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And (last time I've been) it was excellent water. Strange seeing other tourists paying for the expensive mineral water next to a running tap. (they probably didn't know that the water is fine or didn't care).

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When I was a tourist in Rome I didn't know what they were for at first. After some research I became an enthusiastic Nasoni user. I really like the trick where you plug the end and the water comes out of a hole on top of the spout like a drinking fountain.

had a good guidebook with me when I was in Rome. It said that the water is excellent and showed the trick with the hole - so I knew it and used it.

Mostly I filled a pretty small bottle with water and carried that around. Didn't had to carry much, because I could refill it on nearly every corner.

To be fair, a bottle of water you can carry with you is pretty convenient. You can keep refilling it from the fountains, too.

So, buy a reusable water bottle. People buying plastic disposable bottles with water were not doing something "fair" or consciously getting them for the bottle.

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