Travel Blog

Rome, 9 May – Vita Italian Tours Grand Tour of Italy has began in Rome. Here is Mario and the group today after a visit to Italy’s most famous landmark: the Colosseum. Falcons are being

 Siena, 19 April – A group of women from the famous contrada (district) dell’Oca (Goose) have staged a campaign allowing them to compete in Siena’s world famous horse race: Il Palio.  Out of the 17 districts that make

Venice, 10 April – A new study has found that Venice’s 117 islands are sinking deeper into the lagoon on average of one to two millimeters each year. A study

Italy 10 April – Le Marche Wines featured heavily in food and wine magazine Gambero Rosso’s famous annual wine guide Vini d’Italia (Italian Wines). Eighteen of the magazines much coverted

 Monterosso, 17 March – After reading so much about the devastation of the five towns from the deluge received last November, Gianni and Mario were pleased to find that Cinque

Venice, 24 February – Over the last few years travellers on Vita Italian Tours to Venice were confronted with haute couture advertising billboards covering the famous bridge during restoration work. This

 Venice, February 10 – Large cruise ships may be banned from passing through parts of Venice following the crash of the Costa Concordia cruise liner off the Tuscan Island of

Rome, 2 January – A new law went into effect Monday allowing Italian stores to open and close whenever they please. Previously the law required that stores close after a

  Rome, 5 January – The mayor of the Sicilian city of Agrigento said Thursday that he would not sell one of Italy’s prime archaeological treasures even for 40 billion euros