Almond Blossoms, Agrigento, Sicily
DrFumblefinger visits this UNESCO World Heritage site in February. While best known for ancient temples, it holds a special almond blossom festival each year.
DrFumblefinger visits this UNESCO World Heritage site in February. While best known for ancient temples, it holds a special almond blossom festival each year.
George G shares memories and photos from his visits to the great city of Venice.
Venice's anti-flooding barriers, long-delayed and controversial, get their first real-life use.
DrFumblefinger shares a collection of signs he saw while in Catania, Sicily's second largest city.
Anxious to get their travel industries booming again, Italy and Hawaii are finding new ways to work with Covid-19 testing.
A house once lived in by civil rights icon Rosa Parks is on display while seeking a permanent home.
Because of Covid-19 and the restrictions it brings, cruise lines are holding much tighter reins on time ashore than they used to.
In one of Naples most magnificent museums, PHeymont spotted the cleaning staff hard at work keeping it beautiful.
With empty homes and a declining population, a town tries a new tactic to build a tourism trade and win new inhabitants.
On its first post-Covid cruise, MSC puts a family off after they break away from a controlled shore excursion.
When cruising returns to Italy in coming months, it won't be visiting Venice, and some locals cheer.
Italy warns Ryanair over pandemic safety rules it says are being violated; the airline denies it all.
Gumbo was visiting an old church in Venice, close to Saint Mark's Basilica, named in honor of St. John the Baptist's father.
PHeymont pays homage to the work that goes into maintaining the beautiful heritage of ancient times.
New rules limit passengers on Venice's gondolas as tourists' average weight is said to increase.