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.
Archaeologists in Rome have uncovered what they believe to be the vestiges of a first century AD theatre where warrior-poet Emperor Nero himself is believed to […]
Authorities around Italy‘s Lake Garda are cracking down on “anti-social” behavior from tourists and imposing fines of up to €600 for those who break the rules. […]
As heat storms keep taking over Europe, wildfires are igniting in most of Southern Europe. Greece is severely affected, having already evacuated thousands of people and […]
Just weeks after a tourist was filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s names onto the Colosseum wall, another similar incident was stopped mid-act at Rome’s ancient […]
Sicily’s main airport, in Catania, has closed down after a fire broke out on Sunday night. Firefighters were called at the scene and although the Vincenzo […]
Italy has recently announced a major crackdown on the use of electric scooters on city streets in response to a growing number of accidents and fatalities. […]
Last week, a tourist was filmed carving names into the wall of Rome’s ancient Colosseum. He has been identified as a fitness trainer living in Britain, […]
Italy has launched its first battery-powered trains designed by Hitachi. Named ‘Blues’, the trains have been running commuter services throughout the country since December last year, […]
The city of Naples has stopped allowing superyachts to dock into its ports, leaving billionaires ‘stranded’ in their vessels and complaining about the new measures. Starting […]
On Thursday June 1st, the Municipality of Florence announced that it will ban the use of residential properties for short-term rental services, such as Airbnb, in […]
Lufthansa Group has confirmed reaching an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to acquire a minority stake in the Italian national carrier […]
The powerful emotions of Jago’s white marble sculptures are like quiet hurricanes – profoundly moving, changing the entire atmosphere in the recently restored Chiese di Sant’Aspreno […]
Italy’s Portofino has introduced no-waiting zones to dissuade tourists from ‘lingering’ in popular areas to take pictures, as reported by the BBC. The main goal is […]