One of the most fascinating domus at Herculaneum, the Roman town buried and preserved by the Vesuvius eruption along with Pompeii in 79 AD, has reopened after a 30-year restoration. The House of the Carbonized Furniture is open again thanks to a restoration project carried out in a public-private partnership with the Packard Humanities Institute […]
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Deputy Premier and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini suggested political motives could lie behind the suspension of train services in Calabria early on Thursday. The rail sabotage is the latest in a long series of major disruptions to hit Italy’s rail network.
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The €2 increase, the first since paid admission to the Pantheon was introduced in 2023, will fund local libraries in disadvantaged areas under the Piano Olivetti per la Cultura scheme.
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As Simone Verde’s ambitious redesign of the Botticelli rooms at the Uffizi draws international praise, Florence’s licensed tour guides are raising pointed questions about who the changes are actually for. Perhaps the real question is whether a museum generating nearly €62 million a year in revenue can afford to ignore its customers’ experiences.
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Municipal police have seized three vehicles and issued fines totalling €980 in a fresh enforcement operation targeting unlicensed tourist transport services operating in and around the UNESCO-listed city centre.
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A photograph of a receipt from a gelateria near Piazza di Spagna has caused a social media storm after a Florida tourist was charged more than forty euros for what she expected to be two small ice creams. It’s the latest in a long series of overcharging controversies targeting visitors to the Italian capital.
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Centuries of superstition, millions of grinding heels, and one lucky bull in need of renovation. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II’s most intimate mosaic is back under repair.
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A tourist’s insistence on drinking tap water at a five-star Alto Adige hotel has produced one of Italy’s more unusual legal precedents. It confirms what most Italian waiters have always assumed.
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A coalition of base unions has called a 24-hour general strike against military spending, precarious work, and the war in Gaza. There will be knock-on effects for rail, metro and bus passengers from Thursday evening.
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More than 140 years after the original Orient Express first pulled into Constantinople, Italy’s most celebrated luxury train is preparing to retrace the historic passage. Travellers can expect Michelin-starred dining, 1960s-inspired interiors, and a starting price of €20,000 per person on the Rome-Istanbul route.
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