
Venice
€0.10–€5 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 10 and over
EUR 0.10–5 per person per night, capped at 5 consecutive nights. A hotel in the historic centre in high season runs EUR 1 (1-star) to EUR 5 (5-star); campsites start at EUR 0.10. The Lido and lagoon islands pay 20% less (10% less for 5-star hotels) and the mainland 30% less, and low season — 1 to 31 January — is 30% below the base. Children under 10 are exempt, as are Venice residents, patients in local rehabilitation care and one companion each. A 50% reduced tariff also exists, but the published brochure does not say who qualifies for it, so we do not apply it. Venice's separate day-tripper access fee is a different charge that does not apply to guests staying overnight.
Travellers under 10 are not charged.
Read at source: Comune di Venezia — imposta di soggiorno, tariffe valide dal 01/04/2025 (comune.venezia.it) · checked 2026-10-04
Florence
€3.50–€8 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 12 and over
EUR 3.50–8 per person per night by accommodation class, capped at 7 consecutive nights: EUR 3.50 for 1-star hotels and campsites, EUR 6 for 3-star, EUR 7 for 4-star and historic residences, EUR 8 for 5-star, EUR 6 for B&Bs and short-term rentals, EUR 4 for youth hostels. Children under 12 are exempt, and school groups and under-16 sports groups pay half. Raised on 1 February 2025 — a 5-star stay costs EUR 2.50 per person per night more than the figure previously held here.
Travellers under 12 are not charged.
Read at source: Comune di Firenze — deliberazione di Giunta DG/2024/00535 del 10/12/2024, tariffe in vigore dal 01/02/2025 (servizi.comune.fi.it) · checked 2026-10-04
City Nightly Tourist Taxes
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Country Entry & Visa Fees
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National Park & Attraction Passes
Major park and attraction entry fees — the ones that cost more than you expect.
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Why Tourist Taxes Have Exploded
The Overtourism Response
Venice, Amsterdam, and Barcelona are using tourist taxes to manage visitor numbers and fund infrastructure repair. Amsterdam charges 12.5% of the room price — the steepest rate in Europe, and a share rather than a flat fee, so it climbs with the price of your hotel. Barcelona hit 40 million visitors/year with a population of 1.6 million.
Conservation Funding
Bhutan's Sustainable Development Fee ($100–200/day) funds forest conservation and free healthcare/education for citizens. Rwanda's $1,500 gorilla permit directly funds mountain gorilla protection — the population has grown from 620 to 1,000+ since 2004. Higher prices = better conservation outcomes.
New Entry Authorizations
The UK's ETA (2024) and New Zealand's NZeTA join the US ESTA in creating pre-arrival fee systems for visa-waiver nationalities. The EU's ETIAS launches in 2025 — €7 for 3 years, covering 30 Schengen countries. These are not visas, but they cost money and must be arranged in advance.
Budget Planning Rule
Add 10–15% to your accommodation budget for tourist taxes in European cities. For adventure travel (gorilla trekking, Galápagos, Machu Picchu), the permit/entry fees can equal or exceed your flights. Always research before booking — some permits (Inca Trail, gorilla trekking) sell out months in advance.
Highest-Fee Destinations to Budget For
Bhutan: $100–200/person/day government fee — mandatory for all visits
Rwanda gorilla trekking: $1,500/person per trek (non-negotiable, all goes to conservation)
Uganda gorilla trekking: $800/person for foreign non-residents — book 6+ months ahead, permit numbers strictly limited
Galápagos Islands: $200 entry + $20 transit card on top of Ecuador visa
Masai Mara (peak season): $200/person per day, Jul–Oct Great Migration period
Amsterdam: 12.5% of the room price — about €175 on a €200/night room for 7 nights, charged per room rather than per person
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