
In Parma, a wheel of cheese doubles as currency
A new pop art campaign opens Parmigiano Reggiano dairies to visitors, celebrating a cheese Italian banks accept as collateral.

A new pop art campaign opens Parmigiano Reggiano dairies to visitors, celebrating a cheese Italian banks accept as collateral.

Genealogy platform MyHeritage says Italians are travelling to find their own roots, reversing a flow Italy has courted for decades.

The Hermitage is rebuilding shepherds’ huts on a Matterhorn reserve that stays open, free and unbooked, until end of August.

A psychologist asks whether DNA kits really send travellers to ancestral villages, or simply sell consumers a feeling of belonging.

High above Bormio, restored trenches and military villages of the First World War open to summer hikers with guided treks.

A gastronomic refuge openening at the foot of Monte Rosa this month is seen by a travel expert as a wider answer to overtourism.

The Colosseum reopens its arena floor and underground chambers after dark from this month to groups of just 25, twice weekly.

A submerged Bronze Age settlement and Roman necropolis open to the public near Lecce this summer, end of July.

Almost half of Italy’s berths are in the South. Brindisi’s boat show opens October 22 arguing the sector’s best years start there.

Herculaneum’s Galleria Martusciello reopens, allowing access through volcanic layers to the ancient beach where 300 died.
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