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Is it safe to drink the water from the fountains found all over the older parts of Rome?
Ah, the large noses. I did last year. Had no issues.
There are approximately 2,500–2,800 nasoni in Rome, supplying citizens and tourists with free drinking water.
The water coming from the ...
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Is it safe to drink the water from the fountains found all over the older parts of Rome?
Assuming that decorative fountains with statues and a large water basins are also meant by the word "fountain", these are not a potable source - in history, the water must have been taken from a high-...
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What is the purpose of this single box found in Rome B&B room?
It's highly likely this box is decorative, my friend has one almost exactly the same that he bought from a department store, keeps small person items in there. A lot of people would use the box for ...
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Can I use the door leading from Vatican museum to St. Peter's Basilica?
Yes, you can. When you are in the Sistine chapel, there are two exits, the signs aren't particularly prominent, but one will lead you to a corridor the endpoint of which is past the security checks ...
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How busy is the Roman Colosseum throughout the year?
The Italian Statistics bureau publishes the number of annual visitors per sight as well as the number of visitors per month divided by region (as used in the answer by @Berwyn).
This means the monthly ...
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Is it safe to drink the water from the fountains found all over the older parts of Rome?
Don't directly drink with your mouth; use a bottle or put your finger one the spout and the water will flow up from the small hole.
See this example on youtube.
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Travelling on Nightjet as a mixed-gender couple
Does that mean we would always be put in separate compartments unless we book the whole Double compartment for ourselves (the €321.80 option on the screenshot below)?
Yes. If the number of travellers ...
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What do the additional numbers on the side of houses in Rome stand for?
Those are plates that in the 19th century identified individual gaslights, which were installed in Rome from 1854, starting with 44 streetlamps, and then proceeding to install thousands of them. On ...
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I have an 8-hour layover in Rome. Can I go out of the airport with a Schengen single-entry visa?
For flights within the Schengen area, visas don't matter. You can fly between Rome and Prague a dozen times if you want, and exit the airport every time, as well as any other airport in the Schengen ...
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Vatican spiral staircase
The Instagram-famous "Snail Staircase" below is inside the museum and requires a ticket.
By © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
The original Bramante Staircase, which is older but (IMHO) ...
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What do 'skip the line tickets' mean in Italy
I've read about many skip the line tickets- but someone told me- they only allow you to skip the ticketing line- not the security line, is this correct?
Security is usually mandated by law or by the ...
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Is there a hotel in Vatican City?
I checked out the location of Residenza Paolo VI Hotel on several sites, including the site of the hotel. Nowhere it is claimed to be in Vatican city, it is however claimed to be on St Peters Square.
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Italian consulate in Dubai annulled my visa after my family applied
You should definitely consider an appeal, not to salvage this trip (there is not enough time) but to avoid having an annulment on your record (in Schengen terminology, an annulment implies fraud and ...
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Will the Rome Marathon make it hard to get to my hotel?
I think it might be difficult, and nearly impossible, but do not dispair!
I would ask your hotel; they will be in a better position to tell you how to do it; it is surely not the first time it ...
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Maps of Rome, Italy
On your laptop/mobile phone, Google Maps offers this.
Alternatively, Open Street Maps. You can download offline maps to use without internet with apps like OSMAnd.
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From London to Rome by sea, land and air
3 or 4 trains from Calais or Dunkerque to a French airport?
Calais - CDG: quite a few options with a single change, either in Lille or in Paris Nord. Note that you may need to leave from Calais ...
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Buy tickets for Vatican museum online?
The Vatican Online Ticket Office and every imaginable tour, spoiled for choice:
VATICAN BY TRAIN:
New!
For individuals who desire a tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican ...
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What is the purpose of this single box found in Rome B&B room?
The question edit shows there is something in the box after all:
soft fabric
a mirror
The box lid opens in an unusual direction, presumably because of the mirror, which is in "portrait" orientation.
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Could you walk on the Via Appia Antica from Rome to Brindisi
I am not really an expert myself of this area of Italy but, searching on search engines in Italian language, I found out this brilliant website by the Italian ministry of culture and tourism which is ...
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Travelling on Nightjet as a mixed-gender couple
For future reference, when booking through nightjet.com, there is an explicit option to book an entire compartment.
This is possible for couchettes and seating carriages as well.
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Is 1 hour sufficient to transit in Zurich (Montreal to Rome)?
I don’t see an issue with this connection if it is a legal connection. I’ve done shorter in ZRH (BRU-IAD) although there was no customs. It is stressful because the only viable way between the two ...
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Could you walk on the Via Appia Antica from Rome to Brindisi
It has been done before. One traveler and writer, Paolo Rumiz, has walked along the entirety of the route, sticking as close to the original way as he could, and published a book, Appia, describing ...
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Is travel pass cheaper than taxi for 4 adults in Europe
If you stay at any accommodations within Lucerne, you will get a completely free Lucerne Card that lets you use all transport within city boundaries. Lucerne is also compact enough to be quite ...
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Can I use the door leading from Vatican museum to St. Peter's Basilica?
No, you cannot. After the museum tour you'll need to join the basilica queue. Good news: it moves relatively fast.
This is from my personal experience last year. If things have changed since - great.
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Order Roma Pass online?
There are no advantages I can think of in ordering it online. Every hotel and every tout in Rome sells those (and some will even deliver the actual pass).
It depends on whether your kid is EU citizen. ...
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How busy is the Roman Colosseum throughout the year?
I visited Rome a couple years ago for a month from late January to late February in order to avoid the number of tourists as in the summer months or Christian holidays or other ecclesiastical events ...
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Where to sit and work for a couple of hours in Rome near Stazione Termini?
There are plenty of places. I'll name some here:
La Feltrinelli:
(my favorite), you can find big Feltrinelli stores with bars in most big Italian cities. Although there are generally few seats and ...
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From London to Rome by sea, land and air
I am not sure this is a great idea in general, but a practical route would be:
London to Harwich; train from Liverpool Street to Harwich International. The train can be timed to meet...
Harwich to ...
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London-Berlin or Rome-Berlin?
High speed rail is a fun way to travel, and not unreasonably priced.
London - Berlin starts at €59.90 each way (about 9 hours): https://www.seat61.com/Germany.htm#London_to_Hannover_&_Berlin. ...
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