> But Italy has the "normal" (schuko or French) plug. The old one (three holes in line) are in older houses mostly. That's a bit of an oversimplification. I wa

> But Italy has the "normal" (schuko or French) plug. The old one (three holes in line) are in older houses mostly. That's a bit of an oversimplification. I was in Italy on Thursday and also early in May. My very modern hotel rooms mostly had Italian three-hole sockets, with a single token 'standard' euro socket provided at the table, that nevertheless didn't always accept my (French-style) laptop cable because the prongs were too thick. Also, flashy modern hotels aside, I'd say most houses in Italy are "older houses". The three-hole socket is definitely extremely common in Italy in my experience. In fact, there's two incompatible three-hole Italian sockets - a larger one for most appliances, and a smaller one for lights.