02.02.2026 20:04
Visitors to the Trevi Fountain in Rome, the capital of Italy, will now need to pay a 2 euro ticket fee to throw coins into the famous fountain.
Visitors wishing to throw coins into the Fountain of Love, one of the symbols of Rome, will now have to pay a ticket fee of 2 euros. This application aims to reduce the crowd and generate extra income.
2 EUROS FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR ENTRY TO THE HISTORICAL FOUNTAIN
Ticket booths have been placed today in front of the historical fountain, which is crowded all year round for the ritual of throwing coins. According to tradition, tourists wishing to throw coins into the fountain with wishes like "love" or "to come back to Rome" will now have to pay a 2 euro entrance fee.
Payment will be required between 11:30 AM and 10:00 PM on Mondays and Fridays, and between 09:00 AM and 10:00 PM on the remaining days of the week.
FREE FOR RESIDENTS OF ROME
Residents of Rome, the disabled, and tour guides will be able to enter for free by showing their identification. The Municipality of Rome aims to reduce the chaos around the fountain and generate extra income with this application.
At the ceremony held on Monday morning for the opening of the ticket booths, municipal officials stated that the funds obtained would be used "to show all the care needed for the sensitivity of Rome's monuments."
EXPECTATION OF 7 MILLION EUROS IN INCOME
The municipality aims to generate over 6-7 million euros in extra income annually with the entrance fee. It is estimated that the coins thrown by those making wishes amount to nearly 2 million euros per year. These wish coins are donated to the Catholic charity foundation Caritas.
On the morning of February 2, during the first hours of the application, over 3,000 tickets were sold both through online pre-sales and at the booths on-site.
On Monday morning, the area around the fountain was relatively calm compared to the peak season. In addition to those waiting in line to buy tickets, there were also critics of the extra fee required to approach a fountain in a public square.
Some visitors predicted that crowds would be relatively easy to manage on a Monday morning in February, but that ticket booths would cause a waste of time during peak tourism seasons.
10 MILLION VISITORS LAST YEAR
Located in the center of Rome, in a small square where side streets open, the Trevi Fountain, fed by an ancient Roman aqueduct dating back to 19 BC, attracted more than 10 million visitors last year.
The monument is also famous for the scene in the film La Dolce Vita by renowned director Federico Fellini, where Anita Ekberg enters the fountain in her evening gown. However, today, entering these waters, throwing objects other than coins, and eating around it are prohibited. Those who violate these bans can be fined between 40 euros and 450 euros.
Similar applications have been implemented in Italy before to protect historical and cultural monuments and to mitigate the negative effects of mass tourism. For example, in Venice, it is now necessary to make a reservation and pay a fee to enter the city during periods of high visitor numbers.
Entry to the ancient temple Pantheon in Rome was also made subject to a fee in 2023.