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This is a bonus article to complement our special report on the Cinque Terre: The Cinque Terre National Park, established in 1999, charges a fee for the usage of path #2 Riomaggiore-Monterosso. The objective is to collect funds necessary for the maintenance of the paths. This summer, the park will be introducing two new types of cards to replace …
If you’re visiting the Vatican in the near future, you might want to plan on spending some time visiting the latest treasure now open to the public. The Roman Necropolis of the Via Triumphalis (pictured) opened to the public yesterday. Read more over at Italy Travel. Also new in Rome, archaeologists believe they have uncovered the city’s oldest temple near the Church of …
A new science museum, designed by celebrated Italian architect Renzo Piano has opened in Trento, in the Dolomite Mountains. With its jagged edges, MUSE mimics the surrounding mountainous landscape. Inside is a museum that digs deep into the history of the local area. According to a local travel site, “This is a sensory journey through science and nature, with a full …
If you’re visiting Venice in 2013, you can’t miss the celebration of contemporary art that is the 55th International Art Exhibition (Biennale), the world’s largest art event. Who: This year’s Biennale is curated by New York City-based critic Massimiliano Gioni, who chose the theme“The Encyclopedic Palace” in honor of Italo-American self-taught artist Marino Auriti who “on November 16, 1955 filed …
Great news if you are visiting Rome with your young children: The Colosseum is now waiving the entrance fee for anyone under 18 years of age. Rome tour guide Giovanni Tanoni (one of Dream of Italy’s best tour guides in Italy) just contacted us to let us know that children will no longer need to pay 13.50 euros to enter …
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Here are the Italy travel news, culture and food stories that got our attention this week… Is Rome’s new Eataly all it is cracked up to be? Katie Parla writes in The New York Times,”The lack of consistency is perhaps mitigated by the sheer convenience of it all. Thousands of nicely packaged products are artfully displayed in a large, air-conditioned …
If you’re visiting Florence in September or during the fall of 2012, you will have the chance to be among the first in three decades to lay eyes on the original 15th-century gilded bronze door by Lorenzo Ghiberti which Michelangelo called “The Door of Paradise.” This medieval masterpiece weighs eight tons and had been part of the baptistery of Florence’s Duomo …
You’ve probably seen the red hop-on, hop-off buses in Rome and other cities (there’s even now a hop-on, hop-off bus along the Amalfi Coast)…Perhaps it was only a matter of time before a hop-on, hop-off tourist boat came to the waterways of Venice. Earlier this month a hop-on, hop-off vaporetto service began on Venice’s Grand Canal. Vaporetto dell’Arte runs daily from 9 a.m. …
Updated 2018. Italo, Italy’s new high-speed train, made its inaugural run Friday. This new service is going to revolutionize travel in Italy. Imagine traveling from Rome to Naples in just an hour; possible because the train travels up to 216 miles per hour! For the next few months, service will be limited to Milan-Florence-Bologna-Rome-Naples. You can book tickets now for …
