Travel experts have revealed a clever little trick to help you save money when travelling in Rome.
Jasmine Pak said that people don’t have to spend a small fortune on bottled water because the water from the nasoni is safe to drink.
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Nasoni or water fountains can be seen all over the Italian capital. They are constantly gushing water.
The nasoni can be made in any size or shape, but they usually consist of a cylinder-shaped cast iron post with a small spout that protrudes halfway up.
The name nasone, the singular form of nasoni, means ‘big nose’, nicknamed after the nose-like shape of the curved, downward-facing spout.
Jasmine, who is known on TikTok as “@Jasminebellepak” explained all to her 367,000 followers.
She said: “If you see these fountains in Rome, they are SAFE to drink!”
Jasmine explained: “The water runs 24/7 to keep the bacteria off and the sewage clean.
“Tap water in Rome is the same water that comes out of the nasoni.”
The woman who was posing as a guide then showed how to drink water from the fountains without using a bottle.
She bent down to take a drink and put her hand on the water jet.
Although it wasn’t as easy as it looked with Jasmine and her pals having a go afterwards and they managed to spray water everywhere.
In the caption Jasmine added: “We saved sooo much money in Italy because of the nasoni”.
It has garnered 4.9million hits on Facebook, with 646500 “likes” and more than 1,800 comments.
Many commentators asked if it was really safe to drink the water.
One person wrote: “Yeah, I’d still buy water if you aren’t used to the local microbes in the water. It can really mess with you.”
Although another wrote in response: “I drank out of it for two weeks and no issues.”
Another person added: “My concerns are not the water but the nozzle, people touching it all day.”
A third said: “Water is tested regularly. Freshest water I ever tried.”
It appears that the water from the fountains is safe to drink, with an article on TripAdvisor saying: “It is perfectly safe and even encouraged for people to drink water out of the nasoni as the water is drawn from the aqueducts, the same sources that provide potable water to houses throughout Rome all year round.
“You’ll save money and produce less waste by drinking from the nasoni instead of buying water in plastic bottles.”
According to an article, Rome is the first city to have introduced the concept of clean, free drinking water fountains.
The first ones appeared in the 19th century, and today there are over 2,500 of them scattered around the city.
Local markets and public parks also use the water that comes from these fountains.
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