Want to see Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain up close? It will cost you…

A tourist hands over the fee to get a close look at the Trevi Fountain in Rome Picture: Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Tourists hoping to get close to the Trevi Fountain had to pay €2 starting on Monday as the city of Rome inaugurated a new fee structure to help raise money and control crowds at one of the world’s most celebrated waterworks.

The first tourists to pass through the new ticket check seemed unbothered by the tariff, noting it was a small price to pay for quality access to a fountain made famous by Federico Fellini’s movie, La Dolce Vita.