Rome might introduce a €2 entry price for vacationers visiting the Trevi Fountain as early as January seventh, based on stories – although metropolis corridor confused that nothing is confirmed.
Italian media extensively reported on Monday that the price was set to be launched within the new 12 months after Rome tourism councillor Alessandro Onorato mentioned the plans intimately on Rai Radio1.
Onorato stated town was planning “separate entry lanes” for Rome residents, who will enter free, and vacationers who will have the ability to pay the price by bank card.
“If the Trevi Fountain have been in America or every other European location, they’d have made you pay 50 euros,” he informed the Un Giorno da Pecora present, saying €2 was “the minimal” they might ask for entry to one of many world’s most well-known monuments.
But metropolis corridor sources later informed Ansa that this was “solely a working speculation,” stressing that no dates had been determined.
A gathering is predicted between Thursday and Friday to finalise particulars, Roma Today reported, adopted by a press convention earlier than Christmas.
The proposal has lengthy been underneath dialogue, with tourism officers repeatedly floating the concept of limiting entry to the monument.
It goals to handle overwhelming customer numbers whereas producing income for upkeep on the monument. Rome’s metropolis council has estimated the entry price may generate round €20 million yearly.
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The fountain recorded 5.3 million guests within the first half of 2025 alone, exceeding the Pantheon’s complete for your complete 12 months.
The plan for crowd management comes after years of incidents involving unruly vacationers swimming within the fountain, carving their names into its stonework, and diving off the monument.
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Limits already in place
Rome is already limiting entry to the fountain to 400 individuals at a time following restoration work accomplished in December 2024. The new ticketing system would construct on these present measures.
During a three-month cleansing operation, a short lived walkway allowed 130 guests at a time to view the fountain up shut whereas upkeep groups eliminated limestone deposits and dirt.
The metropolis has been introducing a reserving system alongside the entry price, although Onorato acknowledged the technical challenges of implementing such a system at an open-air monument within the coronary heart of the historic centre.
“We are engaged on it, we’re reasoning about it, we’re learning it,” he stated of the reserving mechanism.
Following the Pantheon mannequin
The Trevi Fountain price would comply with the precedent set by the Pantheon, which launched a €5 entry cost for non-residents in July 2023. That measure has been credited with bringing extra orderly entry to the traditional temple and new funds for its maintenance.
The Pantheon price had confronted years of delays earlier than lastly being applied, suggesting the Trevi proposal may additionally take time to return into drive.
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However, the Trevi plan has drawn criticism from shopper teams like Codacons, which has opposed the ticket whereas supporting the continued use of crowd limits on the fountain.
The ultimate particulars of the entry system, together with the confirmed launch date and sensible implementation, have been nonetheless being labored out by metropolis officers on the time of writing.
