If a tour leader is not recognized as a locally qualified specialist guide in Italy, he or she risks arrest or a fine when escorting groups in 2,500 specified areas of Florence, Rome, Sienna, Venice ...

From destination advice to how to maximise your budget, our expert answers your questions on travelling to Italy in 2026.

A tour guide has died after collapsing while leading guests around Rome's iconic Colosseum amid high temperatures. The AGTA association of tour guides said on Wednesday the 60-year-old could not be ...

A trip to Italy is too special to get wrong. Here's how to do it right. (San Gimignano, Tuscany) I absolutely love Italy, for many different reasons. But I hate the way in which many Americans go ...

Anna Bigai has been showing tourists around Venice’s ancient canals and elegant palaces for 30 years. But these days, she says few are interested in learning the history — they’re just looking for ...

There's so much to see and do in Italy that it can feel a bit overwhelming to plan a trip that makes the most of the country's fabled history, art, architecture and cuisine – not to mention its 60 ...

Pisa is a lively medieval university town in the Tuscan region of Italy. Although the Leaning Tower (known as the Torre Pendente by locals) is one of the main attractions and the symbol of the city, ...

I've tried out ChatGPT a lot since adding it to my repertoire, but my favorite use case so far has been as a tour guide in Italy. ChatGPT's 400-word write up of the Pantheon was on par with an audio ...