Police in Rome said the driver in his 80s was at a loss to explain how he had wound up driving down the famed Spanish Steps.

An 80-year-old man on his way to work mistakenly drove his Mercedes-Benz sedan down Rome's famous Spanish Steps.

Before dawn on Tuesday, an 80-year-old Italian man behind the wheel of a Mercedes A-Class tried to navigate the sedan down ...

Footage provided by police shows the 80-year-old man inching down the famed 135-step staircase before getting stuck halfway down. The car was later hoisted out by crane.

An 80-year-old man has told police he was “wrong” to drive down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps, after firefighters had to recover ...

A man in his 80s drove a car down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome at dawn on June 17, 2025, before getting stuck, the city ...

An 80-year-old Italian man drove his car down the Spanish Steps early on June 17. No injuries or damage to the steps were ...

An older man made a wrong turn and accidentally drove onto the iconic Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy. Rico, a 9-year-old prehensile-tailed Brazilian porcupine who has been delighting visitors at the ...

An Italian man on his way to work in Rome mistakenly took a wrong turn and tried to drive down the world-famous Spanish Steps ...

A driver in Italy has found his car stuck on Rome's famous Spanish Steps. The 81-year-old driver's Mercedes hatchback bounced ...

Police in Rome say an 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes A Class sedan part way down the city's landmark Spanish ...

Nobody was injured and the Italian police did not announce any damage to the monument.