Tipsy tourist fined $520 after diving into Rome’s Trevi Fountain
- 2/27/2025
- 36 Day

Tourists-behaving-badly season seems to
have started early in Rome this year, with three visitors from New Zealand
getting in trouble long before the summer sunshine could be blamed for giddy
behavior.
The trio were stopped Sunday night as they started to
wade into the famous Trevi Fountain in central Rome, a frequent magnet for
trouble when peak season crowds start to gather in the city.
As they were being escorted away from the area, one of
the tourists, a 30-year-old man, wrestled free from the police and jumped into
the fountain as the authorities gave chase, a spokesperson for Rome’s Capital
Police told CNN.
“Alcohol was definitely involved,” the spokesperson
added.
He was fined 500 euros (around $524) and banned from
visiting the Baroque landmark for life.
