Tourism
Italy has seen a spate of tourists behaving badly this summer.
Two German tourists who scrawled their names on Italy's landmark Ponte Vecchio bridge risk being fined up to €40,000, the city of Florence said in a stateme...
Incident filmed at fountain near the Vatican.
A man, reportedly a tourist, was filmed belly flopping into a historic fountain in the park at Castel Sant'Angelo near the Vatican in Rome.
The video footage, published b...
British tourist claimed he wanted to leave record of visit to ancient site.
Italian police on Wednesday cited a British tourist for damaging cultural heritage after the man carved his initials and those of his two daugh...
Tourist handed fine for dip at Rome landmark.
A 28-year-old Swiss tourist received a €550 fine after Rome police caught him in the waters of the Trevi Fountain at around 03.00 on Sunday morning.
Due to the prompt int...
Fines of up to €500 for breaking new rules.
The Italian island of Capri, a popular tourist destination across the bay from Naples, has banned smoking on its beaches, with fines ranging from €25 to €500 for violations....
Day-tripper ticket set to increase to €10 on busiest days.
Venice is set to raise its day-tripper entry fee in 2025, after launching the trial scheme earlier this year, in an effort to reduce crowds arriving in the Ital...
Explore the Colosseum by night with guided tours in Italian and English.
Rome's Colosseum opens for night visits, starting from 4 July, with guided tours held every Thursday night from 20.00 until midnight.
The anci...
City to upgrade toilets for Jubilee Year 2025.
Rome has unveiled plans to renovate more than 100 public toilets, many of which are in a poor state or closed, tackling a problem faced by tourists and residents for years....
Kiosk offers tourists still and sparkling water.
Tourists visiting the Colosseum now have an extra opportunity to fill up their water bottles, with refrigerated still or sparkling water, thanks to a new water dispensing...
Dutch tourist used marker to deface ancient Roman site at Herculaneum.
A Dutch tourist has been cited by Italian police for writing a graffiti tag on the walls of an ancient Roman domus at the archaeological park of Her...
Venice takes in more than €700,000 in eight days of entry fees.
In the eight days since Venice introduced a €5 entry fee for day-trippers, the Italian canal city has generated the same amount expected for the three-mont...
Venice tackles mass tourism with day-tripper entry fee.
Venice will charge day-trippers a €5 entry fee to visit the Italian canal city on select dates in 2024, with the new system coming into effect on 25 April, a publi...
Colosseum registers 24 per cent rise in visitors.
The Colosseum in Rome attracted more than 12 million visitors in 2023, Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano announced during an Easter visit to the ancient amphi...
Studio Labics wins international competition.
The winning design for a New Archaeological Walk linking Rome's ancient landmarks was unveiled at a presentation on the rooftop terrace of Trajan's Forum on Tuesday.
Rome...
Venice day-trippers to pay €5 entry fee on 29 dates in 2024.
Venice will launch an online payment platform on Tuesday for its new €5 entry fee system for day-trippers as part of measures to ease pressure on the fragile...
Coins rain down on top of Roman ruins.
A new trend in Rome sees tourists throwing coins into the Roman Forum - imitating the Trevi Fountain ritual - in the hopes of a return to the Eternal City.
A growing number of v...
Rome’s fake street painters and bracelet scammers unmasked in viral videos.
Lithuanian magician Rokas Bernatonis has exposed a scam involving prints of Rome landmarks being sold as original watercolours to tourists visi...
Italy lures international luxury hotels to Rome.
Rome is second only to London for attracting the world's top luxury hotel brands in 2023, according to a new report by Luxury Travel Intelligence.
The LTI rankings put...
Hotels in Rome expect tourism surge over festive season.
Rome hotels are expecting to see a 30 per cent increase in arrivals this Christmas, compared to last year, with bookings for New Year in Rome set to be up 20 per...
Gondola capsized after tourists ignored gondolier.
A group of tourists travelling in a gondola in Venice ended up in the waters of a canal after refusing to sit still and stop moving around to take selfies.
The incid...
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