Last Updated on: 1st January 2026, 12:56 am
From February 1, 2026, tourists and non-residents of Rome, Italy, will be charged 2€ to access the stone steps or the fountain basin of the Trevi Fountain, for example if you intend on throwing coins into the water.
According to Rome’s mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, the fee was introduced to control the volume of tourists and to reduce “chaotic tourist flows”.
Local citizens will continue to get free up close access to the fountain, as will people with disabilities, their companions, and children under 5 years of age. It will also be free for people to see it from afar.
What is the Trevi Fountain?
The Trevi Fountain is a world-famous historic fountain and sculptural work built in the 18th century. Ancient Rome’s claim to fame is their extensive system of ancient aqueducts that brought clean, running water from the source many kilometres away to the city center, and distributed publicly and freely through public water fountains. There are many ancient water fountains in Rome, and the Trevi Fountain is the most famous.
So far in 2025, around 9 million visitors went to the Trevi Fountain – at 2€ per person, the city is expected to profit enormously from this relatively small attraction, which is technically an open air fountain by the side of a street.
There is already a tradition for tourists to throw coins into the basin – the money collected from the basin goes to charity, whereas the money collected from the new entry fee will go to the city and fund maintenance. In late 2024, the Trevi Fountain was closed for 3 months for maintenance to remove mould and mineral build up.
Additionally, there is now a queuing system in place to limit the number of visitors to the fountain to 400 between 9am and 9pm daily. Read more about it here.
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