Want to visit Italy but have been put off by the idea of peak season tourists crowds surging through Rome, Florence and ...

The Catholic Church’s celebration should attract millions of extra visitors to the Eternal City and beyond. Here’s how to ...

The tour operator is offering guaranteed departures and guaranteed commissions on some of its most popular escorted tours to ...

When two architects renovated the once-grand floor of a palace in Genoa, Italy, their goal wasn’t period perfection: “We didn ...

Must-sees include Saint Vigil Cathedral, where the Council of Trent was held in the mid-16th century, and Buonconsiglio ...

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Italy, @memoria_sui shared a video of a playful yet startling Christmas prank. A person dressed as the Grinch surprises a girl at the door, causing her to run away in fear. The Grinch then enters ...

Claudia Baccarini Baldi passed away at the age of 114 on Christmas Eve in her home in ... she was not only the oldest person in Italy but also the third oldest in Europe and, according to Il ...

With the new year now fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about getting those Christmas decorations down and packed away and returning your house to normal. Although taking them down ...

It is traditionally when most people take down their Christmas decorations and its origins date back to the 6th century. By this point most of the needles from your Christmas Tree will probably be ...