“Tourism is much more than just hotels and hospitality, tourists are our treasure,” says Eugenio Massetti who helms Visit Brescia.Brescia welcomed over ten million visitors last year The success of Brescia as a tourist paradise, with over ten million visitors last year, is now facing the problem of overtourism, particularly…

Tuscany is heading for a historical record in 2024, surpassing the 52 million overnight stays of 2019. North Americans increasingly choose Tuscany Last year the region came close to matching the numbers registered in that pre-pandemic boom year, although the Report on tourism in Tuscany presented by IRPET in Florence…

The Val d’Orcia valley is the Tuscany of everyone’s dreams, with medieval castles, rolling landscapes, ancient hill towns and vineyards. Less than two hours from Florence Crossed by the river Orcia, from which the valley takes its name, this beautiful region in the south of Tuscany runs through the provinces…

The Pausilypon Archaeological and Environmental Park is located in Posilippo, one of the most fascinating districts in Naples. From Posillipo there are beautiful views over the Bay of Naples The Pausilypon Park is in Posilippo which is one of Naples best-known districts and has fantastic views over the Bay of…

Mont Blanc, in the Vallee d’Aosta region, has an invisible forest with 142 trees thanks to Acrobatica and Reair technology. An innovative and far-reaching project The trees are invisible to the human eye, but capable of improving the quality of the air and the environment. They are the trees in…

Magnificence and history combine in the Castle of Grinzane Cavour which stands on a hilltop above the little town of the same name in the province of Cuneo. A castle museum in the heart of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato Just a few kilometres from the truffle capital of Alba and on…

After an eight-year international tour the funerary trousseau of Queen Nefertari (1295-1255 BC) returned to the Egyptian Museum in Turin on 9 August. The exhibits toured the world before returning to Turin The tour, which started in Leiden in the Netherlands in 2016 then travelled to the Hermitage Museum in…

Naples took top spot but Siracusa and Mantua were also among Italians’ most loved holiday search choices. Basilicata and Umbria are growing in popularity The study was carried out by Preply, the online language-learning platform, was based on searches for holiday destinations made by Italians, and started with the most…