# The Case of a Woman Who Stayed at a Five-Star Hotel in the Dolomites Has Led to a Final Ruling by Italy's Supreme Court Bottled or Tap Water: 8 Reasons to Question Which Is Healthier A conflict over ordering tap or bottled water has ended up becoming a legal case that has reached Italy's Supreme Court. Italy's Court of Cassation has ruled that restaurants and hotels in the country are not legally obligated to serve tap water to their customers, ending a battle initiated by a tourist who claimed that right during her stay at a luxury hotel in the Dolomites. The case dates back to Christmas 2019, when a woman spent a week at a five-star hotel in Corvara, in Badia, a well-known ski resort in northern Italy.