Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
Protesters are making their voices heard in Venice where the introduction of a new tourist fee is causing a rift. A €5 tourist tax, or “contribution” […]
Venice, Italy, is soon to launch a trial €5 entry fee for access to the city’s historic centre, with failure to pay attracting hefty fines, officials […]
Italy has inaugurated the highest pedestrian suspension bridge in Europe between the medieval village of Sellano and the hamlet of Montesanto, halfway between the cities of […]
The Via dei Fori Imperiali, connecting Piazza Venezia with the Colosseum might well be one of the Italian capital’s most-used tourist routes. In order to make […]
Locking padlocks to bridges, building stone cairns on pathways and even carving names into monuments – there are many ways in which tourists leave something of […]
Southern Italy’s stunningly picturesque Amalfi Coast is set to get easier to visit, with a local airport opening to international flights in July. No need to […]
Tuscany is set to transform its international airport into an homage to the region’s winemaking traditions. New designs by US studio Rafael Viñoly Architects reveal a […]
The first green hydrogen refuelling station for recreational boating should open in Italy this summer, with an infrastructure of 100 refuelling stations to be deployed by […]
Idyllic shores, mild climate, picturesque villages, and breathtaking natural landscapes surrounding the lake. All these features have contributed to the success of Lake Como among international […]
If you’ve been to Italy during Christmas time, you have probably noticed bakeries’ windows full of fluffy, yeasty, sweet bread, heavily decorated with sugar, almonds, chocolate, […]
A gondola drifting romantically down a Venetian canal is perhaps one of the most universal signifiers of Italy, so tourists can hardly be blamed for wanting […]
Italian opera has been added to the United Nations’ list of intangible cultural heritage list. The UN cultural agency’s committee has been looking at 55 nominations […]