Paris tourist tax 2026: 15.93 euro a night in a palace, 8.45 euro in a four star hotel

The 2026 tariff

Paris charges 15.93 euro per adult per night in a palace hotel and 8.45 euro in a four star hotel from 1 January 2026. The Ville de Paris tourist tax unit publishes the schedule under the heading "LES TARIFS DE LA TAXE DE SÉJOUR EN VIGUEUR À PARIS à partir du 1er janvier 2026". Each line is a municipal rate with three additions stacked on it: a departmental share of 10 percent, a regional share of 15 percent for the Société du Grand Paris and a further regional share of 200 percent for Ile de France Mobilités. For a four star hotel that is 2.60 plus 0.26 plus 0.39 plus 5.20, giving 8.45 euro. Five star works out at 11.70 euro and three star at 5.53 euro.

Unrated accommodation

Where a place has no classification or is waiting for one, the rate is 5 percent of the cost per person per night before tax, with the additional shares added, capped at 15.93 euro. The city spells out that the cost per person is the total nightly price divided by the number of travellers, minors included.

A worked example

Two adults, four nights, a four star hotel. The tax is 8.45 times 2 times 4, which is 67.60 euro on top of the room price. The same stay in a three star hotel is 44.24 euro, and in a five star hotel 93.60 euro. The 200 percent transport share alone accounts for 41.60 euro of that four star figure.

What is not obvious from the tariff sheet is how the Ile de France Mobilités share, by far the largest single component, is broken out on a hotel bill, if it is broken out at all.

Sources: Ville de Paris, tarifs de la taxe de séjour 2026 and the French government business portal.

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