It’s also packed with tourists, of course, who are all dutifully casting their Eurocent in the water. To do it properly, turn your back on the fountain, put your coin in your right hand and throw it over the opposite shoulder. Throw it once and you’ll come back to Rome, throw it twice and you’ll fall in love in Rome, throw it three times and you’ll get married.

We took the metro to the Spagna station, checked out the Spanish Steps, then walked the couple blocks to the little intersection where the Trevi Fountain is. It's not a really large fountain and it's in a built-up part of the city, but it's still a pretty sight. There are plenty of signs around the central part of the city to steer you in the right direction.

This fountain was rarely visited before the movie Three Coins in a Fountain was made. Now it's Rome's most visited fountain. It's a beautiful spot to stop and rest for a while on the abundant concrete bench seating facing the fountain. There's even a drinking fountain there for refilling your water bottle. But it's not recommended that you drink from the Trevi fountain because of all the chemicals in it. And, yes, we threw a couple coins in the fountain to make sure that we'll be going back.

Personally I wanted to see this piece of art which was designed and sculpted in marble such a long time ago as it is one of Italy’s trademark tourist attractions.

There are some great pizza stalls that sell pieces by the weight. A great time to re-fuel and take in the view.

The most popular and the grandest of Rome's fountains is by far the Trevi Fountain which has become famous from the movies Three Coins in a Fountain and Fellini's La Dolce Vita. It is a very large and glorious fountain located very close to the Pantheon. The fountain was built to mark the construction of the frist aqueduct about 1,800 years after the aqueduct was built. The Trevi Fountain was completed in 1762 by Nicola Slavi and it is literally part of the building, surrounded by windows.

The fountain looks like a stage from a theater. In the middle is the figure of Neptune standing on a huge shell, pointing down with his hand to steps covered with water and two Tritons with horses blowing into the shells. Neptune stands inside of a small arch. On either side of the arch, there are large columns with a female figure on each side, the whole fountain looks like a huge portico with the balcony on top with large plaque and heraldics of Clement XIII.

Spend a little bit of time here, enjoy yourself, look at the fountain, and drop some money into it so that (as legend has it) you can always come back.