Trevi Fountain where Roman Holiday, 3 Coins In The Fountain and La Dolce Vita the Fountain was featured, is behind Grills and is a Paid Attraction now. That's a shame. There's an old song about it too, 3 Coins In The Fountain.
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/02/travel/trevi-fountain-rome-fee-overtourism
Yes, I saw it on our TV news. It is so horribly overcrowded, that they would have to pay me to go there now.
"Come here Marcello"
Yes, In my opinion, there is far too much destructive tourism today. Rome, Florence, Venice, Barcelona, are just the most obvious places in Europe that are suffering under its weight. Vienna, where I live, is often bursting at the seams with people who dont seem actually to take any real interest in the surroundings, except as the background to a selfie,
I highlighted this here recently.
David
There's another example here, where tourists have "killed the goose that laid the golden eggs."
David
