Nearly every illegal thing tourists do in Italy, ranked by severity: fines, city bans, and the common beach souvenir that almost always ends in criminal charges.
As a rule of thumb: Italy is an open air museum, not a Disney park. Be polite, do not litter, make it also pleasant for others, respect the millennia old sites and buildings - they are so amazing because others before you also respected them.
This is very helpful. Many of these ordinances have been passed since I lived in Rome in the late 1980’s. My nephew and his family are visiting in about one month and I have passed this along to them for study. I would not expect them to knowingly break any of the laws but sometimes not knowing to validate your tram ticket can be an oops fine.
As a rule of thumb: Italy is an open air museum, not a Disney park. Be polite, do not litter, make it also pleasant for others, respect the millennia old sites and buildings - they are so amazing because others before you also respected them.
Benvenuto a Italia!
This is very helpful. Many of these ordinances have been passed since I lived in Rome in the late 1980’s. My nephew and his family are visiting in about one month and I have passed this along to them for study. I would not expect them to knowingly break any of the laws but sometimes not knowing to validate your tram ticket can be an oops fine.
Ahh, the ZTL. Fond memories of that one…
Me too. I lived in the Centro of Rome and had a permisso. Still the traffic when I lived there was insufferable and even odd was being spoken of.
I hope the seagull feeding law doesn’t apply if (and when) they rob you in Venice. they are some aggressive birds 😅