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From 25th April to 14th July visitors to Venice (pictured) need to pay a €5 Venice access fee.

Tourist fined and banned after Venice canal swim

September 15, 2025September 15, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Tourist fined and banned after Venice canal swim

A tourist has been fined and banned from Venice’s historic centre after swimming in the Grand Canal with his partner.

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Detail of the gondola showing the 6 prongs and the 'doge's cap'

Tourists tip gondola in Venice while taking selfies

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Tourists tip gondola in Venice while taking selfies

A gondola capsized in Venice on Sunday morning, sending its gondolier and several tourists tumbling into the canal.

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Vasari Corridor as seen from opposite side of river Arno as it reaches the Ponte Vecchio.

Vasari Corridor, Florence damaged by stupid German tourists

August 23, 2023August 23, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Vasari Corridor, Florence damaged by stupid German tourists

And so it continues. Now two German tourists have been arrested over vandalism of the Vasari Corridor in Florence. Their act was captured on camera.

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The Trevi Fountain in Rome. By Diliff - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3943681

Vandal tourists strike again

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Vandal tourists strike again

Once again tourists in Italy have shown a complete disregard the country’s cultural heritage. The Tourism Minister labels them vandal tourists.

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Mother and baby. Motherhood aspiration controversy continues births at lowest number since WW2

Births at post-war low in 2025

July 30, 2026July 30, 2026Deborah Cater
sex and relationship education in schools now needs parental consent

Italy passes parental consent law for sex and relationship education

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026Deborah Cater
Quality of life across generations in Italy

Il Sole 24 Ore’s 2026 generational quality of life index

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026Deborah Cater
Run-off votes in local elections Referendum votes

Italy’s local elections put immigration front and centre

May 25, 2026May 25, 2026Deborah Cater
Basilica di Santo Spirito in Florence, where a Michelangelo crucifix hangs. Lucarelli, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Michelangelo crucifix most visitors never see

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026Deborah Cater
Umbrian plateau with lentil bloom https://www.flickr.com/photos/andolfato/29656325828/in/photostream/ Under Creative Commons BY_NC 2.0

Umbrian plateau becomes a living rainbow

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026Deborah Cater
Aerial view of Pietrabbondante https://molise.guideslow.it/

Pietrabbondante: A Samnite mountaintop sanctuary

July 15, 2026July 15, 2026Deborah Cater
tourist tax revenues in Florence highest in Italy for 2024

Florence named best city in Europe by Travel + Leisure readers

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026Deborah Cater

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