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Summer Accommodation Prices in Italy Reach 'Crazy' Levels, Consumer Group Reports

From ANSA · () Italian

Translated from Italian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A consumer association, Codacons, reports exorbitant summer accommodation prices in Italy for 2026, with some options reaching hundreds of thousands of euros.
  • Examples include a Florence apartment for nearly 300,000 euros and a Salento tent for over 238,000 euros.
  • The association also noted extremely low-cost options exist, contrasting sharply with the reported luxury prices.

The consumer association Codacons has sounded the alarm over what it describes as "crazy" summer prices for accommodation in Italy in 2026. Their investigation, analyzing offers from major online booking platforms and airlines, reveals astonishingly high costs for stays, particularly in popular tourist destinations.

For instance, a couple looking for accommodation in Florence between August 14 and 21 could face a bill of up to 297,714 euros for an apartment in the historic center. Codacons notes that booking a stay can cost as much as purchasing a medium-sized apartment. Following Florence, the Salento region appears second on the list, with a tent in Ceglie Messapica priced at 238,000 euros, advertised as having a private bathroom.

Booking a structure can cost as much as purchasing a medium-sized apartment and the plane ticket, to fly to exotic destinations, even exceeds the average prices of a utility car.

— CodaconsDescribing the extreme cost of summer accommodations.

Rome also features high prices, with an apartment in Trastevere costing 196,134 euros for a two-week period. Even mountain resorts are not immune, with an accommodation in Ponte di Legno priced at 166,400 euros for the central week of August. These figures are described as anomalies by the association.

However, Codacons also highlighted that significantly cheaper options are available. Segrate, near Milan, offers an apartment for just 149 euros, while similar accommodations in Catania cost 203 euros. The report also touches on airfare to exotic destinations, with round-trip tickets to Vanuatu from Rome reaching over 21,000 euros per passenger.

Crazy prices

— CodaconsDescribing the reported summer accommodation costs.
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Originally published by ANSA in Italian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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