# Venice: your address decides the bed tax

> Venice cuts the bed tax 20 percent on the Lido and the islands and 30 percent on the mainland. In the center it runs 1.00 to 5.00, capped at 5 nights.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

In Venice the bed tax depends on where you sleep: full rate in the historic center, 20 percent less on the Lido and the lagoon islands, 30 percent less on the mainland, capped at 5 consecutive nights.

## Three zones, three prices for the same room class

The historic center, the Giudecca and 4 hotel islands, San Servolo, San Clemente, Sacca Sessola and La Certosa, pay the full rate. The Lido and the lagoon islands, Murano and Burano among them, pay 20 percent less. The mainland pays 30 percent less.

One exclusion matters more than the discount: the zone reduction does not apply to tourist lets. Book an apartment in Mestre and you pay the center rate for it.

That single clause is the reason a mainland hotel and a mainland flat are not the same financial decision, and it is not printed on any booking site.

## The center scale: 1.00 at one star, 5.00 at five

In the historic center in high season the tax runs €1.00 per person per night in a one star hotel, €2.00 at two stars, €3.50 at three, €4.50 at four and €5.00 at five, for a maximum of 5 consecutive nights, under the rates in force since April 1, 2025.

Non hotel accommodation is graded in lions instead of stars: €2.00 at 2 lions, €3.00 at 3 lions, €4.00 at 4 lions and €5.00 at 5 lions for tourist flats, holiday houses and B&Bs. Campsites run €0.10 to €0.50 by star and holiday villages €0.50 to €1.50.

A 5 night cap is short. On a week in the center you pay the tax for five nights and the last two are free of it, which is the opposite of how most people assume these schemes work.

## January is the cheap month, on paper

High season runs February 1 to December 31 and low season is January alone, when base rates drop 30 percent everywhere.

Eleven months of high season is not a seasonal tariff in any ordinary sense. It is a full rate with a January exception, and it tells you what the city thinks its shoulder season looks like: it does not have one.

Stack the reductions and the arithmetic gets interesting. A January stay on the mainland carries both the 30 percent seasonal cut and the 30 percent zone cut, which is the cheapest legal combination in the table, and the municipal regulation also provides a 50 percent reduction for certain categories.

## Venice sits exactly on the national ceiling

The top rate in the historic center is €5.00 per person per night, which is precisely the ordinary ceiling set by article 4 of legislative decree 23 of March 14, 2011 for the Italian bed tax.

Cities under heavy visitor pressure may go above that ceiling, using the derogation for comuni whose tourist presences exceed twenty times the resident population, measured on ISTAT data for the previous three years. Venice would qualify on any reading of its numbers, and it has not used the derogation for its hotel scale.

The chain of sources is worth stating plainly: the tariff booklet came from the city's own tax office in its March 10, 2025 version, and the national decree was read inside a municipal act rather than on the government database. Rates for farm stays and residual categories are in a second booklet we have not opened. See [the tourist tax across Italy](/themes/tourist-tax) and [Venice](/towns/venezia).

## FAQ

### How much is the tourist tax in Venice per night?

In the historic center in high season it runs €1.00 per person per night in a one star hotel to €5.00 in a five star, with holiday flats and B&Bs from €2.00 to €5.00 by category. The cap is 5 consecutive nights and the rates date from April 1, 2025.

### Is the bed tax lower if I stay in Mestre?

Yes, 30 percent lower. The mainland gets a 30 percent reduction on the base rates, the Lido and the lagoon islands 20 percent, and the historic center pays full price. The reduction does not apply to tourist lets, wherever they are.

### When is low season for the Venice bed tax?

January, and January only. From January 1 to 31 the base rates drop 30 percent everywhere. High season is February 1 to December 31, which means eleven months of the year carry the full charge.

### How are apartments and B&Bs classified for the Venice bed tax?

By lions rather than stars. In the historic center a 2 lion tourist flat or B&B pays €2.00 per person per night, 3 lions €3.00, 4 lions €4.00 and 5 lions €5.00, so the top of that scale matches a five star hotel.

### Is the bed tax the same thing as the Venice access fee?

No. The bed tax is paid by overnight guests and has never stopped applying. The access fee was a separate charge on day visitors, and it has not been in force since July 27, 2026. Campsites pay bed tax from €0.10 and holiday villages from €0.50.

## Sources

| Fact | Source | Confidence | Valid until |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Venezia l'imposta di soggiorno e' articolata per zona, stagione, tipologia e classificazione della struttura: nel centro storico in alta stagione (1 febbraio - 31 dicembre) va da 1,00 euro a persona per notte per gli alberghi a 1 stella a 5,00 euro per gli alberghi a 5 stelle, si applica per un massimo di 5 pernottamenti consecutivi e in bassa stagione (gennaio) le tariffe base sono ridotte del 30% (tariffe valide dal 1 aprile 2025). | [Comune di Venezia - Settore Tributi](https://www.comune.venezia.it/sites/comune.venezia.it/files/documenti/Tributi/ids/TARIFFE%20IDS%20-%20STRUTTURE%20con%20classificazione%20L.R.%2011_2013_valide%20dal%2001.04.2025.pdf); [Comune di Venezia](https://www.comune.venezia.it/it/content/tariffe-ids-dal-19052020) | high | 2027-04-30 |
| Al 1 settembre 2026 il contributo di accesso a Venezia NON e' in vigore: il Comune ha dichiarato conclusa la sperimentazione 2026 e dal 27 luglio 2026 non si applica alcun pagamento ne' obbligo di esenzione; l'eventuale applicazione negli anni successivi richiede una nuova delibera comunale. | [Comune di Venezia - Contributo di accesso](https://cda.ve.it/it/) | medium | 2027-03-31 |
| L'imposta di soggiorno italiana e' istituita dall'articolo 4 del d.lgs. 14 marzo 2011 n. 23, che consente ai comuni capoluogo di provincia, alle unioni di comuni e ai comuni turistici di applicarla in modo graduale e proporzionato al prezzo, fino a un tetto ordinario di 5 euro a pernottamento, tetto elevabile per i comuni con presenze turistiche molto superiori alla popolazione residente. | [Comune di Firenze - Deliberazione di Giunta DG/2024/00535](https://servizi.comune.fi.it/sites/www.comune.fi.it/files/deliberazione_di_giunta_completa-dg_2024_00599_00535-1.pdf); [Comune di Firenze](https://servizi.comune.fi.it/servizi/imposta-di-soggiorno-informati) | medium | 2027-12-31 |

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