My husband and I are planning a trip to Venice and Rome. I have been reading about the water fountains and wondering if buying the Brita bottles would be a waste, or to keep refilling the water bottles.
Did not know if it should be filtered before drinking..
Thanks for listening.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA ☔️
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Tapwater across Europe is quite drinkable. You don't need a special "filter" bottle for any of it.
Save your money for gelato.
Posted by
Minnesota 🎒
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Marion, we refilled our bottles from nasone all over Rome. Roman water is clean and very good so no worries about filtering. Just don't dip your your bottles in the "art" fountains, like Trevi. :O)
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OP
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Thank you both for your feed back.
Marion Greer
Posted by
Charlotte, NC
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Wife and I just brought regular old water bottles to Rome a couple of weeks ago and refilled from every nasoni we came across. No need to filter as water is tested on a periodic basis, or so we were told. Its cold and great tasting.
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Minnesota 🎒
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Wife and I just brought regular old water bottles to Rome
Oh yes, I should have mentioned that the bottles we refilled were just regular old water bottles too. No filters or anything fancy.
Posted by
OP
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Thank you for the information.
We are also going to Venice. From everyone's reply, the water should be good there as well.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA ☔️
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The water in Venice is fine. I'd be more worried about the tap water after you return home (presumably to the good old US of A).
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Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂
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If you are traveling in the summer, have 2 bottles per person. Before heading out for the day, put one bottle person in the hotel fridge, so you have a cold one waiting for you when you get back. No ice buckets like at US motel/hotels.
Water from the fountains is perfectly fine. Only twice in 5 weeks of travel in Italy did I encounter a fountain that was 'non-potable'. Both times it was easily discernible.
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OP
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Thank you both.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
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Found an excellent map of the drinking fountains around Venice:
https://www.veneziaunica.it/en/content/refill-venice
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OP
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Michael
Thank you for the information with the map.
This will com in handy.
Again
Thank you.
Posted by
Charlotte, NC
238 posts
"Water from the fountains is perfectly fine"
Just need to clarify that the fountains we are talking about are the nasoni drinking fountains and not the decorative fontanas like at Trevi or Fontana dei Quattro Fium at Piazza Navona - you DEFINITELY don't want to be drinking from them, even though the water comes from the same source........
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OP
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Herfnerd
Thank you for the information
Are the fountains marked with Nasoni so I will know the difference??
Posted by
Minnesota 🎒
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Are the fountains marked with Nasoni so I will know the difference?
Marion, look at the TA link I included in my first post. These are examples of nasone or public drinking fountains:
https://www.lifeinitaly.com/tourism/lazio/the-nasoni-romes-ubiquitous-public-fountains
https://www.explore-italian-culture.com/drinking-fountains-of-rome.html
I'd already mentioned not drinking out the "art" fountains, such as:
https://images.app.goo.gl/DCkhtrsBbwETNZx76
No, they are not labeled but filling bottles should always be from a small SPOUT and not from a BASIN. Also avoid any which are marked as non potable (non drinkable).
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OP
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Kathy
Thank you for a visual
I read back and you did mention it.
Thank you.
I am looking forward to a great visit.
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What about the tap water in Cinque Terre, Assis and Siena?