{"id":18805,"date":"2023-07-27T20:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.italia-by-natalia.pl\/how-italians-scam-tourists-or-what-to-watch-for-during-visiting-italy\/"},"modified":"2018-03-08T17:22:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T16:22:59","slug":"how-italians-scam-tourists-or-what-to-watch-for-during-visiting-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italia-by-natalia.pl\/en\/how-italians-scam-tourists-or-what-to-watch-for-during-visiting-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Italians scam\u00a0tourists,\u00a0or what to watch for during visiting Italy."},"content":{"rendered":"

Travelling around Italy and marveling at the beauty of the visited places very easy to lose vigilance and be hoodwinked. Among\u00a0the many sympathetic Italians honestly earning on tourism, unfortunately, it’s not hard to hit the black sheep, which\u00a0want from you tear off the last euro. I\u00a0despite a lot of experience, allowed\u00a0several times to pull my\u00a0leg. In this post you will learn what to pay special attention to minimize the risk and return home without\u00a0unpleasant reminder.<\/p>\n

Never order without knowing the price<\/h2>\n

It’s my number one principle uphold\u00a0absolutely always and everywhere, not only in travel. Imagine that you go to a restaurant, sit down, order a chef special,\u00a0some good wine, not browsing the menu. For me it is unthinkable, but it happens, some people just do\u00a0so. What possibility to argue do you have\u00a0if the waiter brings the bill amounting for\u00a0example at 500 euros? None! After all, this is unique dish and a bottle of the best wine cost just as much. You shouldn’t to ordered it. Pay and cry. It sounds like a sci-fi movie?\u00a0No, it doesn’t. Perhaps in 2009, it was front page news\u00a0about couple of the Japanese, the cheeky restaurateur brought a bill for dinner and wine for 700 euros, of which only\u00a0120 euro was coperto! A few years ago, the British got in Rome bill amounting to more than 90 euros for four wafel ice cream, which was also breaking news. In\u00a0apology these people were invited back to the capital of Italy for free at the expense of the authorities of the Eternal City. But restaurants and fast food points\u00a0are not the only places where you have to ask for\u00a0price. the plague\u00a0are all kinds of souvenir shops where the goods are “priceless” because the price depends on how\u00a0rich will you be in eyes of selling guy. There is another issue. In places very attractive to tourists, such as Rome, there is a tendency to use the double tariff. One\u00a0price for Italian, and another for a foreigner. “Because we have to support each other, and those lamers\u00a0tourists who come here have\u00a0the money, so we have to earn. We’re not going to nibble ours.”<\/p>\n

Do not buy fruits in tourist areas<\/h2>\n

You see a fruit stand in the center of Taormina? Avoid it\u00a0a wide berth. In such places never buy fruits, because you overpay at least twice. The same is true for\u00a0food products in groceries\u00a0near tourist attractions. So where to shop? The best solution is\u00a0either markets\u00a0where stalls offer food at prices for the ordinary citizen, or buy groceries at any of the network stores, where everything is priced, and the prices are targeted for citizens. Being in the market (my favorite markets are in Sicily: Palermo, Siracusa and Catania) pay attention to the case with fruits \/ vegetables. Does it have the price on it? Some sellers sniffed business, tourist looking for something more instead of explore the museum chose to see the real city. Where? On the market, of course. Sellers avoid exposing prices, simply count on the lamer\u00a0who pay more. Such stalls you should avoid.<\/p>\n

Ice cream – for the Italians\u00a0on spoons\u00a0for tourists on\u00a0scoops<\/h2>\n

Yes, it happened to me three times and still do not understand why. But\u00a0first. If you’re an Italian fan, this is for your general information, but if your adventure with Italy just starting out, you may be surprised, because the Italian ice creams are usually sold on spoons, not on the\u00a0scoops. What’s the difference? Big. The volume of the spoon\u00a0is about twice as\u00a0scoops. If the price of a small ice cream starts from 2 – 2.50 euro, paying so much\u00a0you would like to have something to eat.\u00a0I’ll add, that once I thought that spoons\u00a0is the domain of southern Italy and northern scoops. It took some time, but I realized that it’s not. Returning to cheat. Once long ago I realized that for the same price you can get ice cream imposed in two ways, I made sure to buy only where I saw the pack. First time cheated me in Umbria. Into Ice cream box was loaded both spoon\u00a0and scoop, with the latter spoon wasn’t\u00a0cast in my\u00a0eyes. The guy put the scoop. Oh well\u00a0– I thought, I’ll be smarter next time. After three years another cock-up\u00a0in Puglia. Going into the ice cream parlor\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0looked around for scoops, because the guy in front of me with a child (Italians) got ice cream imposed with spoon. I ordered, and he took out ice cream scoop\u00a0and made mine. I got really pissed off. The third time occurred just a year ago in Naples. Ice cream spoons\u00a0were smiled\u00a0to me, but ice cream scoop\u00a0for tourists – lamers was hidden under the counter. This time I didn’t give up. When the guy started to impose\u00a0scoops, I started to argue with him, and when he told me boldly in the face, that tourists get the scoop, because he has to earn on someone,I turned around and left, and he stayed\u00a0with the ice cream in his hand and a silly face.<\/p>\n

Water to\u00a0espresso<\/h2>\n

Such a small detail, but it’s worth to mention it. When ordering espresso, Italians referred to simply as a caffe<\/em>, must be added a glass of water to wash down, or – if you will – to rinse the mouth before, to better enjoy the taste of coffee (I met with both versions). Usually to tourists is not given a glas of water, but if you would like to rinse your mouth after a strong, “fast shoot” you can ask for water and absolutely it should be for free.\u00a0The locals always receive a glass of water along with the caffe<\/em>.<\/p>

\"moje<\/a><\/div>\n

Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the publication of this post (in comments to him) raged on Facebook discussion about a glass of water to espresso. The first and fundamental question is whether calling for\u00a0extra money is actually wicking or not. After reading the comments and obtaining a second opinion of my friends living in different parts of Italy came to conclusion, that a lot depends on the region and usually include in the amount of 0.50 euro starts to be a normal dealings in the north, the south still haven’t met. The second issue is the goal – before or after the espresso. There are two versions. Personally, I prefer after. I like coffee, but I’m not such a fan, to taste strong, bitter (not Sweetening) espresso sustained later in my\u00a0mouth made me exquisite pleasure. On the other hand, coffee connoisseurs opinion is that the rinse mouth before drinking espresso gives you a better sense of taste. There is no rule. Warn\u00a0only novice Italian fans, don’t try to pour this water into espresso, it will surely be a faux pas\u00a0<\/em>; )<\/p>\n

Italian taxi your nightmare<\/h2>\n

I will say this. If you have limited resources to travel do not use taxis. In general, taxi services is\u00a0not cheap, but the tourists in Italy are incredibly deceived on them. Here harder to enforce your\u00a0rights, than even in the ice cream parlor. Again I cite a story, which few years ago lived on\u00a0the internet, again, the heroes wrer\u00a0pair of\u00a0Japanese. The taxi driver carrying them from Fiumicino counted for the course of 300 euros, while travel\u00a0the Leonardo Express train on this route costs 15 euros per person. When you hear question “first time in Rome?” It should light a lamp inside you, because the driver is likely polls, whether you know the city, whether you are green as grass and he\u00a0can drive “shortcut” making your travel “longcut”.<\/p>\n

Giving the change – because tourists cannot count<\/h2>\n

Tourists, especially outside the euro zone, certainly sees the colorful notes for the first time and probably cannot count them. With this assumption come often dishonest sellers who want to cheat on the change, which is unfortunately very common. How to avoid? First of all, instead of packing shopping bags be\u00a0focus on the fact that count indicative amount for your purchases, watch\u00a0the sellers hands during register\u00a0your products, instead of giving a playful packaging. It’s already minimize the risk , because the cashier noticed that track the exact movements. When you get the change\u00a0check twice before you throw it into a wallet.<\/p>\n

Sandwich with ghost stuffing<\/h2>\n

This sad story met us when in 2013 we stayed in Tuscany. I will not write it again, because Arthur did the short describing, showing on the pictures cheeky\u00a0Sienese seller in one of the bars near the Piazza del Campo. Below I add link to post describing whole situation (now only in polish, but it’s mostly\u00a0photostory).<\/p>\n

Siena – polowanie na jelenia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n