Italy: Rome’s Colosseum opens for moonlight tours
Rome: Rome's Colosseum opens up its labyrinth of underground chambers and tunnels for night visits this summer, starting from May...
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Italy: Tourist fined for climbing on Rome’s Pantheon
Rome: An American tourist, 26, was fined after being caught by Rome police while attempting to climb the dome of...
Italy: Open House Roma 2022: Discover Rome’s hidden architectural gems
Rome: Registration is open for the 2022 edition of Open House Roma which opens the doors of 200 of Rome’s...
Italy: Rome’s dog beach reopens for the summer
Rome: Baubeach, Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners, reopens for the summer season on 14 May. Located...
Italy: Tourist falls in Rome’s Borghese Gallery, damages Guido Reni painting
Rome: Rome museum experts are assessing the damage caused to a painting by Baroque master Guido Reni after a visitor...
Italy: One of Venice’s most iconic landmarks opens to visitors for the first time in 500 years
Venice: Visitors to Venice are now able to enter the Procuratie Vecchie after it opened to the public for the...
Italy: World’s favourite Ciabatta Bread?
Rome The rustic ciabatta loaf, known internationally as a quintessential Italian bread, looks like it could have crowded beside bowls...
Italy: Why ‘king of chocolate’ is so delicious
Rome: There's chocolate, and then there's gianduiotto chocolate. An ancestor of Nutella, the melt-in-the-mouth treat is as rare as it...
Italy: Rome sees return of tourists frolicking at famed fountains
Rome: Rome has seen a flurry of headlines in recent weeks about foreign tourists disrespecting the city's cultural heritage, from...
Italy: Rome’s Fiumicino airport to open major new boarding area with 23 gates
Rome: Rome's Leonardo da Vinci international airport, known as Fiumicino, is set to open a major new boarding area to...
Italy: Venice to impose an entrance fee for tourists
Venice: Internationals planning to visit the Italian city, Venice, from next year, must ensure they have enough money with them...
Italy: Court says kids should take surnames of both parents
Rome: Italian rules requiring children to be given automatically only their father’s surname are unlawful, the country’s constitutional court ruled...
Italy: Rome’s 100 Painters return to Via Margutta
Rome: 100 Pittori, Rome's historic open-air art event, returns to Via Margutta with its 117th edition from April 28 to...
Italy to celebrate Labour Day on May 1
Rome: Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a nationwide...
Italy: Rome extends availablity of outdoor restaurant tables
Rome: To meet the needs of restaurant operators, surfaces, umbrellas and chairs have invaded meters and meters of public space,...
Italy celebrates Carbonara Day
Rome: Carbonara, one of the signature dishes of Roman cuisine, was celebrated in Italy and around the world with the...
Italy: The secret to buying
Liz Rowlinson Rome: The best recent advert for the bella vita is surely actor Stanley Tucci sampling regional cuisines in...
Italy: Most visited museum in 2021 – Uffizi
Florence: The Uffizi in Florence was the most popular cultural site in Italy in 2021, coming ahead of the Colosseum...
Italy: Thousands in Florence for the national Mustang car show
Florence: Thousands of people are in Florence this weekend for the Pee Dee Roundup National show hosted at the Florence...
Italy: Rome museums open for free on Sunday
Rome: State and city-run museums in Rome will open their doors to tourists and residents for free on Sunday April...
Italy exits covid state of emergency after two years
Rome: Italy's covid state of emergency expires on Thursday, more than two years after it was introduced on 31 January...
Investors from Italy visit Peshawar Museum, witness artifacts of Ghandhara period
Peshawar: A delegation of investors from Italy Thursday visited Peshawar Museum and witnessed artifacts of Ghandhara period being displayed for...
Italy lifts covid Green Pass rules for visiting museums
Rome: Visitors to Italy's museums, galleries and archaeological sites will no longer be required to show a Green Pass certificate...
Italy: Venice tourists fight off seagulls with water guns
Venice: Tourists in Venice are being armed with water pistols as part of attempts to fend off predatory seagulls intent...
Italy: Rome to host Super Baroque exhibition at Scuderie
Rome: Rome is to host a new "Super Baroque" exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale, organised in collaboration with the...
Italy: Rome summer opera festival returns to Baths of Caracalla
Rome: The summer season of Rome's opera house will finally return to its historic venue at the Baths of Caracalla...
As tourists return, Italy losing prized olive trees to bacterium
Islamabad: Italy’s tourism industry, which took a heavy battering from COVID-driven travel restrictions, is now faced with the loss of...
Buddhist monks and nuns from China, other countries visit Peshawar museum
Peshawar: Buddhist monks and nuns from China and other countries have visited the Peshawar museum. The monks from China, Malaysia...
What does traveling to Italy look like in 2022
Rome: It’s no secret that the pandemic threw a massive wrench into the travel industry--for better and for worse. While...
Italy: Rome’s pick-your-own tulip park returns in 2022
Rome: TuliPark, which allows visitors to pick their own tulips for purchase, reopens in Rome on Tuesday 22 March and...
Italy: Favorite places to go on vacation
Florence: Think Florence, Rome and Venice with their abundant Renaissance architecture and well-known galleries, Tuscany with its globally-renowned vineyards and...
Italy slowly easing long-lasting Covid rules ahead of Spring influx of UK visitors
Rome: Italy is accessible again to visitors with Covid entry rules relaxed but some restrictions still remain for visitors. Tourists...
Italy: Augusta University artist to have work displayed in Venice
Rome: When discussing art, all the big names may come to mind — Monet, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, and the list...
Italy: S. Francesca Romana – Rome patron saint of drivers
Rome: The feast day of the patron saint of motorists, S. Francesca Romana (1384-1444), is marked in Rome each year...
Gwadar Youth Festival attracts youngsters of both genders
Gwadar Pro Gwadar: The three-day Gwadar Youth Festival has attracted a large number of youngsters of both genders to participate...
Taxi campaign in Italy showcases sunny Seychelles
Rome: One hundred taxis featuring pictures of Seychelles' beautiful beaches are driving around the greatest cities in Italy to capture...
Italy: Enchanting Ninfa Gardens reopen this spring
Rome: Ninfa - described by The New York Times as "the most beautiful and romantic garden in the world" -...
Italy to pay back $2,250 if you choose to marry in Rome
Rome: Lazio is fighting to reclaim itself as a dream wedding destination and one should make use of such an...
Italy eases covid travel rules for non-EU visitors
Rome: Italy allowed travellers from outside the European Union to enter the country quarantine-free as of March 1, under new...
Italy: Visit Rome in winter for a chance to see this stunning natural wonder
Rome: Every winter, the skies over Italy's capital are filled with the mesmerising sight of thousands of starlings swooping and...
Italy: How to spend 48 hours in Rome
Rome: Contrary to the title of this article, do not spend 48 hours in Rome on your first attempt. Unless...
Italy: New county security measures not for Rome sites
Rome: Oneida County officials will continue to monitor security at its Rome facilities, however, visitors there will not be subject...
CAA abolishes requirement of Covid-19 PCR test for fully vaccinated passengers
Islamabad: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Wednesday scrapped the requirement of the Covid-19 rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for the...
Italy: City of Bologna pioneers citizenship for foreigners
Bologna could pave the way for Italian citizenship granted to foreigners born in Italy. The proposed changes could affect more...
Italy: The curious story of Rome’s talking statues
Rome: The tradition of Rome's talking statues dates back to the 16th century when the city's resident began to show...
Italy: The town that glows at night
Rome: Walk round Ascoli Piceno, and in some ways it could be any Italian town. There are two big squares...
Italy: Madness in Contemporary Art at Chiostro del Bramante
Rome: Chiostro del Bramante presents a new large-scale exhibition project called Crazy: La Follia nel Arte Contemporanea, running from 18...
Italy: Rome’s most romantic places
Rome: Rome has its magnificent museums, its splendid churches, its rich history. It also has romance. Buckets of it. Here...
Colourful Chinese New Year celebrations held at China Window
Peshawar: A colourful celebration of the Chinese New Year was held at the China Window, a Chinese cultural and information...
Italy: Venice Carnival returns as Italy eases covid rules
Venice: Carnival celebrations kicked off in Venice after the last two editions of the annual festivities were cancelled due to...
Italy: A chocolate festival in honour of St Valentine
Terni: The 2022 edition of the Cioccolentino festival is taking place in the Umbrian town of Terni, in honour of...
Italy: Venice’s floating carnival returns
Hermione Kitson in Venice Venice: Italy's floating city of Venice is preparing for the return of its world-famous Carnival, which...
Italy: A love letter to Venice
Goya Verity Venice: Part of my soul will always be running wild in one of the countless canals of Venice....
Threefold increase in tourists from Italy expected in Seychelles in first half of 2022
Rome: Seychelles expects to have Italy back as one of its leading markets in visitor arrivals in the first half...
Dubai welcomes 7.28 million overnight visitors in 2021
Islamabad: Dubai welcomed 7.28 million international overnight visitors between January and December 2021, representing 32 per cent year-over-year growth (YoY),...
Italy to ease travel rules for EU citizens from February 1
Rome: The Italian Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has announced that starting from February 1, Italy will ease its COVID-19...
Italy: The village that doesn’t speak Italian – Coumboscuro
Rome: Nicknamed Italy's "Little Provence," Sancto Lucio de Coumboscuro is an isolated village in almost every sense. Situated near the...
Italy: Rent-free home in scenic Sambuca
Rome: Airbnb is looking for a candidate to move into a restored heritage home in Italy for a year. The...
Italy seeks UNESCO heritage status for Italian espresso coffee
Rome: Italy is bidding to have Italian espresso coffee inserted on the UNESCO list of "intangible cultural heritage", the nation's...
Italy abolishes travel ban imposed against southern African countries
Rome: The Italian Ministry of Health has announced that the country has decided to abolish the travel ban that has...
Canada has not imposed any new travel restrictions: FO
Islamabad: The foreign ministry said on Thursday that Canada had not imposed any new travel restrictions on Pakistan. In response...
Bilawal Bhutto demands judicial inquiry into the Murree tragedy
Islamabad: Chair Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has demanded to constitute a judicial commission for probe into the...
Italy: Venice to reduce the number of tourists by setting €5 fee per day
Venice: In an attempt to decrease the large number of tourists visiting Venice every day, the Italian authorities have decided...
China Cultural Center in Pakistan launches snow and ice themed documentaries, exhibitions
China Economic Net Islamabad: China Cultural Center in Pakistan has launched snow and ice themed documentaries, exhibitions, online tourism promotion...
Italy: Rome extends Torlonia Marbles show until February 2022
Rome: Rome's Torlonia Marbles exhibition has been extended until 27 February 2022, organisers announced today, just days before the blockbuster...
Italy: Naples only Italy destination on CNN Travel wish list in 2022
Naples: Naples is the only Italian destination on the CNN Travel wish list of best places to go in 2022....
Italy: The Other Side of Florence – Oltrarno
Florence: If you want to get away from the tourist traps and experience Florence like a local, Oltrarno is the...
Italy: Rome city museums grant free access
Rome: Rome's city-run museums remained open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday January 2....
Pakistan International Mountain film festival launched
Islamabad: Featuring 16 films from 12 countries, the 7th edition of the Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival has been launched...
Italy: Charming city of Bologna ideal destination
Alexandra Bullard Rome: Many British holidaymakers will have heard of Italian cities such as Rome and Milan, but this medieval...
Italy: This region may be the best-kept secret
Jessica Colley Clarke I grew up hearing the word—Abruzzo—but didn’t know what it meant. The older generation, their parents born...
Shabe Yalda a historical tradition in Iran, neighboring countries
Islamabad: December 21 is Yalda Night (the last night of autumn) as an important event in the Iranian calendar. This...
Italy: How to travel around with a small dog
Naples: “You need another ticket! You cannot board like this!” The woman in charge of admitting passengers onto the ferry...
Chinese national mysteriously found dead in Karachi
Karachi: The body of a 53-year-old Chinese national, identified as Li Wenzhang, was mysteriously found in a private company’s compound...
Italy: Exploring the villages of the Sabina Region north of Rome
Rome: The villages in the Sabine hills north of Rome are rich in history and culture. Where is Sabina and...
Italy: Amazing sand nativity scenes in Jesolo
Venice: Sculptors from around the world return to Jesolo, a seaside resort near Venice in north-east Italy, for an annual...
Italy: Rome reopens Ponte di Ferro bridge 70 days after fire
Rome: Rome's Ponte dell'Industria, better known as Ponte di Ferro, reopens to traffic at 11.00 on Sunday 12 December, 70...
Pakistan’s New York consulate expands online services for expatriates
New York: Pakistan’s Consulate General in New York has digitalized its operations and is delivering a range of services to...
Italy: Rome opens city museums for free on December 5
Rome: Rome's city-run museums will open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday (December 5)....
Australian photographer captures beauty of Pakistan’s mythical landscapes
Islamabad: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Geoffrey Shaw Monday opened a photography exhibition, ‘Mythical Landscapes’ by Australian photographer and...
Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese and Albana Ferrarese advocate women empowerment
Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese and his wife Albana Ferrarese Sunday advocated for women empowerment, especially in Pakistan....
How Italy came to be Europe’s coffee capital
Rome: Given how protective Italians can be over their coffee culture, you might be forgiven for thinking they invented the...
Italy: Milan to require masks outdoors as Italy ramps up Covid rules
Milan: Milan is to require masks outdoors in the city centre from Saturday 27 November in a bid to reduce...
Italy: Rome home of Italian Futurist Balla to stay open in 2022
Rome: Rome celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Italian painter and Futurist master Giacomo Balla by opening...
Italy: The undiscovered Italian region that’s a must for foodies and skiers – Trentino
Rome: Italy's northern autonomous region of Trentino is a place where two European cultures meet. "We are a mix of...
Italy has become the greatest romance of my life
Maria Pasquale I’ve loved and been in love with Italy my whole life. That unconditional love where you take the...
Italy: Where to find the best olive oil in Lazio
Rome: With the arrival of November, the olive growing areas of Lazio are in action and the mills are prepared...
Italy updates Highway Code with new rules of the road
Rome: Italy has updated its Highway Code with the new rules of the road coming into force from November 10....
Pakistanis can now travel to UK with Chinese Covid jabs
Islamabad: Pakistanis who have received doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines can now travel to the United Kingdom, the British envoy...
Italy reopens abbey near Rome after ousting Steve Bannon’s right-wing academy
Rome: Italian culture ministry evicts Dignitatis Humanae Institute from abbey near Rome. A mediaeval monastery south of Rome, where a...
Most important international universities in Italy
Rome: Finding a university that satisfies your needs is sometimes challenging, however if you consider going to Italy, you will...
Second anniversary of the opening of Kartarpur Corridor celebrated
Islamabad: Two years ago, on November 9, the Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on the eve...
Romans extraordinary people
Interview with former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino Marco Venturini Wanted in Rome talks to Ignazio Marino, who was the centre-left...
Italy: Most common stereotypes about Italians
Rome: Throughout the years, the Italian lifestyle seen through the eyes of tourists formed stereotypes which categorized the nature and...
Italy: Why autumn is the best time to visit
Rome: Italy is a place that lives up to the hype. An inarguably stunning destination, the country plays hosts to...
Italy: Leonardo da Vinci school group wins best Italian school
Rome: The prestigious international StudyTravel Magazine recognized the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci group as the best Italian language school in...
Italy opens state museums on All Saints’ Day
Rome: Italy's state museums and archaeological sites will open on Monday 1 November, an Italian national holiday to mark All...
Italy: Volocopter eyes air taxi operations
Rome: Volocopter is exhibiting a scaled version of its VoloCity eVTOL at Fiumicino Airport this week as part of a...
Italy Council of Ministers allocates €191.5 billion to boost tourism
Rome: About €191.5 billion in funds have been allocated to Italy’s Tourism through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which will...
Italy: Rome’s Fiumicino airport to bring flying taxi drones
Rome: Getting from Rome's international Fiumicino airport into the centre of the Italian capital normally takes about 45 minutes in...
