Italy: Venice postpones ‘tourist tax’ on day-trippers until 2023
Venice: Venice has postponed plans to charge visitors a “tourist tax” in its fight against overtourism, according to reports. Earlier...
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Italy just lifted all Covid-19-era travel restrictions
Rome: Italy lifted all COVID-19-related entry requirements this week, allowing travelers to visit the country without having to show proof...
Italy: 13 million Italians Plan to travel on June 2 – 90% of them inside Italy, survey reveals
Rome: Nearly 13 million Italians will travel on June 2 for the country’s National and Republic Day, the majority of...
Italy: Eataly opens at Rome’s Fiumicino airport
Rome: Eataly, the chain of high-quality Made in Italy food outlets, launches in the newly-opened Boarding Area A at Rome's...
Italy lifts passenger locator form requirement, extends other covid-19 entry measures
Rome: The Italian Ministry of Health has announced that the requirement to complete a Passenger Locator Form for entering the...
Italy: Rome’s Colosseum opens for moonlight tours
Rome: Rome's Colosseum opens up its labyrinth of underground chambers and tunnels for night visits this summer, starting from May...
Italy: Tourist fined for climbing on Rome’s Pantheon
Rome: An American tourist, 26, was fined after being caught by Rome police while attempting to climb the dome of...
Italy: Open House Roma 2022: Discover Rome’s hidden architectural gems
Rome: Registration is open for the 2022 edition of Open House Roma which opens the doors of 200 of Rome’s...
Italy: Rome’s dog beach reopens for the summer
Rome: Baubeach, Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners, reopens for the summer season on 14 May. Located...
Italy: Tourist falls in Rome’s Borghese Gallery, damages Guido Reni painting
Rome: Rome museum experts are assessing the damage caused to a painting by Baroque master Guido Reni after a visitor...
Italy: One of Venice’s most iconic landmarks opens to visitors for the first time in 500 years
Venice: Visitors to Venice are now able to enter the Procuratie Vecchie after it opened to the public for the...
Italy: World’s favourite Ciabatta Bread?
Rome The rustic ciabatta loaf, known internationally as a quintessential Italian bread, looks like it could have crowded beside bowls...
Italy: Why ‘king of chocolate’ is so delicious
Rome: There's chocolate, and then there's gianduiotto chocolate. An ancestor of Nutella, the melt-in-the-mouth treat is as rare as it...
Italy: Rome sees return of tourists frolicking at famed fountains
Rome: Rome has seen a flurry of headlines in recent weeks about foreign tourists disrespecting the city's cultural heritage, from...
Italy: Rome’s Fiumicino airport to open major new boarding area with 23 gates
Rome: Rome's Leonardo da Vinci international airport, known as Fiumicino, is set to open a major new boarding area to...
Italy: Venice to impose an entrance fee for tourists
Venice: Internationals planning to visit the Italian city, Venice, from next year, must ensure they have enough money with them...
Italy: Court says kids should take surnames of both parents
Rome: Italian rules requiring children to be given automatically only their father’s surname are unlawful, the country’s constitutional court ruled...
Italy: Rome’s 100 Painters return to Via Margutta
Rome: 100 Pittori, Rome's historic open-air art event, returns to Via Margutta with its 117th edition from April 28 to...
Italy to celebrate Labour Day on May 1
Rome: Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a nationwide...
Italy: Rome extends availablity of outdoor restaurant tables
Rome: To meet the needs of restaurant operators, surfaces, umbrellas and chairs have invaded meters and meters of public space,...
Italy celebrates Carbonara Day
Rome: Carbonara, one of the signature dishes of Roman cuisine, was celebrated in Italy and around the world with the...
Italy: The secret to buying
Liz Rowlinson Rome: The best recent advert for the bella vita is surely actor Stanley Tucci sampling regional cuisines in...
Italy: Most visited museum in 2021 – Uffizi
Florence: The Uffizi in Florence was the most popular cultural site in Italy in 2021, coming ahead of the Colosseum...
Italy: Thousands in Florence for the national Mustang car show
Florence: Thousands of people are in Florence this weekend for the Pee Dee Roundup National show hosted at the Florence...
Italy: Rome museums open for free on Sunday
Rome: State and city-run museums in Rome will open their doors to tourists and residents for free on Sunday April...
Italy exits covid state of emergency after two years
Rome: Italy's covid state of emergency expires on Thursday, more than two years after it was introduced on 31 January...
Investors from Italy visit Peshawar Museum, witness artifacts of Ghandhara period
Peshawar: A delegation of investors from Italy Thursday visited Peshawar Museum and witnessed artifacts of Ghandhara period being displayed for...
Italy lifts covid Green Pass rules for visiting museums
Rome: Visitors to Italy's museums, galleries and archaeological sites will no longer be required to show a Green Pass certificate...
Italy: Venice tourists fight off seagulls with water guns
Venice: Tourists in Venice are being armed with water pistols as part of attempts to fend off predatory seagulls intent...
Italy: Rome to host Super Baroque exhibition at Scuderie
Rome: Rome is to host a new "Super Baroque" exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale, organised in collaboration with the...
