Sitting on Rome's Spanish Steps could cost you €400

Sitting down to rest your legs in one of the most historic plazas in Europe could easily cost you a month's rent. In a desperate bid to preserve their monuments from the crushing weight of mass tourism, Rome enacted severe local laws. If a police officer catches you simply resting your exhausted body on the 18th-century Spanish Steps, you can be slapped with a massive 400-euro fine.