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This Overlooked Italian City Was the Nation’s First Capital—With Gorgeous Palaces and Historic Cafés
Piazza San Carlo at sunset. Imagine an elegant Italian city with a bit of French je ne sais quoi—that city is Turin (or Torino in Italian). Capital of the northern Italian region of Piedmont, Turin was part of the Duchy of Savoy, which covered the ...
La not so dolce vita. One popular tourist destination in Italy is discouraging visitors this summer for one unfortunate reason — they’re running out of water. Agrigento, a hill town in Sicily, has been forced to reject tourists as the combination of ...
In a bid to combat the mounting challenges of overtourism, the Italian city of Florence has issued a mandate requiring the removal of self check-in keyboxes from vacation rental properties by February 25. This new regulation is part of the local government ...
Well-traveled pets already get their own passports. Now, in an age of overtourism — where visitors are sometimes charged fees to counter their impact on inundated communities — there’s inevitably a tourist tax on dogs. Starting in 2026, owners of ...
On a trip to this thrumming Italian city about 15 years ago, art historian Michael Stoughton hoped to visit a famous Baroque church in the Sanita neighborhood of Naples. An Italian friend said no — the area was too dangerous. If you must, the friend ...
Tourists visiting Milan, Italy, may be in for a change with cigarettes now going out of style in one of the biggest fashion capitals of the world. Milan City council passed an Air Quality Regulation in 2020 that went into effect on Wednesday. "The smoking ...
A stunning Italian port city, often overlooked by the likes of Venice and Amalfi, is home to an array of glorious sandy beaches and classical monuments, and has been named as one of the world's ‘best’ destinations. Long overshadowed by its more famous ...
Efforts are underway to save an important part of Italy’s heritage. With support from both the corporate and private sectors, the municipality of Bologna has launched a crowdfunding effort with an online funding campaign to save its two towers.