Venice cuts size of tourist parties to 25 to reduce impact on city
Tourists face fines of €25-500 if they fail to comply with measures, which also ban the use of loudspeakers Venice will limit the size of...
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Pope visits women’s prison in Venice and tours Vatican show at art Biennale
Pope Francis, 87, met inmates, staff and volunteers at Giudecca jail during first trip outside Rome for months The pope has met female prisoners in...
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter
Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism Authorities in Venice have been accused...
Museum chief brands Florence a ‘prostitute’ over tourist numbers
Cecilie Hollberg sparks outrage in remarks about capital city of Tuscan region being ‘crushed by tourism’ Mass tourism has turned Florence into a “prostitute”, one...
Venice Biennale’s new, rightwing director has art world guessing
Meloni’s party is pleased by the appointment but Pietrangelo Buttafuoco has surprised before – not least by adopting Islam When Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, the incoming new...
Seagulls force Venice’s Marco Polo airport to close briefly
A number of flights delayed or redirected after unusually large number of birds ‘invade’ the runway Venice’s Marco Polo airport has been forced to close...
At least 21 dead after coach veers off overpass near Venice
Tourist coach catches fire after coming off the road and falling near railway lines in Mestre, northern Italy At least 21 people have died and...
