Trevi Fountain Entry Fee: Price, Hours and Rules 2026

1. What the ticket opens, and what stays free

The basin, not the square

€2 per person (non-residents) Entry from 9:00 am, 11:30 am on Mondays and Fridays Free view, including after 10:00 pm

The ticket gets you into the lower area of the fountain, which the official documents call the « perimetro interno » and the press calls the catino. You go down a flight of steps to reach it. Tickets are sold on Via della Stamperia, and you leave by Via dei Crociferi, through a side exit. The upper square, the overall view and the fountain seen from afar need no ticket, at any hour. So it is not the whole site that now costs money, just the basin.

Why a ticket? The city says the aim is to manage crowds, with visitors throwing coins in, and to fund the upkeep of the monument. The city estimates the takings at €6 to €6.5 million a year. That is a municipal estimate, not confirmed by a published report after the first month.

Key points

• The boundary is clear: the basin only, the square stays open to everyone.
• The ticket has no time slot: you still go through the ticket office and the turnstile.
• Exemptions are wide: residents, children under 6, disabled visitors, guides.

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2. Opening hours: usual days and seven Christmas 2026 dates

Usual hours depend on the day. On Mondays and Fridays, basin access starts at 11:30 am; on the other days, at 9:00 am. The last entry is at 9:00 pm on usual days. After 10:00 pm, the fountain stays visible for free from the square. This information comes from the fountain’s official website and from the notice the City of Rome published on 28 January 2026.

Source: official website of the Trevi Fountain and City of Rome notice, checked on 10 November 2026.

Christmas 2026: seven dates with different hours

The official website lists seven dates when the hours change, between Monday 23 November and Tuesday 29 December 2026. No closure is announced: the fountain stays open, with a later or earlier entry depending on the day. The other dates follow the usual hours.

Source: official website of the Trevi Fountain, checked on 10 November 2026. Days of the week checked by calculation.

For the other festive dates, including Tuesday 8 December, Saturday 26 December, Thursday 31 December, Friday 1 January and Wednesday 6 January (Italian public holidays), the official list gives no information. Do not count on either opening or closing: check the official website before you go. See also the Christmas in Rome guide.

3. Buying the ticket: bank card, online or authorised outlet

On site, the ticket can only be paid by bank card. Sources we checked mention visitors who arrived with cash and could not pay at the entrance. If you only have cash, buy your ticket at an authorised outlet instead, or have a card ready before you go down.

Source: official website of the Trevi Fountain and City of Rome notice, checked on 10 November 2026.

A ticket bought in advance has no date or time slot. There is no need to look for a slot, but you still have to pass the ticket office or the turnstile. It is non-refundable and non-changeable, which matters if your plans change. Third-party resellers sell tickets at higher prices, sometimes bundled with a guided tour. They are not the body that issues the ticket, and the fountain’s price stays at €2.

4. Who does not pay, and what proof they need

The official website and the City of Rome notice list several exemption cases. The table below sets them out with the proof required, where stated.

Source: official website of the Trevi Fountain and City of Rome notice, checked on 10 November 2026.

The official site says « under 6 ». Some guides say « up to five »: the official wording is the one that counts.

For residents, the proof is an identity document. The official page does not say which document is accepted for a foreign resident living in Rome, so check before you come if this applies to you.

For disabled visitors and their companions, the official page does not ask for a specific proof. The press only says that access depends on being able to go down the steps, which are the only way to the basin. No lift or ramp is mentioned in the sources we checked. The official page says pushchairs can be left at the checkpoint, with no childcare service. Ask the ticket office what is possible on site before going down.

The Roma MIC Card is presented as giving free access, with no explanation of what it covers for the basin. If you hold one, confirm it on site.

5. Rules and fines: what costs you

Only coins may be thrown into the fountain, from the designated spots. Any other object or liquid is banned. The official site also bans sitting on the edge, climbing, eating, drinking, smoking, and making an animal drink or washing it. Dogs must be carried or kept on a lead with a muzzle.

The fines

• Breaches of the general rules: fines of €40 to €240.
• Bathing in the basin or taking water from it: €450 fine.
• Damage: up to one year in prison, or a fine of at least €2,065, according to the official page.

In August 2026, a German tourist was fined €450 for climbing into the Fontana delle Naiadi, another fountain in Rome, according to Euronews Italy. The city’s urban police regulations, as recalled by Turismo Roma, also provide for an urban Daspo, a ban from the area, for this kind of behaviour. The sources we read give no article number for these rules, and this article does not cite one.

6. Seeing the fountain for free, and when to go down

The square is open to the public at any hour, the overall view is free, and the fountain stays visible from outside after 10:00 pm, when no ticket is asked.

Several guides suggest arriving before 9:00 am, or in the evening, when the queue is shorter. This is not official data. Several sources also note that the queue has been shorter since the ticket system started, and that it is possible to pay on site.

Keep your belongings close in the queue: guides warn about pickpockets and souvenir sellers. Visitors still throw coins even though other objects are banned, according to the sources we checked.

7. Budget: what the visit actually costs

• Basin entry ticket: €2 per person for a non-resident. A non-resident couple pays €4, and a child under 6 pays nothing.
• Square, overall view and evening: free, at any hour.

To keep costs down, most of it is free: the square, the view, and the fountain seen from outside after 10:00 pm. The €2 ticket is only worth it if you want to go down to the water’s edge. For the rest of your Rome plans, see the New Year’s Eve guide to Rome and the comparison of Rome tours.

8. A morning around the fountain, step by step

Here is a simple sequence, starting from the square.

• Before 9:00 am, or late in the day. Get to the square. The view is free.
• Check the hours for the day. The basin opens at 9:00 am, or at 11:30 am on Mondays and Fridays. For the seven Christmas dates, check the official list.
• Have your bank card ready. It is the only payment method accepted on site. You can also buy your ticket online beforehand.
• Go through the ticket office on Via della Stamperia, then the turnstile, and go down the steps to the basin.
• Throw in a coin from the designated spots, and only a coin. Any other object is banned.
• Leave by Via dei Crociferi, through the side exit.

This article does not cover getting to the square: check transport on the day of your visit.

9. Depending on your profile

Families

Children under 6 go in free; other members of the group pay €2 if they do not live in Rome. Pushchairs can be left at the checkpoint, with no childcare provided. With young children, the early morning slot is the one guides recommend.

First visit

Check the day’s hours first, then the payment method. One case comes up in visitor accounts: arriving with cash at a ticket office that only takes cards. A ticket bought online saves you looking for a sales point, but it has no date or time.

Reduced mobility

For basin access, which means the steps, and for proof of exemption, see section 4.

10. What is unclear, and the figures available

The first figures come from the city, passed on by Turismo Roma: 229,896 entries between 2 February and 2 March 2026, of which 217,597 were paid, for €435,194 in takings. On the first day, more than 5,000 people went through.

Turismo Roma gives a validity period for the scheme from 30 January 2026 to 31 December 2027, with no documented revision so far. No official figures report has been published after the first month in the sources checked at this date. How the system works over time therefore remains to be seen.

The scheme divides opinion. The association Codacons calls it a « flop », comparing first-day figures with an earlier average, with no official data to back this up. Art critic Vittorio Sgarbi opposes the measure, and the magazine Finestre sull’Arte publishes a hostile opinion piece. On the other side, tourism councillor Alessandro Onorato defends a measure meant to reduce crowds more than to earn money.

Finally, the press gave conflicting accounts in 2026 of where the coins thrown into the fountain go. With no clear official source, this article does not say.

What other guides don’t tell you

Mainstream guides often simplify. Here are six points checked against official pages, missing or wrong elsewhere.

• Hours change by day. On Mondays and Fridays, access starts at 11:30 am; on the other days, at 9:00 am. One popular guide says entry runs only from 9am to 10pm (Todo Rome). Official fountain website (checked on 10 November 2026).
• Seven festive dates change the hours between 23 November and 29 December 2026. Official fountain website (checked on 10 November 2026).
• A ticket bought in advance has no date or time, and it is non-refundable and non-changeable. Official fountain website (checked on 10 November 2026).
• On site, only bank cards are accepted, whereas the Musei Civici and authorised outlets also take cash. Official fountain website (checked on 10 November 2026).
• Children are exempt up to under 6, not « up to five » as one mainstream guide puts it. Official fountain website (checked on 10 November 2026).
• The fines are specified: €40 to €240 for general breaches, €450 for bathing. The mainstream guide we checked does not mention them. Vivere Roma (checked on 10 November 2026).