Italy: Tourist city bans evening walks to halt overcrowding
Florence: As the tourists head back to Italy, one of the cities that has suffered most at the hands of...
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Italy: Six unusual tours of Rome that reveal a different side to the city
Rome: So intertwined with power and history is the story of Rome — cradle of the Roman Empire, seat of...
Italy: Rome set to sizzle as Italy faces new heatwave
Rome: Rome is braced for mid-week temperatures in the high 30s as the second heatwave of the summer sweeps across...
Italy: Living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci identified in Tuscany
Rome: New research, conducted in Italy by two Leonardo da Vinci experts, has identified fourteen descendants of the Tuscan genius....
Italy: Rome renames Auditorium after Ennio Morricone
Rome: Rome has renamed the Auditorium Parco della Musica after Ennio Morricone, the world-renowned composer and conductor who died in...
Italy: Rome’s House of Vestal Virgins reopens in Roman Forum
Rome: The Colosseum Archaeological Park reopens the House of the Vestal Virgins to the public fully on 6 July following...
Italy: Rome band Måneskin top of Spotify Global Charts
Rome: Måneskin, the Rome rockers who won Eurovision for Italy, have reached number 1 in the global charts on the...
Italy covers shrinking glacier to save it from melting
Presena Glacier: Battling to save northern Italy's Presena glacier from further shrinking, climate experts are covering it with long strips...
Italy foils fake EU COVID pass schemes
Milan: Italian police said on Saturday they had broken up a number of online schemes offering to sell fake European...
Italy: ‘Dolce Vita train’ set to run 10 routes through most famous landscapes
Rome: The “Dolce Vita train” is set to run 10 routes through Italy’s most famous landscapes, in historic trains with...
Italy: Rome Fiumicino airport welcomes back tourists with Leonardo da Vinci mural
Rome: Rome's Fiumicino airport, known officially as Leonardo da Vinci, celebrates the gradual restart of tourism in Italy with a...
Italy: Rome opens up Aurelian Walls for guided tours
Rome: Rome opens up internal stretches of the city's ancient Aurelian Walls for the first time with guided tours at...
Italy: Uffizi boss proposes street food tax in Italy’s art cities
Florence: The head of Italy's Uffizi Gallery, Eike Schmidt, has suggested taxing street food vendors in Italy's art cities -...
Italy: Rome stages Shakespeare festival at Globe Theatre in Villa Borghese
Rome: Rome’s annual Shakespearean festival at the city's Globe Theatre in the heart of Villa Borghese returns for its 18th...
Italy launches digital covid-19 certificate
Rome: Italy's premier Mario Draghi has signed a new decree launching the national digital green certificate website for people who...
Italy plans to change travel vaccine certificate requirements
Rome: Italy is likely to alter the regulations for its health pass during the next upcoming weeks, Deputy Health Minister...
Italy passes 50 million covid vaccination milestone
Rome: Italy is set to pass the milestone of 50 million covid vaccinations administered on Monday 28 June, the...
Italy: Rome celebrates its patron saints Peter and Paul with public holiday
Rome: Rome celebrates its patron saints, Peter and Paul, with a public holiday in the Italian capital on Tuesday 29...
Italy drops outdoor mask rule as entire country now covid-19 ‘white zone’
Rome: Wearing masks outdoors in Italy is longer required with the entire country now in the lowest-risk 'white zone' category...
Italy: Rome’s Domus Aurea reopens with homage to Raphael
Rome's Domus Aurea, containing the majestic remains of Emperor Nero's golden palace, has reopened to visitors after an extended closure...
Italy’s restaurant sector cautiously optimistic as things improve
Rome: As coronavirus health restrictions have been dramatically eased in recent months and tourists are starting to come back to...
Italy: Colosseum underground labyrinth opens fully to visitors
Rome: The underground heart of Rome’s Colosseum, a labyrinth of passageways and chambers called the hypogeum, has opened to the...
Italy: All country to be covid-19 ‘white zone’
Rome: All of Italy will become a 'white zone' - the country's lowest-risk covid-19 category - from Monday 28 June,...
Italy hands over medical supplies to Nepal
Kathmandu: The Italian government, under the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism, had provided medical supplies to Nepal in a bid...
Italy: Rome extends Torlonia Marbles show until 2022
Rome: Rome's Torlonia Marbles exhibition has been extended until 9 January 2022, organisers has announced, just days before the blockbuster...
Italy: University of Padua elects female rector for first time in 800 years
Milan: The University of Padua has elected Daniela Mapelli as its new rector, the first woman to hold the top...
Italy: Florence Uffizi sends masterpieces to villages around Tuscany
Florence: The Uffizi Galleries in Florence, home to the world's finest collection of Renaissance art, has launched a radical project...
Alfredino: TV series revisits story that still haunts Italy after 40 years
Rome: 40 years have passed since the Vermicino tragedy but for many Italians the story remains a wound that has...
Italy to lift mandatory masks outdoors as pandemic slows
Rome: People in Italy will no longer have to wear masks outdoors from June 28, the government has said, as...
Italy’s islands push ‘Covid-free’ brand to revive tourism
Rome: In attempt to lure holidayers and revive pandemic-struck tourism, Italy is exploiting a 'Covid-Free Islands' strategy. Local authorities have...
