Italy’s stolen past is resurfacing. In one of the country’s most ambitious cultural recovery missions, authorities have tracked down 15,000 looted artifacts, from marble statues to painted frescoes, ...

Trastevere offers its visitors the kind of experience in Rome they usually picture before their arrival, a place that feels charming, lively, and easy to fall in love with. Located just across the ...

Move comes amid safety concerns and coincides with new focus on bike sharing. Florence city council has voted to end its electric scooter rental service, primarily over safety concerns, with the ...

Wanted in Rome is a monthly magazine in English for expatriates in Rome established in 1985. The magazine covers Rome news stories that may be of interest to English and Italian speaking residents, ...

Where to watch the World Cup in Rome: a quick guide. Despite the massive disappointment of Italy failing to qualify for the World Cup for the third consecutive time, millions of Italians will still be ...

Celebrating the Barberini Bees in Rome. The Barberini family, an aristocratic Italian dynasty, attained enormous riches, power and influence in 17th-century Rome, peaking with the election of Cardinal ...

With approximately 300 officers tasked with protecting Italy’s vast cultural patrimony, the Carabinieri TPC (Tutela Patrimonio Culturale) faces an uphill battle against rising monument defacement. In ...

Rome's nasoni fountains provide free fresh drinking water. Rome is blessed with more than 2,500 drinking fountains, known as nasoni, which provide residents and visitors with free fresh water all year ...

An earthquake hit a small place of 1,300 souls in Slovenia called Kobarid on 12 July this year. Nobody was killed but 353 homes were damaged, the worst shock for the village in decades. In ...

The island comes to life between June and September, when tourists flock from all over Italy to escape the Italian summer heat. Summer temperatures in Ponza usually hover around 25.5 C and rarely ...

A predominantly residential area, the Aventino is ideal for those looking for peace and quiet with plenty of trees and parks. Situated on one of the seven hills of Rome, it is not far from the ...

A quick guide to Rome's two airports. There are two airports in Rome but the main one is Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, better known to air travellers as Fiumicino (FCO). In 2022 the airport ...