Etiquette & taboos

Etiquette & taboos

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Italy · Verona

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Rome's Spanish Steps: no sitting, eating or drinking

Do

Walk up the steps and keep moving after your photo

Don’t

Sitting, resting, eating or drinking on the steps

Banned by Rome's urban police regulations since 2019; media report fines of €250, rising to €400 for dirtying or damaging the steps.

Verified Oct 19, 2026Source: ANSA: Rome bans sitting on the Spanish Steps (2019)

Site-specific notes 1

Taken from the "don'ts" on each site page here. Open a site for its full etiquette and background.

Verona

Do not walk around or take photographs during performances
do not make loud noise in the old town's residential streets at night