What do the ‘Covid zones’ in Italy mean?
Understand how Italy’s traffic light Covid zoning system works to find out what restrictions there are in Rome due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Essential advice for the Eternal City: insider tips from locals so you can maximize your vacation and spend more time enjoying Rome.
Pandemic news:
Rome is now in “yellow” status.
Learn more about Italy’s Covid zones >
This means that museums and architectural sites are now open. Tickets must be booked in advance >
Personal movement is permitted throughout the Lazio region, and travel is permitted between other “yellow” regions or to “white” regions. Schools are open. Stores, hairdressers, salons and gyms are now open. Restaurants are open for dining both indoors and outside until midnight, and they may deliver or offer take-out at any time. Bars are permitted to be open from 5 am until midnight. There is a nightly curfew from midnight until 5 am.
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