Italy: High Risk — watch out for pickpocketing & restaurant overcharging.
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High Risk: Pickpocketing & restaurant overcharging. Rome, Florence, and Milan see organized pickpocket rings on crowded transit and near landmarks, plus tourist restaurants with no printed prices that pad the final bill with cover charges and inflated seafood "market price" items. Keep valuables in a front pocket or zipped bag, and always ask for a menu with prices before sitting down.
Italy: High Risk — watch out for pickpocketing & restaurant overcharging. Rome, Florence, and Milan see organized pickpocket rings on crowded transit and near landmarks, plus tourist restaurants with no printed prices that pad the final bill with cover charges and inflated seafood "market price" items. Keep valuables in a front pocket or zipped bag, and always ask for a menu with prices before sitting down.
A well-documented, actively-run scam catches tourists here regularly — read the note above carefully so you know exactly what to watch for.
Agree on prices before getting into a taxi, be skeptical of unusually friendly strangers steering you somewhere specific, and never sign anything or accept food/drinks from someone you just met. The single biggest risk for this destination is noted above — general street-smarts cover the rest.
Not at all — millions of tourists visit safely every year. Knowing the one scam pattern that catches people most often is simply the best, cheapest defense there is, since it's designed specifically to look harmless until it's too late.
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