Rome set to change rules for tourists visiting one of its busiest monuments

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rome is considering limiting access to one of its busiest monuments, ahead of an expected bumper year for tourism in the Eternal City, city council officials say. “For Romans we are thinking of making it free, while non-residents would be asked to make a symbolic contribution, one or two euros ”, Rome’s tourism councillor Alessandro Onorato told Thursday’s Il Messaggero newspaper. On Wednesday, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri called measures to curb tourist numbers “a very concrete possibility.” “The situation at the Trevi Fountain is becoming technically very difficult to manage,” he told reporters. open image in gallery Carola, from Chile, throws a coin into the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, February 19, 2024 It is also remembered for one of cinema’s most famous scenes when in Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” Anita Ekberg wades into the fountain and beckons her co-star Marcello Mastroianni to join her: “Marcello!