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Fines of €450 for tourists caught in Rome's historic fountains.
Italian police have handed down heavy fines to several foreign tourists caught frolicking in Rome's fountains in recent days.
Two young American visit...
International flights delayed due to burnt fiber-optic cables.
Terminal 3 at Rome's Fiumicino airport is experiencing significant delays with passenger check-in since early on Monday 18 July, due to a breakdown in int...
Archeoboat connects Rome to ancient Fiumicino port at weekends until 30 October.
A new tourist service called Archeoboat provides boat trips along Rome's Tiber, connecting the city with the ancient Roman harbour near...
20,000 less tourists in Rome for Easter following Brussels attacks.
There will be at least 20,000 less tourists in Rome this Easter, compared to last year, according to data provided by the capital's hotel association...
Italian culture minister wants to introduce tickets for Pantheon in Rome.
Visitors could soon have to pay a "moderate" charge to visit the Pantheon according to a proposal by Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschin...
Restaurant, coffee shops and vending machines for Rome's archaeological monuments.
Restaurants on the Palatine hill and at Palazzo Massimo, new cafès and vending machines at the Roman Forum and Baths of Diocletian, an...
New route makes visits to Roman Forum easier.
The Roman Forum has opened a new pathway for wheelchair-users, families with pushchairs and people with difficulty walking.
The new "barrier-free" walkway begins at the...
Rome orders centurions and rickshaws off tourist sites.
Rome commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca has banned centurions from posing with tourists at the city's archaeological and tourist sites, two weeks before the lau...
Travel guide lists Rome in its top cities for 2016.
Rome has been included in the top ten cities to visit in 2016 by the guide book publisher Lonely Planet, according to its criteria which includes “topicality, excite...
More negative international news for Colosseum.
A Romanian television crew filming in Rome was robbed, insulted and threatened by fake centurions outside the Colosseum, with footage of the incident shown on national t...
Regional court backs new taxes for commercial use of public land.
The Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) has upheld the decision by Rome mayor Ignazio Marino to increase the rates for use of public land by...
Vatican launching train tour from Vatican City to Castel Gandolfo gardens.
The Vatican Museums is launching a new tour by train from the Vatican train station directly to the papal gardens at Castel Gandolfo, 25 km...
Rome's mayor polishes city's tarnished image.
The fountain in Piazza S. Maria in Trastevere will be the first of 50 in the city's historic centre to be cleaned over the next few months.
The other fountains included...
Staff react over asbestos concerns following fire.
Workers at Rome's Fiumicino airport are staging a strike on Tuesday 12 May, from 11.00-12.50, over concerns for their health in the aftermath of the fire that devasta...
Blaze may have been triggered by mobile air conditioning unit.
Days after a fire gutted Terminal 3 in Rome's Fiumicino airport, staff working in the area are being treated for nausea, irritated eyes, persistent coughs...
50 per cent of flights cancelled day after fire.
Only about 50 per cent of flights are operating to and from Rome's Fiumicino airport on Friday 8 May, the day after a major fire gutted a section of Terminal 3, which i...
Rome will have 46 Ryanair routes by end of year
Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced nine new flights from Rome, all of which will be available later on this year.
The Irish carrier will launch four new destinati...
Extendable photo sticks banned over damage.
The use of so-called "selfie sticks" has been banned in the Colosseum over concerns that the photographic device could cause damage to the ancient monument.
The Colosseum...
Two Californian women arrested for defacing Rome monument
Two American tourists were apprehended by police after carving their initials on an interior wall of the Colosseum on the morning of 7 March.
The incident t...
Ireland's Global Greening campaign includes Colosseum
For the first time, Ireland's annual Global Greening campaign for St Patrick's Day will include Rome's Colosseum which will be illuminated in green lights on 17 Ma...
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