A day-trip to Venice may cost up to $500 if new tax not paid

A day-trip to Venice may cost up to $500 if new tax not paid

Visitors arriving at the main train and bus stations will be met by stewards who will remind tourists of a new entrance fee for the city’s historic centre.

  • byColleen Barry

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Stunning scenery and excellent food:This train journey is hard to beat
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Stunning scenery and excellent food:This train journey is hard to beat

This route is one of the backbone links of Europe and could be a star in your itinerary.

  • byFlip Byrnes
How an Italian province made it affordable to have a family

How an Italian province made it affordable to have a family

Italy has one of the lowest birthrates in Europe except for one province that has emerged as a parallel procreation universe.

  • byJason Horowitz andGaia Pianigiani
Leaky roofs and a man selling fish:All aboard Italy’s worst railway

Leaky roofs and a man selling fish:All aboard Italy’s worst railway

Leaky ceilings,hitchhiking pigeons and an escaped octopus – Italy’s terrible train line to Pompeii has achieved cult status.

  • byNick Squires
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni,victim of deep fake porn images,seeks damages:report

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni,victim of deep fake porn images,seeks damages:report

Meloni is seeking $165,000 in damages and will donate any award to an Interior Ministry fund for women victims of domestic violence.

Magnificent retreat ticks every box in your Tuscan holiday fantasy

Magnificent retreat ticks every box in your Tuscan holiday fantasy

Cypress trees lining the drive? Check. Stone farmhouse with terracotta roof,gorgeous views over rolling vineyards? Check and check.

  • byUte Junker
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Olive oil theft soars as organised gangs target ‘liquid gold’

Olive oil theft soars as organised gangs target ‘liquid gold’

Olive oil is now the most shoplifted product in Spain’s most populous regions,and that’s when it’s not adulterated.

  • byAndrea Vogt
Australian artists ask Venice Biennale to exclude Israel

Australian artists ask Venice Biennale to exclude Israel

The online letter was signed by more than 17,000 people,which included current and past Biennale participants as well as winners of the Turner Prize.

  • byLinda Morris
Police investigate ‘murder by spaghetti’ mystery

Police investigate ‘murder by spaghetti’ mystery

Maria Basso,who saved a small fortune during her career with Italy’s foreign ministry,including postings to Australia,died after eating spaghetti at a restaurant she attended with her niece,who is accused of plotting to kill her.

  • byAndrea Vogt
This is one of the world’s best destinations for riding a scooter

This is one of the world’s best destinations for riding a scooter

This is the home of the famous Vespa,the icon of the moped world,and the countryside works surprisingly well for a journey on these urban machines.

  • byBen Groundwater
The land of Ferrari and Lamborghini has a new speed limit:30km/h

The land of Ferrari and Lamborghini has a new speed limit:30km/h

Bologna is the capital of a region that’s home to the makers of some of the world’s fastest,most glamorous cars,but its mayor says the city was not built for cars.

  • byElisabetta Povoledo