US EditionNow There’s a $2 Charge to Toss Coins in the Trevi Fountain — and Tourists Are Still Ignoring the Rules
Rome's new 2-euro fee for close access to the Trevi Fountain aims to manage crowds and may generate 6.5 million euros annually for cultural site maintenance.
- On Monday, the City of Rome began charging 2 euros for close access to the Trevi Fountain to raise money and control crowds, city officials say.
- Following experiments to stagger visitors, Rome imposed the fee after a yearlong experiment to stagger visitors and limited basin access, alongside a new 5-euro tourist ticket for some city museums.
- Early tourists passing the new ticket check said the tariff made access easier, and Alessandro Onorato, Rome's assessor of tourism, noted tourists were surprised it was only 2 euros.
- Registered Roman residents are exempt and officials say extra revenue will expand free access to city‑run museums, with the fee payable online for prime‑time close access while views from the piazza above remain free.
- Compared with bigger ticket hikes abroad, Rome's fee is modest, as the Trevi Fountain's fame and coin‑toss legend help explain the demand for close access.
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Now there’s a $2 charge to toss coins in the Trevi Fountain — and tourists are still ignoring the rules
In the latest effort to tackle overtourism, Rome has installed turnstiles and imposed ticketing to see the Trevi Fountain, the hugely popular landmark immortalized in the classic movie “La Dolce Vita.”
Tourists will now have to pay an entrance fee to visit the world-famous Trevi Fountain in Rome. Access to the fenced-off area directly next to the 18th-century landmark in Italy now costs two euros, with the exception of city residents, who are exempt from the entrance fee, German news agency dpa reports.
The visit to the Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most famous landmarks, is now no longer free of charge: since Monday, tourists have to pay two euros if they want to see the famous basin in close proximity. The new regulation creates resentment and heated discussions in the Italian capital about the commercialization of historical sites. Every year, around three million people flock to the Trevi Fountain to throw coins over their shoulders – a sup…
Trevi Fountain fee goes into effect as Rome seeks to manage tourist fl
ROME (AP) — Tourists hoping to get close to the Trevi Fountain had to pay 2 euros ($2.35) starting Monday as the city of Rome inaugurated a new fee structure to help raise money and control crowds at the one of the world’s most celebrated waterworks . The first tourists to pass through the new ticket check seemed nonplussed by the tariff, noting it was a small price to pay for quality access to a fountain made famous by Federico Fellini’s movie …
The Trevi Fountain, in Rome, began Monday to collect access to tourists becoming the most recent famous monument that seeks to raise funds and combat the excess of visitors.
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