News program 60 Minutes investigates the discovery of "The Lost Leonardo," a long-missing mural by Leonardo da Vinci.

One of the pleasures of visiting Tuscany is having the chance to drive the fertile hills of wine country, sampling reds and whites along the way. Most travelers really only think of Chianti, a mini-region within Tuscany, when thinking about Tuscan wine. But another vino hotspot is Montalcino. ...

Tuscany has 230 kilometers of coastline plus a cluster of islands, making it perfect for a beach holiday.

  It's one thing to go to Italy and bring back photos, cheap souvenirs, and designer clothing that you could have bought at just about any department store or outlet. It's quite another to bring back items that Italy is known for - quality leather, handmade paper, artisan chocolate, etc. That's ...

Just in time for late spring and summer romps around Italy comes the reissue of Edith Wharton's 1904 landscaping classic Italian Villas and Their Gardens. According to curators with the New York Society Library's Green Art collection, "Wharton visited some fifty villas around Rome, ...

In case you missed it yesterday, WAMU-NPR's Diane Rehm hosted a one-hour book talk on The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. If you need a refresher on this classic, want to hear new perspectives, or simply are interested in learning more about this "classic treatise on leadership and power," ...

Part 2 of 20 Things We Love About Italy includes travel ideas for the regions of Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily, Trentino Alto Adige, Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, and Veneto.

A lot of touristy, and even not-so-touristy, cities in Italy offer combined tickets. These tickets include admission to several related attractions at a price lower than each individual ticket combined. Rome and Vatican City For instance, Rome has the Roma Pass. This combined ticket gives ...

  Today's tip from Fodor's looks at the best driving tours in Italy. They include the Via Aurelia, the Grande Strade delle Dolomiti, and - my favorite - the S222 through Tuscany, also known as the Via Chiantigiana. I'm certain there are more than just three drives in Italy that will make ...

Did know that you can get honorary citizenship from the Terre di Siena (Siena's provincial tourism board)? Citizenship entails signing a Sustainable Tourism charter. Here's what the charter lists as an honorary citizen's privileges: Receive full information about local activities in the ...