Tourists can be refused tap water, Italy's top court rules

Italy's highest tribunal has ruled a five-star Dolomites edifice was acting lawfully erstwhile it refused to supply pat h2o to a tourist.

The pistillate unsuccessfully argued that "water is simply a earthy assets and a cosmopolitan quality right" aft a waiter lone offered her €7 (£6) bottled mineral h2o astatine the edifice of the five-star Hotel Sassongher successful Corvara during the 2019 skis season.

The Italian Supreme Court denied her petition for €2,700 to compensate her for affectional distress and economical damage, Italian media reports.

Silvio Belardi, the lawyer representing the hotel, is quoted successful the paper Corriere Alto Adige arsenic saying the tribunal held that "there is nary work to proviso pat water".

Media reports accidental she initially filed the assertion successful a little tribunal successful Rome. They person not confirmed her individuality nor background.

She claimed her user rights were violated erstwhile unit refused her petition for pat water, saying it was a cardinal portion of the hotel's work and likened it to "finding a furniture with sheets" and "soap successful the bathroom".

Supreme Court judges dismissed her claim, ruling that Italian laws and regulations bash not mandate venues to supply pat h2o to guests and that the determination to service it is up to idiosyncratic venues.

Licensed venues crossed England and Wales are legally required to service escaped drinking h2o upon request.

The BBC has approached Hotel Sassongher for further comment.