Florence : Tourism Tax
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).
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:
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.
Venice, July 7, 2011
Dear Partners,
We are writing to inform you that as of August 23, 2011 a new hotel tax, imposed by the City of Venice, will be added to each guest bill at checkout.
This new regulation, approved by the municipality of Venice, mandates the application of this tax per customer per overnight stay in all accommodation facilities in Venice listed in the regional laws of tourism, with the exception of hostels.
The tax, as it affects, is calculated as follows:
- 1 Euros for each Hotel's Stars and per person for a maximum of 5 consecutive overnight stays,
- the regulation allows a 50% reduction of the tax for overnight stays during the months not considered high season.
The regulation will exempt the following:
- any citizen of Venice (i.e. listed as resident at the registry office of the city of Venice).
- children under 10 years of age,
- anyone staying in hostels or in facilities belonging to the city administration (*),
- patients, and those assisting them, staying in health care facilities in Venice - valid for only one helper (*),
- both parents assisting their children (*),
- bus drivers and travel couriers with tourists groups on package holidays. The exemption is applied to each bus driver and courier for every 25 participants, - welfare services' volunteers who offer their help in Venice during events and demonstrations organized by the municipality of Venice, provincial or regional administrations, or for environmental emergencies,
- members of state and local police forces, and members of the national fire department staying in Venice for service reasons.
(*) In these cases the appropriate documentation from the health care facilities should be presented at the hotels.
Please consider that facilities it is possible to take advantage of the following tax reduction that can be accumulated:
- a 50% reduction for children from 10 through 16 years of age,
- a 50% reduction during the low season months,
For this purpose we consider high season,
- the period between the 1st of January and the first Sunday after January 6th;
- the period during the Venetian Carnival festival,
- the period from the Wednesday before Easter through the following Tuesday,
- the period from April 1st to October 31st ,
- the period from December 23rd to December 31st .
Thank you for your attention and we look forward to a continued profitable collaboration in the future.
THE VENICE BIENNALE IN 2011
DANCE 17th January > 15th May 2011
From 17th January to 15th May 2011, the third edition of the Arsenale della Danza, the training center in contemporary dance directed by Ismael Ivo and divided into a series of master classes.
EDUCATIONAL The Garden of Flying Countries 26th February > 8th March 2011
From 26th February to 8th March 2011, the second edition of the Kids' Carnival featuring a special program of creative initiatives.
ART Illuminations 4th June > 27th November 2011
The next International Art Exhibition will run 4th June through 27th November 2011, directed by Bice Curiger.
CINEMA 31st August > 10th September 2011
The festival runs 31st August to 10th September 2011.
MUSIC 24th September > 1st October 2011
The festival runs 24th September to 1st October 2011.
THEATRE 10th > 16th October 2011
The new edition of the International Theatre Festival, directed by Àlex Rigola, will run 10th through 16th October 2011.
26/11/2010 - Informative letter for tourist operators
OVERNIGHT ACCOMODATION TAX IN ROME
On 28th July 2010 Rome City Council gave its approval, in accordance with Article 14, Paragraph 16, Letter e), of the Decree Law No.78 dated 2010, as converted by Law No. 122 dated 2010, to the introduction of an overnight accommodation tax on tourist services in the city (Municipal Council Resolution No. 67 dated 28th/29th July 2010).
The fee, which is intended to financially assist the city's efforts in organizing urban services, is aimed at ensuring the standard of the tourists' stay is both highly efficient and of the best quality.
The fee is set to be applied as of 1st January 2011 and will be asked of anyone staying in every overnight accommodation inside Rome's boundaries, with the sole of exception of hostels, at the end of each stay.
Please note that the fee is also asked of anyone who has booked or paid for the trip through a travel agency or tour operator and therefore pays by presenting a voucher at the reception desk. In the same way, as the grounds for the tax are not the general services provided by, for example, a hotel, but for overnight accommodation in the city, the fee is asked of anyone even where agreements stipulate exemption from payment of hotel bills (for example: group guides, CITI tourist coach drivers, etc.)
Children under the age of two years are on the other hand exempt from payment.
Details of Fee:
Camp sites 2 Euros per person per night max 10 days
Farm Inns 2 Euros per person per night max 10 days
B&B 2 Euros per person per night max 10 days
Rented Rooms 2 Euros per person per night max 10 days
Holiday Homes 2 Euros per person per night max 10 days
Holiday Apartments 2 Euros per person per night max 10 days
1, 2, 3-Star Hotels 2 Euros per person per night max 10 days
4, 5-Star Hotels 3 Euros per person per night max 10 days
Nota Bene: Given approval of the regulations by the City Council has not yet been finalised, the abovementioned information may still be subjected to minor changes.
The addressees are consequently kindly requested to inform potential tourists and tourist operators about the introduction of the new fee.
Thanking you in advance for all your help
Head of the Tourist Department
17/11/2010 Ca' Sagredo Venezia
Dear Sirs,
we are proud to announce that Ca’ Sagredo Hotel is the winner of a very prestigious prize: read the press release...
Press Release:
9TH November 2010, London; Condé Nast Johansens Annual Awards of Excellence
Winners were announced at the Annual Awards Dinner held at The Mayfair Hotel, Stratton Street, London W1, on Monday 8th November 2010.
The Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence are made annually to those luxury and independent properties worldwide that represent the finest standards in service, quality and management.
2011 Award for ‘Most Excellent Hotel’ was assigned to Ca’ Sagredo Hotel (Venice): “Rich and opulent, yet not too ostentatious. Enjoy views over the Grand Canal, and venture out with a private tour organised by the hotel.”
Ca’ Sagredo is proud to share with you this prestigious prize!
12/12/2008 - Permanent Closure of Carnival The Show
We inform for the "permanent closure" of the Carnival Show at the Teatro San Gallo, Venice.
03/12/2008 -Festival Cinema
The next 66th Venice International Film Festival, organised by the Venice Biennale, will run from 2nd to 12th September 2009.
2010 - Holiday and feats in Venice
- Carnival
According to the most reliable tradition, the term Carnevale comes from the latin “carnem levare” (give up meat), referring to medieval tradition of celebrating a feast on the night before Ash Wednesday following a long period of amusement, before Lent. The first traces of Carnival date back to the XII century. However, it is only from the mid 1400 to the end of 1500 that the celebrations began to be officially regulated. Every Venetian, from the most humbles to the Doge and the authorities attended the wealth of shows: fireworks, human pyramids, challenges between Castellani (inhabitants of Sestiere Castello, San Marco and Dorsoduro) and Nicolotti (Sestiere San Polo, Santa Croce and Cannaregio), the Ballo della Moresca, staging the fight between Christians and Moorish and the bull’s head cut in the court of Palazzo Ducale. One of these “games” survives to date: the “dove’s flight”. Originally, it was the attempt made by a Turkish prisoner to walk on a rope, from the campanile to the gallery of Palazzo Ducale, in order to hand over a present to the Doge and be granted pardon. With time, this bloody practice was replaced initially by a bridled “angel” and then by a dove, symbol of renewed peace. Official Carnival ended in 1797, after the Campoformido Treaty, when France ceded Venice to Austria, which banned many traditions. Slowly, all sumptuous feasts disappeared and after Venice’s annexation to the Kingdom of Italy no clear historical traces are recorded.
Starting from the 1970s, the Venice Carnival acquired again its importance as a cultural event famous all over the world. Today, the institutions in cooperation with other bodies, promote the carnival events and happenings that take place in the ten days before Ash Wednesday.
- Redentore
The third Sunday of July, Venice celebrates one of the most felt festivities: Redentore, in memory of a terrible plague that between 1555 and 1577 scourged the Serenissima, killing nearly one third of its population (over 50,000 people). At the time, plagues were considered a sort of divine punishment. On September 21, 1576, the Venetian Senate approved Doge Alvise Mocenigo proposal to make a solemn vow and build a Temple to invoke the city’s salvation. The Cristo Redentore Church, planned by Andrea Palladio, was built on the Giudecca island. The first stone was laid on May 3, 1577. The third Sunday of July of the same year, Doge Sebastiano Venier finally declared the Serenissima free from infection. A wooden church was temporarily built to celebrate the end of the plague. A pontoon bridge was connected Giudecca to the main island and allowed the passage of the procession led by the Doge. Redentore Church was finished and consecrated in 1592. The celebrations start on Saturday night with the fascinating fireworks in Bacino San Marco. The entire lagoon, between Venice and Lido, is crowded with boats dressed with decorations and lights, loaded with both Venetians and tourists who celebrate eating typical Venetian dishes and singing. On Sunday, in addition to the various events, scattered across the campi, you can attend the procession and solemn Mass headed by the Patriarch and the Regata delle Gondole to close the celebrations.
- Regata Storica
Of the over 120 yearly regattas, Regata Storica – on the first Sunday of September – is the most spectacular. Initiated as a recollection of the welcoming granted in 1489 to Caterina Cornaro, the King of Cyprus’ wife, who gave up the throne in favour of Venice. Regata Storica is an important venue that gathers and unites citizens and thrills tourists. All together, thronged along the Grand Canal and the Bacino San Marco, they watch the boats and support enthusiastically the oar’s champions.
The Regata day, after the characteristic procession of XVI century boats headed by the magnificent Doge’s Bucintoro, various races on peculiar boats take place: Gondolini (with two male rowers, lighter and faster than gondolas, were created in 1825 and used exclusively for Regata Storica), Caorline (with six rowers, once used for work purposes, male crew), Mascarete (similar to Sandalo, with two rowers, six-metres long, female crew), and finally Pupparini (for private purposes at the times of Serenissima, very young crew).
Moreover, Regata Storica represents a good means to safeguard and spread the voga alla veneta tradition as well as a privileged vehicle to protect the environment and learn the city’s marine traditions.
- Santa Maria della Salute
In 1630 Venice was struck by the last outbreak of plague and Venetians took a vow to the Virgin to be set free from the epidemic. In 1631, after the end of the plague, Serenissima honoured its vow by entrusting to Baldassare Longhena the planning of a temple near the custom’s house. Dedicated to Madonna della Salute (Virgin of Health), the octagonal plant church, rich in prospect games houses in its interior the beautiful Byzantine icon: the Black Virgin. Every year, on November 21st Venetians walk on procession to the church. This celebration is still deeply felt by local people.
- The International Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is among the most important film festivals in the world. It is held every year from the end of August to the beginning of September in the fashionable setting of Lido di Venezia. It started in 1932, on the terrace of Excelsior Hotel. Since its first edition, renowned people, such as Louis Lumière – as member of the honour committee – and René Clair, as director of a film in competition, participated to this festival. Since then, the most celebrated and illustrious artists of the world cinema, have been parading in front of the historic Palazzo overlooking the sea, on Lungomare Marconi. The golden lion award, “Leone d’Oro” is considered by critics one of the most prestigious prizes, of the same weight as those of Cannes and Berlin, the other two main European film festivals.
- La Biennale
La Biennale was set up in 1895 with the aim of promoting within, the city, artistic activity and the related market. Since 1907, the construction of its buildings, near Padiglione Italia and in Sestiere Castello, was entrusted to famous engineers and architects such as Carlo Scarpa and Alvar Aalto. In 1930, the first “Festival of Contemporary Music” was held, followed, two years later in 1932, by the opening of the famous International Film Festival. In 1934, the Biennale Theatre opened. Finally, in 1948, La Biennale open its doors to contemporary art and to XX century-vanguards. La Biennale di Venezia has become a Foundation and permanent exhibition centre of cultural events among the most important in the world. By organizing and promoting international events in contemporary arts, according to a unique multi-disciplines model. In addition to the International Film Festival (once a year), the International Art Exhibition and the International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale continues the great tradition of music and theatre festivals, with the addition of the Dance Festival in the past few years. A really large audience (320,000 visitors each year) visits the various branches scattered around Giardini di Castello (visual arts and architecture), Palazzo del Cinema and Palazzo del Casinò, in Lido (cinema), Arsenale (visual arts and architecture), Teatro alle Tese and Teatro Piccolo Arsenale (dance, music, theatre).
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