Tourist Tax in Portugal: City-by-City Rates for 2026

Most Portuguese cities, and many smaller towns, add a tourist tax for every night you spend in a hotel, guesthouse, hostel or holiday rental. It’s small, but it usually isn’t in the room price. Here are the 2026 rates, who doesn’t pay and how you pay it.

Quick answer: Lisbon and Cascais charge €4 per person per night, Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia €3, Sintra €2 and most other places €1 to €2. Lisbon and Porto charge from age 13, for up to seven nights. You normally pay at check-in or check-out, on top of the room price.

What is the taxa municipal turística?

The taxa municipal turística (municipal tourist tax, often shown as “city tax”) is set by each câmara municipal (town council), not by the government. That’s why the rate, the age limit and the number of nights change from one council to the next. It’s charged per person, per night, in hotels, guesthouses, hostels and alojamento local holiday rentals, and in some towns at campsites too. It usually applies to Portuguese guests as well, and there’s no VAT on it.

Lisbon has charged it since 2016. By mid-2025 at least 42 of Portugal’s 308 councils had one, and more have joined since. It’s one of the things to know before visiting Portugal.

Tourist tax rates in 2026

Rates are per person per night, as of October 2026. “Check locally” means we couldn’t confirm that detail for 2026.

Place	Rate	Max nights	Who pays
Lisbon	€4	7	13 and over
Porto	€3 (review under way)	7	13 and over
Vila Nova de Gaia	€3 (since 21 Aug 2026)	Check locally	Check locally
Cascais	€4	7	Check locally
Sintra	€2	3	13 and over
Oeiras	€1 (check locally)	Check locally	Check locally
Coimbra	€1 (€2 approved)	3	16 and over
Évora	€1.50	3	Over 16
Óbidos	€1	Check locally	Over 13
Nazaré	€1 (since 1 Sep 2026)	5	Ages 12 to 65
Braga and Guimarães	About €1.50 (check locally)	Check locally	Check locally
Faro	€2 Mar–Oct, €1 Nov–Feb	Check locally	16 and over
Albufeira	€2 Apr–Oct only	7	13 and over
Portimão	€2 Apr–Oct, €1 Nov–Mar	7	13 and over
Loulé (Vilamoura, Quarteira, Quinta do Lago)	€2 Apr–Oct, €1 Nov–Mar	5	16 and over
Lagoa (Carvoeiro) and Olhão	€2 in high season, about €1 in winter (check locally)	Check locally	Check locally
Lagos and Tavira	No tax at our last check	–	–
Funchal (Madeira)	€2 (€4 planned from Jan 2027)	7	13 and over
Most other Madeira councils	€2	7	Check locally
São Miguel (Azores), including Ponta Delgada	€2	3	Check locally

The Azores parliament rejected a region-wide tax in 2025, so on other islands ask your host. Many smaller mainland towns charge €1 to €2 too.

Night caps and seasonal rules

• Night caps: you stop paying once you reach the cap for one continuous stay: seven nights in Lisbon, Porto, Cascais, Albufeira and Funchal, five in Loulé and Nazaré, and only three in Sintra, Coimbra, Évora and on São Miguel. Move to another town and its own rules apply.
• Algarve seasons: most Algarve councils charge €2 from April to October and €1 from November to March. Faro’s higher rate starts in March.
• Albufeira: it only charges from 1 April to 31 October, so winter stays are tax-free. Its rules are being revised in 2026, so check.
• Cities: Lisbon, Porto, Sintra and Cascais charge the same rate all year.

Who doesn’t pay

• Children: under-13s are free in Lisbon, Porto, Sintra and Funchal (Porto and Funchal say “12 and under”). In Faro, Loulé and Coimbra you only pay from 16, and in Évora from over 16. In Nazaré, under-12s and over-65s are free.
• Medical stays: guests in town for medical treatment are exempt in Lisbon, Porto, Sintra, Portimão, Faro and Évora, usually with one companion (two in Porto). You need proof of the appointment.
• Disability: Porto, Funchal, Portimão and Nazaré exempt guests with a disability of 60% or more. Bring proof; Funchal accepts the European Disability Card.
• Other cases: Porto doesn’t charge pilgrims for their first night in a pilgrim hostel, Funchal exempts Madeira residents, and Lisbon exempts students starting university in the city (for up to 60 days).

How you pay

Your accommodation collects the tax, usually at check-in or check-out, and passes it on to the council. It should appear as its own line on your invoice, as “taxa municipal turística” or “city tax”.

• Hotels and guesthouses: most add it to your final bill. At a small rental, ask whether the host takes card. See money in Portugal.
• Booking sites: on Booking.com and similar sites, the price breakdown usually lists the city tax as payable at the property, not in the price you pay online.
• Airbnb: in Lisbon, Airbnb has collected the tax for hosts since 2016, so it’s already in your total. Elsewhere, read the listing, as the host may ask for it separately.

Cruise passenger taxes

Lisbon charges cruise passengers over 13 a €2 arrival tax when their ship calls at the city’s terminals, and Funchal has charged €2 per cruise passenger since January 2025. Ask your cruise line whether it’s already in your port charges. See our guide to the Lisbon cruise port.

Why the tax exists

Councils say visitors add to the cost of street cleaning, rubbish collection, water, roads and culture, and the money goes back into these and into tourism projects. Coimbra worked out that each overnight visitor costs it about €3.49. Porto raised €32.3 million from the tax in 2025, and its mayor has linked a possible rise to free public transport for residents.

Example: a couple in Lisbon

• 5 nights in Lisbon: 2 people × 5 nights × €4 = €40.
• 10 nights in Lisbon: only seven nights count, so 2 × 7 × €4 = €56.
• A family of four in Porto for 4 nights, with children aged 10 and 14: three people pay, so 3 × 4 × €3 = €36.

Add it to your budget: see Portugal on a budget.

Changes coming

• Funchal: the council unanimously approved doubling the rate to €4 on 1 October 2026. After a 30-day public consultation, it aims to charge the new rate from January 2027.
• Porto: at the end of September 2026 the council voted to start revising the tax. No new rate has been set, but the mayor has spoken of matching Lisbon’s €4.
• Coimbra: the council approved a rise from €1 to €2 in July 2026; no start date yet.
• New taxes: Tomar has approved €2 (pilgrims exempt) and Aveiro has proposed €3, both without confirmed start dates.

For other new rules this year, see what’s changed in Portugal for 2026.

FAQ

Is the tourist tax included in the hotel price?

Usually not. Most booking sites show it separately as a city tax that you pay at the hotel. In Lisbon, Airbnb collects it as part of your booking.

Do children pay the tourist tax in Portugal?

Young children don’t. In Lisbon, Porto, Sintra and Funchal you pay from age 13, and in Faro, Loulé and Coimbra from 16. The rules differ by council, so check yours.

How much is the Lisbon tourist tax in 2026?

€4 per person per night for guests aged 13 and over, for up to seven nights in a row. The most one person pays for a stay is €28.

Is there a tourist tax in the Algarve?

In many towns, yes. Albufeira, Portimão, Loulé and Faro charge €1 to €2 depending on the season, while Lagos and Tavira had no tax at our last check.

More: how much a trip to Portugal costs and where to stay in the Algarve.

See also: where to stay in Lisbon, where to stay in Porto and Madeira on a budget.

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