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The highest tourist taxes in Europe

Every European place we have researched, ranked by what the tax adds to a night: one night, two adults sharing a 4-star hotel room, shown per adult, on the dearest night in the next 12 months; a tax charged as a share of the room price is worked out on a €200 room. Worked out by our calculator from each authority's own rules, so the order changes when a rate does.

Euro countries, highest first

#PlacePer adult, per nightHow it's chargedDearest nightsChecked
1AmsterdamNetherlands€16.0016% of the room price; announced rate, from 1 Jan 2027from 1 Jan 202720 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
2MilanItaly€10.004-star rateall year22 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
3BarcelonaSpain€9.40announced rate, from 1 Apr 2027from 1 Apr 202720 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
4ParisFrance€8.454-star rateall year20 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
5ViennaAustria€8.008% of the room price; announced rate, from 1 Jul 2027from 1 Jul 202722 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
6BerlinGermany€7.507.5% of the room priceall year22 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
7RomeItaly€7.504-star rateall year20 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
8CataloniaSpain€1.80 to €7.00depends on the town or areaall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
9FlorenceItaly€7.004-star rateall year22 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
10BolognaItaly€6.504-star rateall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
11RotterdamNetherlands€6.506.5% of the room priceall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
12NaplesItaly€6.004-star rateall year22 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
13Greece€5.50includes 0.5% of the room pricenow to 31 Oct 2026; from 1 Apr 202720 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
14ComoItaly€5.004-star rateall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
15FiumicinoItaly€4.904-star rateall year20 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
16VeniceItaly€3.10 to €4.50depends on the town or areanow to 31 Dec 2026; from 1 Feb 202720 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
17CascaisPortugal€4.00same for every type of stayall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
18LisbonPortugal€4.00same for every type of stayall year20 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
19MadeiraPortugal€4.00same for every type of stay; announced rate, from 1 Jan 2027from 1 Jan 202720 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
20PositanoItaly€4.004-star ratenow to 31 Oct 2026; from 1 Apr 202724 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
21TaorminaItaly€4.004-star rateall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
22BordeauxFrance€3.744-star rateall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
23NiceFrance€3.484-star rateall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
24Balearic IslandsSpain€3.004-star ratenow to 31 Oct 2026; from 1 May 202720 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
25PortoPortugal€3.00same for every type of stayall year20 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
26LyonFrance€2.864-star rateall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
27Croatia€2.654-star rate1 Apr 2027 to 30 Sep 202722 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
28BrusselsBelgium€2.504-star rateall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
29AlgarvePortugal€2.004-star ratenow to 31 Oct 2026; from 1 Mar 202720 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
30Santiago de CompostelaSpain€2.004-star rateall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
31SintraPortugal€2.00same for every type of stayall year24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗

The €200 room is an example that puts percentage taxes on the same scale, not a price. Where a place has no star-rated tariff, its one rate is used. A range means it depends on the town.

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Outside the euro

In each country's own currency, not converted.

PlacePer adult, per nightChecked
BudapestHungary4% of the room price24 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
EdinburghUnited Kingdom5% of the room price20 Oct 2026Hotels ↗
PragueCzechia50 CZK22 Oct 2026Hotels ↗

No tourist tax

Canary Islands (none, except Mogán: €0.15 per adult per night), Copenhagen (no tourist tax charged), Dublin (no tourist tax charged), Kraków (none, except Uzdrowisko Swoszowice: 1.60 PLN per adult per night), Madrid (no tourist tax charged), Málaga (no tourist tax charged), Seville (no tourist tax charged), Valencia (no tourist tax charged)

Questions

Which European city has the highest tourist tax?

Of the 42 European places we have researched, Amsterdam charges the most for a night in a 4-star hotel: €16.00 per adult (one night, two adults sharing a 4-star hotel room, shown per adult, on the dearest night in the next 12 months; a tax charged as a share of the room price is worked out on a €200 room). Next: Milan €10.00, Barcelona €9.40, Paris €8.45.

Which European cities have no tourist tax?

Of the places we have researched: Canary Islands, Copenhagen, Dublin, Kraków, Madrid, Málaga, Seville, Valencia. Each place's page gives the official source and the date we checked it.

Your own stay: the calculator works it out for your dates, guests and type of stay. Who collects it: paying the tourist tax. The US: the highest hotel taxes in the US.