Italian Plolicemen are used to it: every summer some turists cannot support the heat and take a bath in one of the 1.500 roman fountains. But lately a a 22-year-old American man was arrested after an early morning bath in the historic Barcaccia fountain at the foot of Rome's Spanish Steps. Why? He took his bath naked! The man stripped and bathed in the 17th century Baroque fountain in front of a crowd of tourists, before being led away by police. He faces charges of committing an obscene act, it said. But other turists standig around would have done the same as the heat in the capital town of Italy is becoming insufferable. Officials on Monday were linking at least three deaths to a heatwave in Italy, with temperatures hovering around the 40 degrees Celsius mark across the country's southern regions, with peaks of 45 degrees Celsius recorded in Catania, a city in Sicily.
Higher-than-average temperatures of around 38 degrees were also recorded in Florence, Rome and Naples on Sunday and were expected to remain high until the middle of this week. Italy's civil protection officials have sounded the alarm in the country's southern cities amid concerns that this summer could be the hottest since 2003, when scores of elderly people passed away because of the heat. Researchers in Rome, meanwhile, have found that the Mediterranean Sea has hit its highest temperatures in 22 years, with average temperatures in the Adriatic Sea peaking at four degrees above average in mid-May.
While your stay in Rome you should not take a bath in one of the fountains, as our young friend did. Either you watch out for a good accommodaton with aircondition or what is even better you try to get in one of the most beautiful coast areas only few hours drive from Rome – the Amalfi Coast with its highlights Positano, Ravello and Amalfi. For the best accommodations check www.dde-europe.com.

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