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Tour operators unhappy with controversial increases
Hotel tax in Rome has doubled from 1 September following measures approved by city authorities at the end of July.
The price hike means that tourists staying at...
Reforms include several major Rome sites
Italy is changing the way its 20 most important museums and heritage sites are managed, according to radical reforms announced by the country's culture minister Dario Francesch...
US couple accept invitation for return visit
An American couple attacked at the Spanish Steps in early August has accepted an invitation to return to Rome by the city's tourism councillor Marta Leonori.
The tourist...
Foreign students should be careful when they drink too much in Rome
For a young, English-speaking tourist, Rome’s flourishing nightlife offers plenty of options, from jazz bars to disco clubs. Exploring the city at ni...
Increased ticket prices at ten other Rome museums
Seven of Rome's municipal museums are now free to visitors while ticket prices have been increased at another ten museums under city management.
The free museums a...
Saturday now car-free in addition to Sunday
The second experimental phase of pedestrianisation along Rome's Via dei Fori Imperiali, which began on 28 June, will continue until 25 October and not the originally schedul...
ATAC drops paper monthly tickets for electronic pass
Rome public transport provider ATAC is launching a new rechargeable electronic pass for monthly subscriptions, replacing the original paper version.
The switch f...
Below we publish the legal advice we have received from Studio Legale Annino for anyone who is detained by the forces of law and order in Italy, as in the case of the ex-pat photographer arrested at the Colosseum on 27 J...
Measures to protect tourists from pickpockets and fake porters
Rome's Termini station is to install barriers at the beginning of platforms to allow access only to passengers with tickets. The measures are designed as...
Rome's mayor expresses solidarity with city's Jewish community
Police in Rome are investigating a spate of anti-semitic graffiti that has appeared on shopfronts and walls around the capital in recent days.
The lat...
City votes to reduce advertising billboards
Rome has passed new legislation to reduce the amount and size of billboards that can be placed around the capital by advertisers.
The maximum size for the largest signs...
Rome's new culture councillor also faces problems at Teatro Valle and Teatro Eliseo
A tentative agreement has been reached between management and unions representing the staff of Rome's Opera House, following recent s...
The article below was sent to Wanted in Rome by Amber Paulen, freelance journalist working in Rome and wife of Simon Griffee who was arrested at the Colosseum
This past Sunday, 27 July, in Rome, Italy, 36-year old pho...
Historic movie theatre destined for retail and office use but will retain small cinema
Rome's former Metropolitan cinema building at the Piazza del Popolo end of Via del Corso could be turned into a shopping mall, aft...
Decision follows Rolling Stones controversy
Rome has approved significant increases in the cost of renting public spaces in the capital's historic centre. The move follows the controversy over last month's concert b...
Successful final voyage of shipwreck
The Costa Concordia shipwreck arrived at a port at Voltri, just outside Genoa in north-west Italy, five days after being towed away from the Tuscan island of Giglio.
The stricke...
Nobody injuried in accident caused by truck
The Via Flaminia in north Rome has reopened to traffic following the collapse of a pedestrian bridge on top of a truck on the evening of 24 July. The incident took place ou...
France warns that Corsica will not tolerate pollution
The Costa Concordia has travelled over 40 nautical miles in the 24 hours since it left Giglio on its way to be scrapped at the north-west Italian port of Genoa....
Woman sentenced to death for apostasy is welcomed in Italy
Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman who was condemned to death for converting from Islam to Christianity, arrived in Rome with her family on 24 July, en route...
Overhaul part of reorganisation plan by Rome's bus company
ATAC continues to reorganise its service, changing another batch of bus routes on 21 July, for the third time in as many months.
The changes affect routes...
AMA Roma cracks down on absenteeism
Rome's refuse collection agency AMA Roma is clamping down on its widely-documented rates of absenteeism, which the city's mayor Ignazio Marino has described as "unacceptable". The...
Rome, Venice and Milan most popular with foreigners
Rome was the most popular Italian city for foreign tourists during the first six months of this year, according to data compiled by leading online hotel reservation...
On the bimillennium of the death of Augustus on 19 August 14 BC, Rome is celebrating and rediscovering the emperor who made her great with initiatives, exhibitions and cultural events discussing his personality and his t...
Child's tomb covered with terrible curses
An ancient mausoleum containing a dozen tombs belonging to a family of wealthy nobles has been discovered at Rome's sprawling Ostia Antica archaeological site near the coast....
De Blasio welcomed by Marino
The New York mayor Bill De Blasio began his nine-day Italian holiday with a welcome from his Roman counterpart Ignazio Marino at the city hall on the evening of 20 July.
De Blasio, who...
1,500 new requests for assistance at station's help centre
The day centre at Rome's Termini station received 37,000 requests for assistance last year, according to findings by the Osservatorio Nazionale sul Disagio e...
High speed rail link to be launched in December
Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport will be the first Italian hub served by fast trains, with the initial experimental phase beginning in December with a high speed s...
Painting to be shown near the Pantheon
A watercolour by Adolf Hitler will be displayed at an art gallery near the Pantheon in Rome on 18 July.
The work on paper will be shown during a press conference at the Galle...
Accident halted half of A line on 15 July
The city's Metro A line has resumed normal service after an accident on the morning of 15 July led to commuter chaos for the whole day.
The incident, which occurred at arou...
Japanese sponsor visits site
Japanese entrepreneur Yuzo Yagi visited Rome's Piramide Cestia mid July to observe the final stages of the €2 million restoration process that he has funded since work began in March...
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