MILAN: Italian hotels can refuse to serve their guests tap water, Italy’s highest court ruled in response to a tourist’s complaint against a luxury hotel in a ski resort in the Dolomites. The tourist sued the five-star Hotel Sassongher in Corvara, where she stayed for the 2020 New Year holidays, after it refused to give her tap water during meals, offering instead mineral water at €7 ($8.15) per bottle. She sought more than €2,700 in damages.
Hotels can refuse to serve tap water, Italy’s top court rules
The tourist sued the five-star Hotel Sassongher in Corvara, where she stayed for the 2020 New Year holidays
Court of Cassation said Italian law did not oblige bars or restaurants to serve tap water to customers
May 27, 2026 18:28
MILAN: Italian hotels can refuse to serve their guests tap water, Italy’s highest court ruled in response to a tourist’s complaint against a luxury hotel in a ski resort in the Dolomites.
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A five-star hotel in Italy that repeatedly refused to serve a guest tap water at its restaurant did not break any laws, a court…
A five-star hotel in Italy that repeatedly refused to serve a guest tap water at its restaurant did not break any laws, the…
Woman argued water was a ‘universal human right’ but court found no law in Italy obliged hoteliers to serve it from taps
The woman argued she was owed compensation after she was only offered £6 bottled water
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Almeno in Italia, dove la Cassazione ha respinto il ricorso di una turista a cui era stata negata: in altri paesi non è così
