Tuscany: Terme di Saturnia: An enchanted corner of Tuscany The Terme di Saturnia is an enchanted corner of the heart of Maremma, Tuscany that boasts thermal waters and hydro-massage, but also golf courses, tennis and green space where you can relax.
Pompeii tourist cap row breaks out Visitor limit would ruin local tourism, critics say - Pompeii tourist operators were hot under the collar on Monday after the regional government let slip plans to cap the number of tourists allowed to visit the archaeological site and open it to private business initiatives.
Agriturismi boom in Tuscany In 2007 travellers who chose agriturismi in and around Florence grew by 3% with a marked increase in foreign guests (+7.3%)
Venice discusses tourist entry toll Holiday- makers without hotel booking may have to pay charge - Tourists visiting Venice may soon have to book a hotel in advance or stump up an entry fee to cross from the mainland into the lagoon city, the city's transport chief said on Thursday.
More tourists seen coming this year Foreign tourist arrivals in Italy are forecast to increase by 3.5% year-on-year in 2008, according to a new study.
Rome has dusted off one of the most spectacular views in the Eternal City, the so-called 'Roof of Rome'.
New lifts have been fitted to the top of the central Victor Emanuel Monument, a huge white neo-classical building that houses Italy's Tomb to the Unknown Soldier.
The Italian health ministry on Friday gave its thumbs up to swimming along 91.3% of Italy's coastline, a marked improvement from 20 years ago.
A ministry report on 5,410 km of coastline was based on 52,7845 test made in 2006.
More and more tourists are choosing to take their holidays on Italian farms and over half a million have made reservations for July at Italy's more than 16,000 guest farms, the Coldiretti farmers' union said.
Italy's famed Alpine resort Cortina d'Ampezzo is eyeing a northwards break to boost its tourist trade.
The elite spot, known as the Pearl of the Dolomites, has decided to vote whether to break away from the Veneto region to the east and join the Alto Adige (South Tyrol) region to the north.
Climate change is hitting the Alps hard with major melting that is proceeding faster than expected, an environmental report warned on Monday.
The report, presented to a conference here on the impact of climate change on glaciers, said that the Alps' glacial area had shrunk 20% over the past 20 years.
