Silent Skies in Tuscany
Kirsten Hines considers what it would mean to have a world without songbirds
Italy
Lufthansa/ITA deal is official
Three years after its founding, Italy is selling state-owned ITA Airways to Lufthansa
Italy wants to rate 'Italian' restaurants everywhere
Italy's Agriculture (and Food Sovereignty) Minister wants to rate and regulate Italian restaurants worldwide
Italy adds more free museum days
Visitors to Italy's cultural attractions will get three extra days of free admission this year, at a time when many museums are raising prices.
Italy: Big fines for monumental vandalism
Citing the high cost of repairing vandalized buildings and sites, Italy's cabinet is calling for much bigger fines.
Italy: big fines for English words
Italy's ruling party is on a campaign to wipe out foreign influence on Italian language
Italy speeds up the trip to Pompeii
A new station on an existing high-speed line will make visiting the ancient city faster and easier
Amsterdam tackling Rome's trash
Rome's trash crisis has prompted the city to find an outside contractor to clear it up until the city builds a new incinerator
Venice's Piazza San Marco at Night
At night, the Piazza is much quieter that the crazy bustle of the day, and the tourist tension of visiting Venice seems to fall away.
Venice mayor has booby prize for jumper
Yet another tourist stunt angers the locals in Venice
Starbucks ready to invade Rome
The coffee chain is making a move to extend its stores from northern to southern Italy
Taxi Ride in Venice
DrFumblefinger shares photos of an interesting boat taxi ride through the canals of Venice.
Italy plans a bridge to Sicily
Italy's government has issued a decree for construction of a bridge across the Straits of Messina
Rome's Pantheon gets a paying audience
After two thousand years, a ticket booth comes to the Pantheon in Rome
Italy, Bali: Get tourists off the road!
Complaints of overcrowding and poor road behavior are fueling restrictions.