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Venice is sinking. Not just literally, into the lagoon, but also proverbially, under the weight of overtourism. The latter to such an extent that next year, local authorities plan to introduce an entry fee for day-trippers in a bid to reduce visitor numbers. They have a way to go, though — high season can see over 150,000 visitors to the city a day...

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For many families, beautiful Venice remains a dream in the drawer to be realized when the children are older. What if we said, however, that this beautiful city is not only enchanting, but also a perfect place to take little ones of all ages? In fact, with a few tricks, we are completely certain that exploring the city with your family will not onl...

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Venice’s Jewish ghetto is considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, and a new effort is underway to preserve its 16th-century synagogues for the Jews who have remained and tourists who pass through. For nearly two years, restorers have been peeling away paint and discovering the original foundations of three of the ghetto’s...

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Located in the Venetian Lagoon, the island of Giudecca is separated from mainland Venice by the Giudecca canal. Translated as "Long Thorn", the destination was once a luxurious retreat for Italy's in-the-know travellers, thanks to its bevvy of palaces and pristine gardens. But in the early-20th century, its factories and shipyards grew in might, ma...

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Only last week, our Prime Minister Mario Draghi, during his intervention at the Verso Sud forum, held in Sorrento to discuss the role of our Southern regions in the future development of Italy, emphasized the importance of the Mediterranean in our economy, and how we should return to focus on it as we used to do throughout our history. Needless to...

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New technologies have enabled us to travel even by just moving a finger on our smartphones. Here tourism has become somewhat virtual. And we have noticed it in these two years of lockdown and pandemic. Enabling it was the innovation introduced in 2007, just 15 years ago, by Google, which after changing our lives with the Maps application, launched...

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Local officials in Venice announced the entry fee for arriving tourists—originally scheduled to take effect in June—has been postponed until next year. According to EuroNews.com, the Italian travel hotspot approved the tourist tax as a way to help curb the “overwhelming number of daytrippers” heading to the city, as well as make up for the financia...

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Italy's National Research Center (CNR) will use Venice as a paradigm for Mediterranean coastal flooding, starting from extreme flooding in November 2019. The research will be conducted in collaboration with the University of Salerno and the University of Zagreb and will be financed through contributions from the Interreg Italia-Croatia STREAM and A...

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Studying abroad is a daunting task. There is enormous pressure to travel somewhere new every weekend. Constant traveling is extremely draining, and trying to plan successful trips — especially on a college student’s budget — can make it even more stressful. In hopes of providing some inspiration for future NYU Florence students, and making Italian...

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Veneto gathers plenty of landscapes and tastes, culture, history, events, activities and handcrafted products. The lagoon, the hills, the Prealps, the Dolomites, the towns and the villages as well as some excellent products are famous all over the world. The glass from Murano, the laces from Burano, the masks and the gondolas from Venice, the potte...

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