You'll have to pay to enjoy your Trevi Fountain coin toss

 

If you like being pushed and jostled, and possibly being pickpocketed as well, then Rome's Trevi Fountain will be right up your alley. 

And now you can pay for the pleasure as well. 

A visitor fee was this week implemented at fountain with a €2 fee ($3.30 in Australian dollars) coming into effect designed to better manage crowd control at the iconic site. 

The 18th century fountain is among Italy's most popular attractions. On peak days, it attracts as many as 30,000 visitors a day wanting to toss a coin into its supposedly lucky waters.

International and domestic visitors now have to pay the fee between the hours of 9am-10pm and on Mondays and Fridays from 11.30am.

Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said the fee creates ‘a more orderly experience, and overall an improvement in the quality of the visit to one of Rome’s most important monuments.’

And, of course, the fee can be paid in advance online.

City officials forecast the fee will generate about €8.5 million a year, new hub Travel Mole reported. 

Image: Turismo Roma