Italy Travel News

View of the grand staircase at La Rinascente in Rome , designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg, 1962; digital print on aluminium.

Long before the 2003 movie "Under the Tuscan Sun," Americans had a love affair with Tuscany, the Italian region that is home to Florence, Siena and a hundred charming less-famous hill towns.

We all have special places on our travel bucket list. Spots we want to visit in the near-term, and those we hope to explore one day IF we have the time and money.

On May 23, Adventures by Disney announced a new Central Europe itinerary for 2014, including Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic.

As other social needs have taken priority in economically turbulent times, however, the country's budget for maintaining and restoring some of its greatest tourist attractions has been drastically reduced.

A boutique of French luggage manufacturer Louis Vuitton in Paris, covered with scaffolding in the form of luggage of the marque.

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It has been four years now since our last encounter with Robert Langdon, the be-tweeded hero who has Da Vinci'd and Demon-ed his way through three previous Dan Brown page-rippers. Brown's last book, "The Lost Symbol," came out in 2009, smack in the middle of Brown-mania - an era of "Da Vinci Code" European tour packages and Tom Hanks' second ... (more)

Experience Art and Design announced that its Italian subsidiary Chiurazzi Internazionale S.r.l. has engaged Geoffrey M. Curley & Associates to co-develop a traveling exhibition for art, natural history, and science museums throughout North America.

Venice's gondolas are expensive. Buy a three-day pass for the far more affordable vaporetto - canal boat-buses. Photo / Thinkstock All the old English couple probably wanted was to be out of the rain, but when you choose a restaurant as your refuge you need to order something.

You can take Ruggero Gadaldi out of Italy, but you can't take Italy out of him. Gadaldi-the chef behind the mini empire of Beretta , Delarosa , and Pesce -has updated authentic Italian cuisine for SF's savvy foodie set.

It is very hard not to take a little bit of Florence away with you when you leave the city.

Exclusive Feature: Frankly speaking hotel guests can be annoying indeed, but they also provide plenty of entertainment - even in the midst of the night; for example with strange requests to the reception.

The MGallery Collection's second address in Venice boasts an exceptional location since it is the first hotel on the Island of Murano, which has been a renowned glassmaking center for centuries.

Kardashian , 32, pregnant with rapper Kanye West 's baby, visited the City of Light for a "babymoon" before welcoming her child in June.

Though frequently dismissed as just a gray, industrial sub-city, in fact Milan is Italy's capital of culture and fashion home to the famous Brera art gallery, the world-renowned La Scala opera company, the ultra-chic Via Montenapoleone shopping street, and dozens of architectural monuments that proudly declare a storied history.

El Salvador's ambassador to the Holy See Manuel Lopez poses by Vatican and El Salvador flags and an image of Pope Francis at the end of an interview with the Associated Press, in the embassy's office, in Rome, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

WEDNESDAY 22 MAY - NAPLES, ITALY.Weather-beaten old hack that I am, I know there's nothing like a tabloid headline and an erotic pic to pull in the punters.

France - Authentic Cuisine Apart from the Eiffel Tower, there's nothing quite like authentic French cuisine that captures the beauty of Paris, the city of love.

Carlo Petrini does not tick the pop culture meter. Folks atop bar stools do not toss around his name much because the modern world moves too fast to concern itself with someone who lives life in the slow lane.