What you will actually pay in Spain: Girona €0.80–€4.50 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 17 and over, Barcelona €6–€12 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 17 and over, Madrid No tourist tax. Add applicable entry fees below for the full total.
54 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 Spain charges
Girona
€0.80–€4.50 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 17 and over
EUR 0.80–4.50 per person per night by accommodation class: EUR 4.50 for 5-star and luxury campsites, EUR 1.80 for 4-star, EUR 1.75 for a tourist-use dwelling, EUR 0.90 for other campsites and establishments, EUR 0.80 for a youth hostel. This is the Catalan regional tariff that applies everywhere OUTSIDE Barcelona city, so it is the figure for the Costa Brava generally, and it is dramatically lower than Barcelona's — a 4-star night is EUR 1.80 here against EUR 8.40 there. Capped at 7 nights per person at the same accommodation, and guests aged 16 and under pay nothing. Catalonia created a municipal surcharge from 1 October 2026, but it only exists where a council has approved an ordinance: the tax agency lists seven that have — Castelldefels, Esplugues, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat, Sabadell, Sant Cugat del Vallès and Sant Just Desvern — and Girona is not one of them. Every tariff above rises on 1 April 2027, the 5-star rate to EUR 6.
Travellers under 17 are not charged.
Read at source: Agència Tributària de Catalunya — Quota tributària, tarifes i recàrrecs municipals, tariff table for the resta de municipis de Catalunya in force 01.04.2026–31.03.2027, and the list of approved municipal surcharges (atc.gencat.cat/ca/tributs/ieet/quota-tributaria), under Llei 2/2026 · checked 2026-10-09
Barcelona
€6–€12 per person per night, by hotel class, ages 17 and over
EUR 6–12 per person per night by accommodation class, including the EUR 5 Barcelona city surcharge: EUR 12 for 5-star and luxury, EUR 9.50 for tourist apartments, EUR 8.40 for 4-star, EUR 7 for other hotels and campsites, EUR 6 for youth hostels. Capped at 7 nights per stay, so a 4-star guest pays at most EUR 58.80. Guests aged 16 and under are exempt. The city surcharge rises to EUR 6 on 1 April 2027 and EUR 7 on 1 April 2028, so a 5-star night reaches EUR 14. Re-checked against the tax agency's tariff table on 2026-10-09: the general tariff and the city surcharge are listed separately there (for example 5-star EUR 7.00 + EUR 5.00), and they add up to the figures shown here.
Travellers under 17 are not charged.
Read at source: Agència Tributària de Catalunya — IEET quota tributària, base imposable i exempcions (atc.gencat.cat) · checked 2026-10-02
Madrid
No tourist tax
No tourist tax in Madrid. A Spanish city cannot levy one on its own — it needs an enabling law from its region — and the Comunidad de Madrid has never passed one, with both the regional government and the city council publicly opposed. That is the difference between Madrid and Barcelona, where Catalonia’s regional levy is what lets the city add its surcharge. Spanish VAT of 10% applies to accommodation as to any purchase and is already inside the price, so it is not a tourist tax.
Read at source: Madrid levies no tourist tax: the Comunidad de Madrid has passed no enabling law, so the city legally cannot. Confirmed across 2026 Spanish coverage and the region’s stated refusal · 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)