Tourist tax in Portugal (2026)Lisbon, Porto, Sintra, Cascais, the Algarve, Madeira and the Azores

Rates checked on 10 October 2026. Portugal’s tourist tax is set by each town council, and several changed in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Every figure below names its source and date. Your hotel or host charges it, so the final word is on your booking or invoice.

The short answer

Portugal has no national tourist tax. Each council (câmara municipal) decides whether to charge a taxa municipal turística, and a bank’s June 2026 overview counts about 46 municipalities that do, at €0.50 to €4 per person per night [30]. The big ones for visitors, as of 10 October 2026:

• Lisbon €4 and Cascais €4 per night, the highest we found [1][10].
• Porto €3, and Vila Nova de Gaia €3 since 21 August 2026 [3][5].
• Sintra, Funchal, Ponta do Sol and Ponta Delgada €2; Sintra and Ponta Delgada charge only the first 3 nights [9][25][27][29].
• Algarve: mostly €2 in the high season and €1 in the low season (Faro, Loulé, Portimão, Lagoa, Olhão); Albufeira €2 from April to October only; no tax we could find in Lagos or Tavira [15][16][18][19][20][21][22][23][24].

Every council caps the number of taxed nights (3 to 7), so on a long stay you pay only for the first week at most. Children are exempt everywhere we checked, but the age limit is either under 13 or under 16 depending on the town.

At a glance (as of 10 October 2026)

Rates are per person per night. “Pays from” is the age at which the tax starts.

Town (municipality)	Rate	Pays from	Max nights taxed	In force	Source
Lisbon	€4	13	7	1 Sep 2024	[1][2]
Cascais	€4	13	7	2 Jan 2025	[10][11]
Sintra	€2	13	3	29 Mar 2023	[9]
Mafra (Ericeira)	€2.50 May to Oct, €1.20 Nov to Apr	13	7	1 Jan 2026 (rates)	[12][13]
Óbidos	€1	13	5	1 Jan 2022	[14]
Porto	€3	13	7	1 Dec 2024	[3][4]
Vila Nova de Gaia	€3	16	7	21 Aug 2026	[5][6]
Braga	€1.50, March to October only	16	4	not checked	[7][8]
Faro	€2 Mar to Oct, €1 Nov to Feb	16	7	1 Nov 2024	[15]
Albufeira	€2, April to October only	13	7	21 May 2024	[16][17]
Loulé (Quarteira, Vilamoura)	€2 Apr to Oct, €1 Nov to Mar	16	5	1 Nov 2024	[18]
Portimão (Praia da Rocha, Alvor)	€2 Apr to Oct, €1 Nov to Mar	13	7	14 Mar 2024	[19]
Lagoa (Carvoeiro, Ferragudo)	€2 Apr to Oct, €1 Nov to Mar	13	7	13 Apr 2024	[20]
Olhão	€2 Apr to Oct, €1 Nov to Mar	16	5	19 Jun 2023	[21]
Lagos, Tavira	none found				[22][23][24]
Funchal (Madeira)	€2	13	7	1 Oct 2024	[25][26]
Ponta do Sol (Madeira)	€2	13	7	1 Sep 2024	[27]
Ponta Delgada (Azores)	€2 (€1 in nature-classified lodging)	13	3	listed in the 2026 fee table; start date not checked	[29]

“Pays from 13” means children aged 12 and under are exempt; “pays from 16” means under-16s are exempt. Mafra’s regulation says “over 12” [13]; Funchal exempts children “aged 12 or under” [25].

Lisbon and around

Lisbon charges €4 per guest per night from age 13, for at most 7 nights per stay, so no more than €28 per person [1][2]. The rate rose to €4 for stays from 1 September 2024 [2]. It applies in hotels, pousadas, tourist apartments, licensed holiday lets (alojamento local, including hostels) and hotel boats [1]. Cruise passengers over 13 who disembark in Lisbon pay a separate arrival tax; the council page does not state its amount [1].

Lisbon exempts guests staying for medical treatment (plus one extra night and a companion), people housed by public bodies in an emergency, and students and research fellows starting higher education in the city, for up to 60 days [1]. Airbnb has collected the tax for Lisbon holiday lets since May 2016 under an agreement with the council [1].

Cascais raised its tax from €2 to €4 per night, capped at 7 nights, by an amendment published on 16 December 2024 that entered into force on the first working day of the following month, 2 January 2025 [10][11]. Under-13s are exempt, the birthday itself excluded [11].

Sintra charges €2 per night since 29 March 2023, from age 13, but only for the first 3 consecutive nights. If you leave and come back, the count restarts: the council’s own example is 5 nights, a 2-night break and 5 more nights, which costs €6 [9].

Mafra, the municipality that includes Ericeira, charges €2.50 per night from 1 May to 31 October and €1.20 from 1 November to 30 April, rates in effect from 1 January 2026 [12]. Its regulation taxes guests over 12, for up to 7 nights [13].

Óbidos charges €1 per night, from age 13, for up to 5 consecutive nights in the same establishment, since 1 January 2022 [14].

Porto and the north

Porto charges €3 per night under the regulation in force since 1 December 2024, up to 7 consecutive nights (€21) [3][4]. Children aged 12 and under are exempt, as are guests staying for medical treatment (with up to two companions), people with a disability of 60% or more (with up to two companions), and pilgrims on the first night in a pilgrims’ hostel [3].

Vila Nova de Gaia, across the Douro (port wine cellars, many hotels with river views), calls it a taxa de cidade. It rose from €2.50 to €3 per night for stays from 21 August 2026 [5]. According to the regulation quoted by Público, it applies from age 16, for up to 7 consecutive nights [6]. If you are comparing a Porto hotel with one in Gaia, the tax is now the same per adult; Gaia is cheaper for teenagers aged 13 to 15.

Braga charges €1.50 per night, only from March to October, for up to 4 consecutive nights [8]. A 2020 council notice says it applies from age 16 [7]; we did not find a newer statement of the age rule.

The Algarve

The Algarve’s councils agreed a common model in their association (AMAL), so most charge €2 in the high season and €1 in the low season, but the season dates, age limits and night caps still differ [15][18]:

• Faro: €2 from 1 March to 31 October, €1 from 1 November to the end of February, from age 16, up to 7 nights, since 1 November 2024. Residents of Faro and University of the Algarve students are exempt [15].
• Albufeira: €2 from April to October only, nothing from November to March, from age 13, up to 7 consecutive nights, since 21 May 2024 [16][17]. The council said in March 2026 that a revision of the regulation is under way [16].
• Loulé (Quarteira, Vilamoura, Almancil): €2 from April to October, €1 from November to March, from age 16, up to 5 nights, since 1 November 2024 [18].
• Portimão (Praia da Rocha, Alvor): €2 from April to October, €1 from November to March, from age 13, up to 7 nights, since 14 March 2024 [19].
• Lagoa (Carvoeiro, Ferragudo): €2 from April to October, €1 from November to March, from age 13, up to 7 nights, since 13 April 2024 [20].
• Olhão: €2 from April to October, €1 from November to March, from age 16, up to 5 nights, in force since June 2023 (the leaflet gives 19 June in Portuguese and 1 June in English) [21].
• Lagos and Tavira: as of 10 October 2026 we found no tourist tax in force. Lagos began drafting a regulation in 2019 [22], but a host-software guide updated on 3 July 2026 says no regulation was ever published [23]; the same company found no Tavira regulation on 10 August 2026 [24]. Some websites list both towns with a tax; we could not confirm that on either council’s site. Check your booking.

For the coast’s other costs (tolls, car hire, child seats) see car hire in the Algarve.

Madeira and the Azores

Funchal has charged €2 per night since 1 October 2024, for up to 7 consecutive nights (€14) [25][26]. Exempt: children aged 12 or under, people with a disability of 60% or more, and residents of Madeira [25]. If a child turns 13 during the stay, the tax applies only to the remaining nights, and only while the stay is still within its first 7 nights [25].

Ponta do Sol, on the south-west coast, also charges €2 per night, up to 7 nights, from 1 September 2024, with under-13s exempt [27]. Calheta runs its own tourist tax platform [28], and a bank’s 2026 overview lists Santa Cruz and Machico among the Madeira councils charging €2 for up to 7 nights [30]; we did not read those councils’ own rules.

In the Azores, Ponta Delgada (São Miguel) charges €2 per night, or €1 in lodging classified as being in a natural setting, for at most 3 nights, with under-13s exempt, according to its 2026 fee table [29]. The same bank overview says all São Miguel municipalities charge €2 for up to 3 nights [30]; we only checked Ponta Delgada.

Who is exempt

Exemptions are set by each council, but four come up again and again:

• Children under the age limit (13 or 16, see the table). Carry passports or ID cards; councils say age is shown with an identity document [9][25].
• Stays for medical treatment, usually with one companion (two in Porto), if you show proof of the appointment [1][3][9][15][17][19].
• People with a disability of 60% or more, with proof, in Porto, Faro, Portimão, Lagoa, Olhão and Funchal [3][15][19][20][21][25].
• Local residents in some places: Faro residents in Faro [15], Madeira residents in Funchal [25].

Students starting university can be exempt in Lisbon (first 60 days of the academic year), Faro and Lagoa [1][15][20].

How you pay it

• Your hotel or host collects it, at check-in or check-out, or it is already in the price on some booking platforms [1][9][16].
• It must appear as a separate line on the invoice, labelled as the municipal tourist tax [9][15].
• It is not subject to VAT [9][15].
• If you book through a platform that collects it (Airbnb does in Lisbon [1]; Albufeira mentions Booking [16]), you should not be asked to pay again at the door. Keep the confirmation.

Examples

Figures below use the rates above as of 10 October 2026. Check current before you book.

• Two adults and two children (10 and 14), 7 nights in Lisbon in May: the 14-year-old pays, the 10-year-old does not: 3 × 7 × €4 = €84 [1].
• The same family, 7 nights in Faro in July: under-16s are exempt: 2 × 7 × €2 = €28 [15].
• The same family, 7 nights in Albufeira in November: no tax outside April to October: €0 [17].
• A couple on a one-month stay in a Lisbon holiday let: 7-night cap: 2 × 7 × €4 = €56 [1].
• A remote worker, one month in a Funchal apartment: 7 × €2 = €14 [25].
• Two adults, 10 nights in Sintra: 3-night cap: 2 × 3 × €2 = €12 [9].

Related: paying in Portugal for cards and cash, and the Portugal digital nomad visa if you are staying longer.

Sources

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2. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa: Municipal tourist tax leaflet (EN, August 2024), accessed 10 October 2026.
3. Câmara Municipal do Porto: Taxa Municipal Turística do Porto, accessed 10 October 2026.
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11. Município de Cascais: Regulamento n.º 312/2021, 1st amendment (PDF), accessed 10 October 2026.
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13. Município de Mafra: Regulamento n.º 859-A/2018 (PDF), accessed 10 October 2026.
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15. Diário da República: Regulamento n.º 1207/2024 (Faro), accessed 10 October 2026.
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