Tourism
Gubbio lights up a mountain-side Christmas tree each year.
The 'world's largest Christmas tree' is lit up each year on the slopes of Monte Ingino, overlooking the mediaeval town of Gubbio in the Umbrian region of centra...
Rome launches P.STOP Project in tourist areas.
Tourists in Rome can now avail of new kiosks offering numerous services including tourist information, toilets and wi-fi.
The P.STOP kiosks are located in tourist areas ar...
Italian tourists shocked with bill for four panini at bar near Vatican.
Tourists visiting Rome were charged almost €120 for three hot dogs and a ham and cheese sandwich, plus four cans of Coca Cola and a bottle of water...
Passengers rank Rome airport among the best in Europe.
Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport, better known as Fiumicino, has achieved a new record for the quality of its passenger services, with a score of 4.46 out of five o...
Vintage steam train connects Rome to lakeside papal retreat.
The long-awaited return of the historic Castelli Romani steam train from Rome's central Termini station to Castel Gandolfo, the summer retreat of the popes ov...
Venice entry fee will apply to tourists on day-trip visits.
Venice will begin charging tourists an entry fee from 1 July 2020, according to the city council.
The fee, which was first announced late last year, will on...
Tourists face charges of drunkeness and threatening Rome police.
Three Australian tourists were arrested at Rome's Trevi Fountain during the night of 14 October, after an altercation with city police, according to Itali...
American tourists carved name "Jeffy" into landmark monument.
Two American brothers, both medical doctors, were arrested for carving one of their names into the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which dates to the 12th century....
€430 bill defended by owner of Rome bar-restaurant.
Two Japanese tourists were charged €349 for two plates of spaghetti al cartoccio di pesce, with water, at the Antico Caffè di Marte on Via Banco di S. Spirito in the h...
Colosseum standard ticket price to rise by one third from 1 November.
The cost of standard tickets at the Colosseum are to increase from €12 to €16 from 1 November 2019.
The tickets, which are valid for one day, also...
Collapse of world's oldest holiday company triggers Britain's largest repatriation effort in history.
UK tour operator Thomas Cook collapsed in the early hours of 23 September, stranding an estimated 150,000 British hol...
Giardino degli Aranci viewpoint closed for safety reasons.
The famed viewpoint at Rome's Giardino degli Aranci, or Orange Garden, has been sealed off to the public for safety reasons due to structural concerns.
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Payment still applies for Friday night late opening at Vatican Museums.
The Vatican Museums are free to visitors on Friday 27 September, for the 2019 edition of World Tourism Day, from 09.00-18.00, with last entry at 16...
Peruvian tourist cited for violating Rome's drone ban.
Rome police caught a 28-year-old Peruvian tourist flying a drone over the Colosseum on 7 September.
The tourist faces charges of breaking Rome's strict no-fly po...
American tourist engraved "Tait" into Colosseum column.
A 26-year-old visitor from the US has become the latest tourist to be caught vandalising the Colosseum.
The man used a key to carve his name - "Tait" - into an...
Costumed centurions and skip-the-line tour promoters flout Rome ban.
Rome police surprised six costumed centurions in the act of pestering tourists for photograph souvenirs outside the Colosseum metro station, in violat...
S. Severa Castle near Rome included in Time's 2019 list.The beachside Castello di S. Severa, located about 50km north of Rome, has been listed in the 2019 edition of the World's Greatest Places by American weekly news ma...
Tax was paid by Rome tourists but not passed on to the city.
Rome police have discovered that around €8.5 million in tourist tax was not received by city hall in the first six months of 2019, following an extensive inve...
Belarus tourist caught bathing in Piazza del Popolo fountain.
A 41-year-old tourist from Belarus was fined by Rome police after she was caught bathing in the waters of the Fontana della Dea in the central Piazza del Pop...
Tourists sitting on Spanish Steps face fines of between €250 and €400.
Sitting on the staircase at Rome's Spanish Steps has been banned, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
The move is reportedly part of the raft...
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