mibrownidgirl

Are there certain areas in Rome that I might find a toilet, WC, bathroom, any of those words, while walking and touring? Are they pay facilities? I like to be prepared.

ellenem

Any coffee bar should allow you to use the toilet. If this troubles you, then buy a beverage and then use the toilet.

Also, follow rule number 1 of touring: If there's a restroom, use it. Never leave a museum or restaurant without stopping at the restroom.

adrienne

I've walked into large hotels and used the facilities off the lobby. You shouldn't have a problem.

I clicked on this post because I was intrigued by the title but now that I've read your question I still don't have a clue what the title means. I googled it but I got lots of information on the Illinois water board.

stevewith

Ask for "twah-let", you will be understood everywhere.

In lieu of buying a beverage at a bar or cafe as a courtesy for using their facilites, buy a pack of gum or a lollipop. or anything non-liquid so as not to create more need. You will see lots of small items for sale at the counter when you walk in. If you don't eat lolipops or gum, give them away.

mibrownidgirl

About the title-I used ask.com. I wanted to know the word for toilet in Italian.

adrienne

I don't think il water will get you very far unless you have an anguished look on your face! LOL

Usually if you walk into a bar and start looking around someone will point you to the bathrooms. WC and toilette are common.

quokka

The Italian word is "il bagno" ("bun-yo"), meaning "bathroom".

Flame123

I disagree with ellenem, and from personal experience can vouche, that the bars and restaurants do NOT like you to use their facilities without buying at least a small something. Whenever I do need to "go" and find a bar, I purchase a small item. As for hotels, yes I have been known to go into a hotel and discreetly look for their rest rooms.

kybourbon

>>>Are they pay facilities?<<<

Yes, you often must pay or tip an attendant (usually .80€-1€).

>>>About the title-I used ask.com. I wanted to know the word for toilet in Italian.<<<

I wouldn't use ask.com again if that's the case. Water is an English word, not Italian. You can try using Google translator - enter bathroom or restroom. Google is not entirely accurate, but both of those entered resulted in bagno and you can click to hear it.

https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=TT

asps

The words for a bathroom or restroom are: il bagno, il gabinetto, la toilette (pronounced the French way). WC is often used in writing but almost never when speaking. As for "il water", it comes of course from "water closed", it is pronounced the Italian way, and it is mainly used to mean the water bowl. So, while the word is more common than you believe, it is used mainly when speaking to plumbers [the water (=water bowl) is leaking, please fix it] than to ask for a restroom.

Ackislander

One of the reasons to dress reasonably well when abroad or on large cities in the US is the Bility to walk into nice hotels and ask directions to the lobby toilets. It works even in cities like New Orleans where they are militant about not letting people on off the streets to use the facilities.

kybourbon

The Rome Tourist Board lists 63 public toilets.

http://www.060608.it/en/accoglienza/...bagni-pubblici