Rome to get chariot fleet of Tourist Angels

| Wed, 09/16/2009 - 03:56

Rome is recruiting a fleet of "tourist angels" to help the millions of tourist going through the Eternal City every year.

The city's tourism chief Mauro Cutrufo announced that a 60-strong team of angels on electric chariots is being formed.

They will speed to visitors' rescue when they look in trouble or simply at a loss where to turn next, said Cutrufo, who is also Rome's deputy mayor.

The team of red-jerseyed charioteers will begin work in November.

''This way tourists won't have to go to information offices. They'll be reached wherever they are, whatever they're interested in,'' Cutrufo told reporters.

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