From  1st July 2011, facilities providing accommodation in Florence are obliged to apply a tourismo tax. The Municipalities that are capitals of Provinces can impose a sojourn tax to be applied in proportion to the price of accommodation, up to € 5.00 per night.

Rates are established according to the type of accommodation and services provided: for example, a 5 star hotel will apply the maximum tax (€ 5.00), whereas a hostel will apply the lowest (€ 1.00).

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The tax is established according to the type of accommodation, up to a maximum of 5 euro per person per night, for a maximum of 10 nights in a row, following the criteria listed below.

The management of the accommodation facility has to collect the tax from their customers, to whom they will give a receipt.

The tax is applied to single individuals not resident in the Municipality of Florence, for a maximum of 10 nights in a row.
The following individuals are exempt:

1. minors under the age of ten;
2. individuals escorting in-patients hospitalized in health institutes in the area (one escort per patient);
3. parents, or escorts, assisting minors under the age of eighteen hospitalized in health institutes in the area (max. two escorts per patient);

For the exemption to be applied, it is necessary that the person in question provide the management of the accommodation facility with a certificate indicating the personal details of the escorts/parents and of the patients, together with the period of the medical services or hospitalization. The escort/parent must also declare in writing that their stay at the accommodation facility is necessary to provide health assistance to the patient.

Accommodation facilities must provide information where it can be consulted by their customers, to allow them to know the criteria for application of the tax, the amount of the sojourn tax and possible exemptions.

The tax was instituted by the Municipal Council: deliberation n° 230/33 of 20/06/2011, instituting the Sojourn Tax in the city of Florence. The regulations regarding the tax were approved.

Read the entire text in the relevant pages on the Comune di Firenze website.