| Your safety is the thing of primary importance, when | | | | something sounds too good to be true. |
| you travel out to top travel destinations, where you | | | | Rome is a busy place, and has more traffic all the |
| are often vulnerable to misadventures. Rome is one | | | | time. So you must know the traffic rules and signals |
| of the most romantic, fantastic, and highly exotic | | | | of Rome, especially when you are driving your own |
| destinations of the world. Thus, you must take care | | | | vehicle. Be cautious at night, especially on public |
| of a few things to keep yourself safe from | | | | transport and in busy areas, and avoid being on your |
| misadventures. Here are 10 tips for traveling safe in | | | | own or walking in quiet places. |
| Rome, Italy! | | | | Avoid drinking too much. You are far more vulnerable |
| Generally, Rome is a secure place, but as in any big | | | | and less capable of protecting yourself, under the |
| city, it's safer if you don't look like a visitor: don't | | | | influence of alcohol or drugs. Hitch-hiking may be |
| expose your dear cameras, camcorders, gadgets, | | | | normal in Rome, but it is awfully inadvisable. Going in a |
| laptops and their brands to all. Your expensive | | | | car with a drunk driver is too risky. Never hang-up on |
| cameras dangling round your necks/shoulders or lying | | | | your own and debar making long journeys or entering |
| in vehicles or hotel rooms are often lures to thieves. | | | | somebody's home you don't know by yourself. |
| If you often travel out carrying these expensive | | | | Do not take more money than you ought to. Don't |
| things, you should consider using camera/laptop | | | | carry all the money in one place: spread it about your |
| security bags. | | | | person (in a money-belt, in your bag, or any where |
| Termini, the main railway station, Esquilino, and bus | | | | else you thing it safe), so that if anything lost, you |
| line 64 (Termini to San Pietro) are not safe places, so | | | | have adequate money to get home. You don't |
| extra care is needed in these areas. Gangs of thieves | | | | always require taking all your debit/credit cards out. |
| and pickpockets are pretty active in these areas. The | | | | Leave some somewhere secure in order that if your |
| best way to avoid pickpocketing is to wear a money | | | | wallet is stolen you still have access to funds. |
| belt. If you fall prey to any of such gangs, don't fight | | | | It is better to stay at safe costlier hotel than cheap |
| these, as often these people have weapons with | | | | charming little out of the way hotel. You must |
| them. Shout for help, but do not try to go after your | | | | choose the hotel room offering maximum safety and |
| assaulter. | | | | security to you & your belongings. The rooms |
| Stay safe from after dark scams. One of the most | | | | between the 4 and 6th floors are often better for |
| common tricks that you may come across during | | | | security point of view. Avoid taking ground floor |
| nights, when people are getting out the bars/clubs is | | | | rooms that have doors and windows opening to the |
| that somebody will come up to you asking for a | | | | outside. The hotels with interior hallways tend to be |
| cigarette, then he/she will start doing some sort of a | | | | generally safer. For security in motels, avoid ground |
| funny dance. Just then a person will come about | | | | floor rooms off the parking lots. |
| from behind and run off with your purse, or wallet. | | | | Lock your hotel room well when your go out for |
| Beware of con-men who may approach you at | | | | sightseeing, or out to enjoy bars or swimming pools, |
| visitor sights like Circus Maximus or the Colosseum | | | | and even when you go to sleep, or to hotel |
| for example, a car may stop beside you, and the | | | | washrooms. The theft of items from hotel rooms is |
| person asks you for ways to the Vatican. He will | | | | serious problem at the popular hotels of the popular |
| start talking to you as he sits in his car, and tells you | | | | tourist destinations, like Rome. |
| that he's from some company and then, he will tell | | | | Last but not least, do buy travel insurance, travel |
| you he likes you, or he would like to give you a gift. | | | | health insurance or travel medical insurance. You |
| As you get into his car to take the gift hamper, he | | | | travel insurance offers you a great insurance |
| will ask you for some money for petrol or gas. When | | | | protection cover in the foreign countries. You must |
| you say no, he starts shouting and demands money | | | | buy your travel insurance from reliable and reputed |
| from you; any money, any currency! So, don't fall | | | | travel insurance companies. |
| prey to such confidence-tricks - especially when | | | | |