Alig8r21

I'll be going to Rome March and I was wanting to know of a place where I can buy hair appliances. The hotel provides a hairdryer, but I need a hair straightener too. Does anyone know where I might find such a thing in Rome? A drug store maybe?

LoveItaly

When I have purchased hairdryers in Italy I always found them at Electronic Store. Doubt a drugstore (pharmacia) would have them. If you see a store call UPIM (sort of like our Target) they might possibly have what you are looking for. Don't forget, your hotel can advise you of the nearest shop to go to so ask them when you first arrive.

dutyfree

I agree with LoveItaly's reply about purchasing electronic gear at speciality electronic stores. I searched all over for a George Forman type electric grill for my daughter to take to Sicily and found two wonderful and reasonable "mom and pop" electronic stores right by Piazza Barberini and a street off of the Via Veneto.There is supposedly an electronic store on V. Emanuele street on the way to the Vatican by the Piazza Venezia(bus 64?) but I had heard that it was expensive. Most of the regular type department stores such as Coin, Upim and Orviesse carried no electronic items whatsoever.I personally would just forgo the hassle of trying to get one and go curly.

djkbooks

My recommendation would be to buy a dual voltage model before leaving home, then all you need is a plug adapter.

wantagig

If I wanted to buy a straightener while in Rome, I'd pop into a hip hairstyling salon and ask the hairstylists where they bought their hair straightener. Good luck and have a great trip.

CheBird

Hi - in my experience, it was much harder to find hair appliances in Rome than just stopping into an electronics store. They might have hair dryers, but they definitely didn't have curling irons, so I doubt they'd have a straightener. And none of their "drugstores" have them, like we are used to here. I found a very small store just west of the Pantheon. Face the McDonald's with the Pantheon at your back, and head west out of the piazza. A little ways down, on your right, will be a small beauty store. The name has "Maria" in it. I wish I'd saved the receipt so I could remember the exact location.

Nlingenfel

Took 4 teenage girls in 03. Hair straightners were at an electronic store by Santa Maria Maggiore, on the same side of the street by Via Cavor, 59 euro. Saw them one other place in an electronic store, same price. I would definately take yours from home and use the adapters. They did not have them in the major department store, can't remember the name, but accross from Santa Maria Maggiore, and not in any pharmacy.

CarolA

And here's a warning. Adaptors and hair curlers/straighteners don't always mix. I took 8 teen age girls to Eurpoe, by the end only ONE straightener was working (and it was ALWAYS used on low) and only my british curling iron was working.... (And they started with LOTS of appliances!!!)

SeaUrchin

My hair always looks like a squirrel's tail in Europe because the hair taming appliances do not get hot enough to do anything. I would bring one from home and make sure it goes with the adapter plug and has duel voltage.