Venice unveils details of tourist fee proposal
The mayor of Venice has proposed May 1 as the start date for the city to begin charging access fees for day visitors. Under the proposal, the fee would be …
New finds from Pompeii
Courtesy of www.world-archaeology.com Excavating Regio V and Civita Giuliana Discoveries continue at Pompeii as more electoral inscriptions, fine frescoes, and victims of the eruption of Vesuvius are unearthed, offering snapshots of …
Venice to charge day-trippers for access to city center
Courtesy of Travel Weekly A measure in Italy’s 2019 budget law will allow the local government in Venice to charge day-trippers for access to the city’s historic center as a …
New Unesco Site in Italy: Ivrea
Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century The industrial city of Ivrea is located in the Piedmont region and developed as the testing ground for Olivetti, manufacturer of typewriters, mechanical …
Leaning Tower of Pisa Now Tilts a Little Less. 1.5 Inches Less.
(From NYT – Nov 22nd, 2018) Italy’s famously Leaning Tower of Pisa is a little less off-kilter. Nearly two decades after engineers completed consolidation work to keep the tower from …
Espresso lovers now can visit the Lavazza Museum in Torino
If Italy’s deep-rooted café culture and exquisite, inky espresso weren’t enough reason to visit, here’s one more: a museum dedicated to all things coffee has opened in Turin. The Lavazza …
Italy unknown: Forte di Fenestrelle, the Italian Great Wall
(from Wikipedia) The Fenestrelle Fortress, better known as the Fenestrelle Fort is a fortress overlooking Fenestrelle. It is the symbol of the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northern Italy. It …
Italy Without the Crowds
Interesting article published by Travel Weekly magazine From top destinations to unique locales, help clients see a new side of Italy. Opera composer Giuseppe Verdi famously said, “You may have …
Rome rises to AAA’s top international destination this summer
Courtesy of Travel Weekly Orlando is once again the top U.S. domestic summer travel destination, says AAA, while Rome has climbed a few spots to become the top international destination. …
Can technology unravel the secrets sealed by Mt. Vesuvius 2,000 years ago?
(from CBS.com) You’ve heard of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. Less well known is the neighboring city of Herculaneum, also buried by …