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It’s Official: Venice to Introduce Entry Fee Starting January 2023

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 07/05/2022 - 09:00

Venice is poised to become the first city in the world to charge an entry fee and to require advance reservation for tourists to enter. The announcement had…

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Venice Announces (Yet Again) New Booking And Entry Fee System

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 04/21/2022 - 04:50

And just like that, tourists in Venice are back. Easter weekend saw an average of 125,000 visitors per day in the lagoon city, similar to pre-pandemic levels…

Culture

'Uffizi Diffusi' Project Set to Launch with Five Art Exhibitions Scattered Across Tuscany

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/01/2021 - 03:35

The ‘Uffizi Diffusi’ project is set to debut with five temporary exhibitions that will feature artworks from the Uffizi Galleries on display in various towns…

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Rainbow over Venice with Redentore Church in the background

Is There a Better Future for Venice? A Book Tries to Answer

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 11/20/2020 - 00:00

The best way to learn what life is really like in a certain place is to listen to the people who live in the place, sharing their experiences and feelings;…

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Barriers To Be Set Up Around Trevi Fountain in Rome

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/04/2020 - 05:54

Protective barriers are to be set up around the Trevi Fountain in Rome to prevent tourists from sitting on one of the Italian capital’s most iconic monuments…

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Is Venice Really Going to Charge an Entry Tax?

by Italy Magazine Staff | Fri, 10/18/2019 - 00:00

To tax or not to tax, that is the question that the mayor of Venice and the city council seem unable to ponder and decide on conclusively. The entry tax on…

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Gondolier in Venice Attacked By Tourists Who Wanted to Take a Selfie

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 09/17/2019 - 13:20

A gondolier working near the Bareteri bridge in Venice was attacked by a South-American tourist. The dispute broke out after the gondolier asked the tourist’s…

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One More Italian Destination Troubled By Overtourism: The Case of Stromboli

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/20/2019 - 08:57

Every day between 4 and 7 pm, an average of 2,000 people swarm over Stromboli, a small island off the north coast of Sicily, part of the Aeolian Islands group…