Bank ATM's in Rome

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There are several ATMs near the Pantheon in Rome. Several banks have locations close by, including Banco Popolare di Milano, Poste Italiane, BNL, and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. You can also look for ATMs with the Bancomat logo, which are common in Italy.
To find specific locations, you can use online ATM finders like the Allpoint network locator or search on Google Maps for "ATMs near Pantheon, Rome".

Be sure to go inside a bank or into a bank foyer to use an atm there.
Never use one on the street, and don’t use one not affiliated with a bank.
If you are with others, have someone block you so no one can see you key in numbers, even in the foyer.
Put all the cash away safely before you leave the bank.
If the atm offers you anything other than Euros, say no…..high fees for dollars.
Some machines are totally empty by the end of a weekend, so if you need cash, get it earlier.
You won’t need much cash in Rome.

I lived in Rome from 2021 to 2023, and it is perfectly fine to use a bank ATM on the street. Just take the usual precaution of hiding your PIN from passersby. Also be sure that the withdrawal from your account does not include dynamic currency conversion. There are many bank ATM's in the Centro Storico including the Pantheon area, as already mentioned.

Also I strongly advise that you only use even a bank ATM during banking hours. Several years ago, I had the experience of using an on-the-street bank ATM of a major bank on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II (the main street from the center of Rome going toward the Vatican) early on a weekday morning, before the bank opened. AND it was my first day in Italy! The ATM ate my debit card. Ate it. All gone. I had used it the previous morning at the Rome airport, with no problem. Thank goodness I was traveling with a friend; I had to rely on her withdrawals for cash for the next two weeks. Later that day, I went into the bank and asked for my card back. They refused, said that they had to mail it back to my home bank. I insisted on seeing the card, so that I could make sure that it hadn't been stolen. The guy behind a desk pulled out a STACK of cards that he had to send back to home banks!!!! Mine was included, with it's corner clipped off. I have since learned that the Italian banks may be paid by American banks for "lost" or "damaged" cards that they send to them. Hmmmmm....????

I'm sure that most of the time it is fine to use a bank ATM on the street, we have done so a number of times. However, our preference is always to use one inside, during bank hours. We once had our card "eaten", nobody could explain why, but because the bank was open, we were able to retrieve it.

In Italy, another great place to withdraw cash was post office ATMs. The terms (fees, etc.) tend to be quite reasonable. I avoid "Euronet", they tend to be pricey.

We had no difficulty finding bank ATMs anywhere in Rome. And, as noted previously, a great source for locating just about anything you need is Google Maps. Type in the venue or address and then use the "nearby" feature to find what you are needing.

Agree with jules m's description in her first paragraph and had the same experience. Has happened only once in many trips in many countries. Always have a back-up debit card in case your prime debit card is not usable. Same concept for no fee credit cards.

Agree with Bruce. We always have two debit cards linked to two different accounts and my husband and I each have cards.

Same with credit cards. We only use cards with no foreign transaction fees, and we each have cards for our AMEX, MasterCard and VISA cards. We have had cases when, for no apparent reason, a system wouldn't accept our VISA or Mastercard, and of course, many merchants do not accept AMEX (Aargh!)

People overthink it. An ATM is a convenience, use one that is handy, in Italy, likely a Bancomat, the nationwide network that operates ATMs for banks. Expect to pay a small fee, several euro, but you could likely get by using an ATM once in your trip.

As others stated, carry two different debit cards (I have three I can bring, one that reimburses fees), do the transaction in euros, decline any conversion, refuse any offers to check balances. Using an ATM in a bank during banking hours offers no advantage if you just need some cash, just use common sense safety measures.

Paul describes the process well. However, having our card "eaten" on our first trip to Italy in a small city (Varenna) was a little disconcerting. It is definitely not a common occurrence, but we were lucky to be able to get the card back since it was a bank ATM and the bank was open.

We were in Italy last year. We had 150 Euros left over from prior trips and returned with 100 Euros after nearly 3 weeks. Europe is way ahead of the US in transitioning to a cashless society. I used my Apple Watch (Apple pay) for nearly everything. I think the 50 euros I did use were largely coffees. I like to have a little cash in my pocket when I land. Go to your bank, get a small amount of Euros and you likely won’t need more. Yes, there will be a fee, maybe you’ll save $5 for each 100 Euro by waiting until you are in Italy.