La Pioggia di Petali di Rose, or the Rain of Rose Petals, brings religious Rome and ancient Rome together in a moving and colorful spectacle.

It’s the conundrum that many travelers to Venice face: how to be a tourist but avoid other tourists.

On May 20, 1960, Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Watch "Three Reasons" why this film remains a classic. http://youtu.be/Nnh6NWlOF1U For more details on where "La Dolce Vita" was filmed, explore this list of Fellini's film locations from Rome and Rimini.

Before Christianity became the dominant religion of Rome, many people worshipped Mithras, the pagan God depicted here. Adherents believed that the world was created from the blood of a bull, thus the symbolism here of Mithras slitting the throat of the bull. The scorpion (below the bull's ...

Roman hoteliers, who write that Rome's 25 million annual tourists is only a quarter of the number that go to London, are less concerned about how tourists are affecting the city than how the city is affecting tourists.

Veronese Green is named after Verona-born painter Paolo Caliari, also known as Veronese. I used the color to guide me on my travels in Venice.

The city of Rome was born on April 21, 753 BC. In Italian, it is known as the Natale di Roma—the birthday of Rome.

It all started with David. Michelangelo's statue of David was one of the first pieces of sculpture that I knew I had to see in person. Recognized worldwide as a symbol of Florence, David is marble come to life especially when you look at his hands. My European Art History professor ...

My review of the tour: Colosseum "Dungeons, Third Level and Arena Floor," Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill.

The Vatican Museums welcome up to 25,000 visitors per day. Is it time for them to limit the crowds?

Rome is changing. Rome has changed. You hear those phrases around Rome all the time these days. Crime, corruption, unemployment, immigration, unreliable public transit, trash collection, the euro – Italy is in crisis and the prevailing mood among its citizens is one of resignation and ...

Learn more about the ancient and contemporary history of the Jewish people in Rome with a tour through the ex-Ghetto.

Each day, as many as 20,000 visitors pay up to €16 per person to enter the Vatican Museums, the highlight of which is the Sistine Chapel. This coming weekend, reports Crux, approximately 40 fans of German automaker Porsche will get to pay up to €5,000 each to take a private tour of the Vatican, ...

Rome boutique hotels—here are six exceptional places to stay on your Roman holiday.

What does it look like on the Campidoglio, aka the Capitoline Hill? See photos and read tips about visiting the Capitoline, one of Rome's seven ancient hills.

Recently, city officials in Rome unveiled the Barcaccia fountain, which had been under wraps for the past year so it could be cleaned. The Barcaccia is now gleaming, as you can see in the photo above, and provides a pleasing visual for all those tired souls taking a breather on the Spanish Steps. ...

I always love a good time-lapse video, and especially if it features Rome! Here's a very recent one that shows Rome in her late summer splendor. It was shot by Josh of jandrewfilmandphotography.com, who used 7,000 images to create this 2-minute, 37-second clip. Hyperlapse has a long way to ...

About half an hour by train from Venice and even closer to Padua is Hotel Millepini Terme, a spa hotel that has the Guinness World Record for the world's deepest thermal pool. The Y-40 The Deep Joy is 137-feet deep (40 meters) at its deepest, with four underwater grottos along the way. ...