In China’s coldest places, tourism warms up
China Economic Net Beijing: The New Year comes with Northeast China's coldest days, but it's also peak season for winter...
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Italy: La Befana – a Christmas tradition
Rome: Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular folklore version of La Befana, on 6...
Italy: Rome’s Mister OK keeps New Year’s Day tradition alive with Tiber dive
Rome: Maurizio Palmulli, known to Romans as Mister OK, kept alive a New Year's Day tradition in Rome, despite the...
Tourism good medium to promote cultural exchange
China Economic Net Beijing: Tourism is a good medium that can promote cultural exchanges and pass on the friendship between...
Yearender: All the good things that happened in Italy in 2020
Rome: Few in Italy would deny that 2020 was a terrible year but looking back on this annus horribilis it...
Italy:” What’s happening in Rome on New Year’s Eve?
Rome: Italy will be in a 'red zone' on 31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021, effectively placing the entire...
What changes about life in Italy in 2021?
Rome: Italy carried out its first vaccinations on December 27th, and the vaccine programme will be further rolled out from...
Italy’s Cinque Terre coast lights up with giant Nativity scene
Rome: Manarola, one of the Cinque Terre hilltop villages on the Italian Riviera, is home to one of the largest...
Pakistan ‘very safe place’ for tourists: Androulla Kaminara
Islamabad: European Union Ambassador Androulla Kaminara has said that Pakistan, an amazing country with diversity in terms of weather, landscape,...
Italy: Rome’s streets fall silent this Christmas
Rome: Christmas Eve in Rome, like in most other cities, normally involves a mad dash for last-minute presents, taking the...
Venice: Italy’s oldest coffee house turns 300 amid uncertain future
Venice: Caffè Florian has served customers in Venice for three centuries but faces difficult days ahead as it marks a...
Italy: Uffizi lights up with pop star Christmas Nativity scene
Rome: Italy, home of the Nativity scene, continues to present ever more imaginative interpretations of an ancient tradition begun by...
Italy’s €1 houses are back in time for the holidays
Rome: Looking for a holiday gift but still not found the perfect one? Here's a last-minute idea: a home in...
Italy’s Cinque Terre coast lights up with giant Nativity scene
Rome: Manarola, one of the Cinque Terre hilltop villages on the Italian Riviera, is home to one of the largest...
Do you still have to quarantine if you arrive in Italy after January 6th?
Rome: Italy says that everyone arriving from overseas between December 21st and January 6th has to quarantine. But what does...
Italy consulate launches La Cucina Italiana in Karachi
Karachi: A book titled La Cucina Italiana was launched and a live demonstration of how to make risotto by chef...
Italy: How to send a letter from Vatican City
Rome: While on vacation in Rome many tourists enquire about sending a postcard from Vatican City with a Vatican stamp,...
Italy: Generous café tradition lives on in Naples
Naples: Inside the Gran Caffè Gambrinus, an elegant 160-year-old cafe a stone’s throw from the Bay of Naples, an old,...
Italy: Expression of the day – ‘Il pacco da giù’
Rome: With so many Italians moving from their southern hometowns to the north of Italy to work or study, it's...
How you could win up to €5 million in Italy’s ‘receipt lottery’
Rome: A government reward scheme offers consumers the chance to enter a million-euro prize draw each time they make a...
Italy: Must-see museums in Rome
Rome: The city of Rome is an historical treasure trove. You could spend an entire lifetime here and still not...
Can you spend Christmas with family and friends in Italy this year?
Rome: With international travel discouraged over the holidays, many of us will be spending Christmas and New Year in Italy...
Italy: Assisi lights up Basilica with Giotto frescoes for Christmas
Rome: Giotto's Nativity scenes will be projected onto the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi each evening during the festive...
Italy: Rome bans horse-drawn carriages from city streets
Rome: Rome has banned the traditional horse-drawn carriages from operating on the city's streets, ordering that the so-called botticelle can...
Buy Property in Italy for €1
Rome: A small town in southern Italian region is selling houses for just a few bucks. We all dream of...
Italy: Spelacchio, Rome’s Christmas tree returns to Piazza Venezia
Rome: Rome has had second thoughts about the location of the city's Christmas tree which will be set up as...
Italy: Numbers of registered foreigners growing
Rome: A total of 3.8 million foreigners in Italy are recognized by the Italian social security and pensions agency INPS....
Italy launches EU-backed project to promote eco-friendly tourism
Rome: Italy has officially launched a project backed by the European Union (EU) to help its tourism businesses become more...
Italy: Tourist returns stolen marble from the Roman Forum
Rome: A tourist repents after 4 years and returns stolen marble from the Roman Forum. It was delivered in the...
Italy: Did Michelangelo carve a graffiti portrait in Florence?
Florence: A carving of a man’s face on the walls of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, often attributed to Michelangelo in...
