Category: Italy News

Here you will find the latest headlines about Italy, particularly news related to travel and tourism in the country. I would love to have the discipline to update this daily. Instead, I only get around to highlighting this story or that one. To supplement the Italy news you learn from these posts, check out my go-to sources Corriere della Sera (in Italian) and, in English, The Local Italy.

  • #labellezzaècontagiosa Italians Respond to the Coronavirus with an Inspirational Hashtag

    The hashtag #labellezzaècontagiosa hopes to put a more positive spotlight back on Italy and its treasures.

  • Dear Italy: Leave the Light On For Us

    We’re coming back to see you, Italy. But we don’t know when.

    Lighting candles at a church in Rome
  • Italy Travel In the Time of Coronavirus: The View From Here

    It is a strange time to write about travel to Italy. The spread of the coronavirus — and the hysteria and uncertainty around it — is something I have never seen in the 20+ years that I have been writing about the country. As of this writing, the CDC has listed Italy under a Level…

  • Coronavirus in Italy: Timeline of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy 2020

    A day-to-day look at how the COVID-19 crisis unfolded in Italy in 2020.

    Coronavirus