Listen carefully as you walk the streets around the Trevi Fountain, or the Fontana di Trevi, in Italian. As you get nearer, the sound of its flowing water gets increasingly louder until in the square the rushing water blends with the shrieks of tourists and locals at play around this baroque masterpiece. Snap shots of the central sculpture depicting two Tritons in a chariot shaped like a shell and pulled by seahorses and the palace behind it. Don't forget to throw a coin over your shoulder in the fountain, if you do, tradition holds that you'll surely return to Rome, according to online resource Italy Guides.
Head to the Fountain of the Four Rivers or la Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi, fed by the Aqua Virgo acqueduct, located in Navona piazza. This massive fountain, a 17th century masterpiece by Bernini, features an obelisk on top of a rocky grotto. A lion and a horse emerge from beneath the grotto while large figures balancing precariously on the rocks above the water represent the main rivers of the four continents, the Danube in Europe, the River Plate in the Americas, the Ganges in Asia and the Nile in Africa. Be sure to snap a few shots for posterity and use up your spare Euros making wishes.
Climb the Spanish steps at the Piazza di Espagna to enjoy birds-eye views of the Barcaccia Fountain and then sit and enjoy the soothing sounds of moving water. This fountain, like many others in Rome, is the work of Pietro Bernini and his son, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. If the fountain makes you think of a sinking ship, you're on the right track, according to a local folk legend, a fishing boat was carried away by the river and later found at the exact spot of the fountain, according to Italy Guides.
Stroll the square at Piazza del Popolo in search of fountains. Central to the square is the Obelisk fountain, built by Giacomo della Porta and featuring an Egyptian-style obelisk at the center of the monument. Four white marble lions with water pouring from their mouths into basins are placed around the square base. On either side of the large central fountain there are two smaller fountains, the Fountain of Neptune and the fountain of the Goddess Roma, added in 1823, are photogenic and will charm the lens cover off your camera and your coins out of your pockets.
