July 27, 2026
Wizz Air announces ten new international routes, six from Milan Malpensa and four from Rome Fiumicino, for the upcoming 2024-25 winter season.
Wizz Air will connect Rome with over 70 destinations
The four Rome flights are from Lisbon, Poznan, Bacau and Sarajevo, with the Lisbon route operating on a daily basis, from 28 October; Poznan will take off three times a week on the same day; the Bacau route will start on 29 October and will operate four times a week, while the flights from Sarajevo will operate three times a week, also from 29 October. With these additions Wizz Air will connect Rome with over 70 destinations.
Over 10,000 extra weekly return seats for Milan
New connections from Valencia, Malaga, Warsaw, Larnaca, Rzeszów and Gdansk are already on sale for Milan Malpensa. All flights will be operated by the Airbus A320 family aircraft, and with the launch of these new connections, from September 2024 the low-cost airline will offer passengers in Milan over 10,000 extra return seats per week.
1,000,000 more return seats per year for Italian passengers
Also from next September, there will be an increase in weekly frequencies on five existing routes from Milan to Sharm El-Sheikh, Barcelona, Madrid, Suceava and Chisinau, while Gdansk will start on 1 October, with flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Thanks to these 10 new connections, the Hungarian low-cost airline will offer 1,000,000 more return seats per year for Italian passengers.
“Rome is the largest Wizz base in Italy”
"This announcement once again underscores Wizz Air's long-term commitment to Italy," said József Váradi, the carrier's CEO. "Twenty years ago, on the first day of operations, one of Wizz Air's first flights landed in Milan and Rome; since then we have been constantly expanding our presence, and investing in the country. Today we have 24 aircraft at five bases in Italy, and serve over 200 routes to more than 90 destinations in 38 countries from 25 Italian airports. We continue our commitment to Rome, the largest Wizz base in Italy, and will soon open our new training centre at Fiumicino, as well as further expanding our lowcost network.”
Wizz Air will sponsor the Wizz Air Rome Half Marathon, which will be held in the capital for the first time on 20 October.
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The relaunch of the archaeological area of La Cuma in the Marche region this summer will include guided tours, events, shows, family workshops and educational activities.
A small village with an ancient Roman site
La Cuma, in the village of Monte Rinaldo in the Marche region is a unique Roman sanctuary dating back to the 2nd-1st century B.C. about 30 kilometres from Ascoli Piceno and 25 from Fermo. The site has just introduced new opening hours thanks to the collaboration of Maggioli Cultura e Turismo, on the initiative of the municipality of Monte Rinaldo. The Roman site can now be visited, during the months of July, August and September on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 4pm to 8pm, and also on 15 August.
Events for all ages and tastes this summer
To visit La Cuma, this jewel set in the heart of the Marche region, is to take a journey back in time of more than 2000 years that captivates all visitors, adults and children alike. The Maggioli Culture and Tourism project aims to bring the archaeological area to life with a summer calendar of guided tours, performances and cultural events designed for all ages and tastes, from theatre to contemporary music.
The site has an ancient temple, shrine and portico
The area takes its name from the Cuma district of the small village of Monte Rinaldo, which has just 300 inhabitants. The first remains of the sanctuary surfaced by chance in 1957 when the farmer who owned the land where the area now stands came across the first column blocks. It consists of three separate buildings, arranged on a terrace: a central temple dedicated to Jupiter, a shrine dedicated to Hercules and a monumental double-columned portico, in line with the Hellenistic architecture that was spreading throughout the Mediterranean at the time. During the excavations many votive objects were found including statuettes, hands, feet and other objects.
“La Cuma is a cultural attraction in a regional context”
“The extension of the opening hours and the summer events are an important sign of the role played by the La Cuma archaeological area as a cultural attraction in a regional context,” said ABAP superintendent for the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Fermo and Macerata Giovanni Issini. The Mayor of Monte Rinaldo, Gianmario Borroni added that they also aim to give further impetus to the site, “which since 2016 has been involved in shared projects with the Superintendency, the University of Bologna and the British School in Rome.” 
A festival, stage shows and other events
Mauro Villa, director of Maggioli Culture and Tourism said the management and cultural production model promoted by Maggioli at Monte Rinaldo will also activate a communications and promotion system in which “visitors will be protagonists, while the rich cultural programme will bring the archaeological area alive both during the day and in the evening.” The first special events scheduled are the "Artemis Festival" on 28 July, "Cuma Under the Stars" on 2 August, and the theatrical performance "Ithaca per Sempre" to be staged on 4 August, while further events are being defined. For information and bookings: www.cumarcheologia.itPublished in Cities & Regions
Cathay Pacific is boosting its flights to Italy to five for the coming winter season.
Flights that satisfy the demand for a return to air travel
The Hong Kong airline will in fact operate five flights a week to Milan Malpensa airport on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. This is an important milestone for the airline, which in the last two years has restored its network and direct connections to and from Italy, increasingly satisfying market demand for a return to travel.
Skytrax named Cathay Pacific one of the World’s Five Best Airlines
In the second quarter of 2024 the Cathay group reached 80% of the passenger flights operated before the pandemic and expects to reach 100 % by the first quarter of 2025 as new flights and destinations are progressively introduced to the network. In recent days Cathay Pacific returned to the top five airlines in the world at the latest Skytrax World Airline Awards 2024, during which the carrier was also honored as World's Best Economy Class and World's Cleanest Airline.
Comfort and pampering in all classes
Cathay Pacific’s premium in-flight experience guarantees comfort and high-quality in all classes: Business Class passengers can enjoy the comfort of their reclining - or fully reclined - seats wrapped in ultra-soft 400-thread-count Bamford bedding, and enjoy the products in Bamford's amenity kit including the moisturizers with pure, natural ingredients that deeply nourish, soothe and protect the skin during the flight. Travellers in Premium Economy are greeted by reclining seats, more legroom and a comfortable headrest, as well as a sustainable amenity kit with accessories that make the most of the long-haul flight. In Economy, travellers fly comfortably thanks to the best ergonomically designed seats.
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The new Nh Collection Genova Marina has just completed a major restyling.
Inspired by the colours of the sea
The welcoming and refined design in shades of blue and pastel colours, inspired by the colours of the sea of the city that hosts it, was chosen to evoke the panorama of Genoa's Old Port, redeveloped by Renzo Piano, and overlooked by the hotel. The four-storey building, with slate roofs and the washed-out reddish plaster typical of Ligurian architecture, floats on the water and is supported on special stilts for a hundred metres, overlooking the picturesque Gulf of Genoa.
The 140 rooms have a maritime feel
The restyling involved the 140 rooms and was inspired by the city’s nautical style and maritime atmosphere, with walls and bedheads in both blue and light blue tones, recalling the colours of Genoa’s harbour and the nuances of the sea, while the pastel pink and beige tones evoke the colour of the sunsets and the fine sand of Liguria.
The Il Gozzo restaurant has a view of Genoa’s Lanterna
All the rooms overlook the sea, and the small terraces give the hotel the typical shape of a cruise ship where, at the stern, there is the main entrance. At the bow there is the Il Gozzo restaurant, which overlooks the sea with a panoramic view of the Lanterna which is the symbol of the city and has been indicating the route to sailors since 1543.
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Orvieto is an ancient Etruscan hill city, perched on top of a volcanic massif, and with many strange and wonderful stories to tell.
A “high and strange” city, said one Medieval traveller
The first view one has of Orvieto is from afar when it appears in the distance, proudly standing on top of its tuff volcanic-rock hill, dominating a vast plain, a city both “high and strange” as described by one medieval traveller. Just 90 minutes north of Rome and roughly the same distance south of Florence, it is easily accessible by car on the AI north-south highway. Visitors can park in one of the well-organized underground car parks and then take one of the elevators or escalators that lead up to the centre, finding themselves right inside the old city.
A city with fascinating churches and art works
The Cathedral has splendid 14th-century mosaics on its handsome façade, and is rich in works of art, but its pièce de resistance is the Chapel of San Brizio with the frescoed Universal Judgement by Luca Signorelli (1499-1504) which is one of the great masterpieces of Italian painting. Churches like San Francesco, San Domenico, Sant’Andrea, San Giovenale and San Lorenzo de Arari also have interesting paintings and sculptures. 
A famous well, handsome palaces and cobblestone streets
On a lower level the famous St. Patrick’s Well can be visited right to the bottom by taking two flights of stairs that descend some 60 metres underground. Designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in 1527, the stairs ingeniously wind around one another, one serving to go down and the other to come back up. From the nearby Albornoz Fortress (1364), now a public garden, there are wonderful views across the plain and the hills surrounding the city. The medieval Torre del Moro is open to visitors and has 360° vistas of the city and its surrounds. The 13th-century Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo is now a conference centre, and the old medieval town has narrow cobblestone streets and jutting tall spurs of tuff rock interrupted by large and small squares from which there are panoramic views. 
Underground Orvieto is a fascinating experience
Orvieto was originally an Etruscan settlement known as Oinarea (meaning the place where wine flows), and visitors should try the excellent local wines, as well as visiting the Claudio Faina National Archaelogical Museum. Underground Orvieto dates back 2,500 years. The townspeople captured water by constructing cisterns, wells and caves that form a complex network, a kind of underground city that was discovered by chance in the 1970s. The underground guided tours are exciting journeys back in time that bring visitors through winding tunnels, caves and stairways, with Etruscan cisterns, an ancient oil mill, wells and silos that tell of Orvieto's Etruscan, Medieval and Renaissance roots. For information: https://liveorvieto.com
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Dakar is ITA Airways' second destination in sub-Saharan Africa with new flights from Rome Fiumicino to the Senegalese capital.
A new strategic route for leisure and business traffic
Tommaso Fumelli, vice president Italy sales ITA Airways who was present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fiumicino's Leonardo da Vinci airport, said "the opening of a strategic route such as the Italy-Senegal is extremely important for our company." Federico Scriboni, aviation business development director of Aeroporti di Roma added that the new flight will contribute to increasing economic exchange between the two countries "by favoring the growth of traffic in the tourism, corporate and ethnic segments, the latter supported by the conspicuous presence of the Senegalese community in Italy."
“We will reap the maximum potential in terms of trade and tourism”
Dakar Ngor Ndiaye, Senegal's Ambassador to Italy, also present at the ceremony said: "Senegal and Italy have exemplary relations in the diplomatic, economic, cultural and scientific fields, relations that, I am convinced, will develop further with these direct flights. Thanks to ITA Airways, we will reap the maximum potential in terms of trade and tourism."
senegalese ambassador
Four weekly Airbus A321neo flights
Operating four frequencies per week, the flights to Dakar will be operated with new generation and technologically advanced Airbus A321neo. The A321neo is the largest aircraft in Airbus's A320neo family and offers outstanding range and performance.
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Cathay Pacific is boosting its flights to Italy to five for the coming winter season.
Flights that satisfy the demand for a return to air travel
The Hong Kong airline will in fact operate five flights a week to Milan Malpensa airport on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. This is an important milestone for the airline, which in the last two years has restored its network and direct connections to and from Italy, increasingly satisfying market demand for a return to travel.
Skytrax named Cathay Pacific one of the World’s Five Best Airlines
In the second quarter of 2024 the Cathay group reached 80% of the passenger flights operated before the pandemic and expects to reach 100 % by the first quarter of 2025 as new flights and destinations are progressively introduced to the network. In recent days Cathay Pacific returned to the top five airlines in the world at the latest Skytrax World Airline Awards 2024, during which the carrier was also honored as World's Best Economy Class and World's Cleanest Airline.
Comfort and pampering in all classes
Cathay Pacific’s premium in-flight experience guarantees comfort and high-quality in all classes: Business Class passengers can enjoy the comfort of their reclining - or fully reclined - seats wrapped in ultra-soft 400-thread-count Bamford bedding, and enjoy the products in Bamford's amenity kit including the moisturizers with pure, natural ingredients that deeply nourish, soothe and protect the skin during the flight. Travellers in Premium Economy are greeted by reclining seats, more legroom and a comfortable headrest, as well as a sustainable amenity kit with accessories that make the most of the long-haul flight. In Economy, travellers fly comfortably thanks to the best ergonomically designed seats.
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Cesena, an art city in Emilia Romagna just 15 kilometres from the Adriatic Sea, has great food and a laidback lifestyle.
A UNESCO Memory of the World monument
Any visit to Cesena should include the magnificent Malatestiana Library, a time machine that takes us back to 1454. In 2015,for its extraordinary relevance – it was the first civic library in Europe and is the only 15th-century library that is still perfectly intact - it was added to the UNESCO Memory of the World listing.
Baroque churches and a massive fortress
Not to be missed are the Cloister of San Francesco with the Archaeological Museum and then the Palazzo del Ridotto, with the famous bronze statue of Pope Pius VI on the façade. Opposite the palace the Church of Santa Maria del Suffragio may seem plain from the outside, but it has an elaborate Baroque interior and Corrado Giaquinto's beautiful painting The Birth of the Virgin. The Rocca Malatestiana fortress is an admirable example of defensive architecture and dominates the city from the Garampo Hill and houses the Museum of the History of Agriculture, ancient prisons, and a collection of jousting weapons. The walkways and walls afford splendid views over the city, the coast and the Adriatic Sea.
The Rocca Malatestiana fortress
A charming piazza and a 1,000-year-old Abbey
From the Rocca you can descend into the Piazza del Popolo square, the heart of Cesena, with the Palazzo Comunale town hall and the Church of SS. Anna and Gioacchino. This is a typically charming Italian square with handsome residences, bars and restaurants and, in the centre, the beautiful Masini Fountain. The thousand-year-old Abbey of Santa Maria del Monte, a 10-minute walk from the centre, is famous for having one of Europe's richest collections of votive tablets, many dating back more than five centuries. The way up to the Abbey along the Via delle Scalette is an experience in itself, along an cobbled road to the top of the Spaziano Hill from which there are magnificent views.
An annual October food festival
Every year on the last weekend of October the town becomes an open-air showcase of regional gastronomic specialties with the Mostra Mercato dei prodotti alimentari tipici, exhibition of typical foods. Emilia Romagna, and other Italian regions, bring the best of their production to the food stalls and street-food outlets dotted around the city: mushrooms and truffles, wines, cheeses, cured meats, preserves, liqueurs, honey, typical sweets, chocolate and more...in short, all the ingredients for a sumptuous autumn banquet. For information: www.comune.cesena.fc.it.
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Announced last December, Casa Monti, the debut property and third hotel of the French family-run Leitmotiv Group, has opened in Rome.
Art permeates every corner of the hotel
This five-star hotel is an 18th-century building on six floors with 26 rooms and ten suites. The close connection with art is reflected in every corner of the building, which overflows with antiques, works of art and local handicrafts that pay homage to the uniqueness of the city’s Monti district.
“Making locals feel at home”
"To create interiors Romans create complex universes, combining different creative references," explains Laura Gonzalez. "This is how I chose to create Casa Monti, giving it the typical atmosphere of a Roman home, opening it up to the artistic influences of the district to make locals also feel at home here. For a start, the lobby's frescoes in shades of green were created by artists and painters who were inspired by symbols of Rome, such as the maritime pines and flocks of swallows that dot the sky. Each floor of the building tells a unique story, and the Eternal City is undoubtedly an inexhaustible source of architectural references that have inspired my designs.”
A restaurant patio and a rooftop cocktail bar
The hotel restaurant has a patio with a fountain where guests can relax while enjoying traditional Roman cuisine. The bar invites guests into a space that stimulates creativity, with natural tones ranging from brown to cream, and a grid-pattern Travertine floor. The rooftop has a cocktail bar with an unprecedented view of Rome.
The spa has views over Rome
Located on the fifth floor with a view as far as the eye can see over Rome’s rooftops, Casa Monti's spa embodies the atmosphere of the ancient Roman baths. Surrounded by frescoes and surprisingly bright, the wellness area offers treatments by Susanne Kaufmann, an Austrian pioneer of natural beauty.
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Sina Hotels’ Villa Medici in Florence and Unicorn Mobility have partnered to provide e-bikes for hotel guests.
A courtesy for guests staying at Sina’s Florence property
The new partnership between the Sina Hotel Group, led by Bernabò Bocca, and Unicorn Mobility, the Italian-Dutch start-up specialized in sustainable mobility, has been launched with a supply of e-bikes to the Sina Villa Medici Autograph Collection in Florence. The bicycles, equipped with batteries with a range of over 70 kilometres, helmet, GPS and integrated alarm, will be offered as a courtesy service to all guests staying at the hotel. Thanks to the app developed by Unicorn Mobility, the vehicles will allow users to use and control them according to their needs.
“Enjoying the beauty of the city from new perspectives”
"As a hotel manager, but even more as a citizen and great lover of Florence, I am extremely proud of the partnership with Unicorn Mobility, which is synonymous with elegance and sustainability," says Fernando Pane, general manager Sina Villa Medici. “There is nothing better than discovering the wonders of Florence by bicycle. And what's more, with the e-bikes at the hotel's disposal, our guests can easily reach even the less accessible but more scenic places to enjoy the beauty of the city from new perspectives."
Unicorn Mobility is proud to have the trust of Sina Hotels
"Having obtained the trust of a hotel chain of the calibre of Sina Hotels makes us very proud," adds Unicorn Mobility’s co-founder Gianluca Iorio. "We have been in Italy for less than two years and we have already sign agreements with numerous hotels.”
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