Rome city officials are considering a 2-euro fee to access Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain.
Seemingly every tourist in Rome knows the key to returning to the Eternal City is to toss a coin into theand make a wish. The result: Hoards of visitors packing the Baroque monument any given day, taking selfies and betting on a return trip.
“Two euros is more or less the same amount that people toss into the fountain to make a wish,’’ Onorato told The Associated Press Friday. “We have to avoid, especially in a fragile art city like Rome, that too many tourists damage the tourist experience, and damage the city,’’ Onorato said. “We need to safeguard two things, that tourists don’t experience chaos and that citizens can continue to live in the center.”
Passersby in the piazza overlooking the fountain will not have to pay. The fee would be charged only to those entering the nine stone steps leading up to the fountain's edge. It would be free to Romans.
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