Venice hotel bookings at low ebb after post-flood cancellations

Venice hotel bookings at low ebb after post-flood cancellations

Tourists are shunning Venice after a series of exceptionally high tides last month, with a plunge in hotel bookings bringing…

Venice still waiting for Moses to hold back the seasDestinations

Venice still waiting for Moses to hold back the seas

If everything had gone according to plan, high tide should never have reached the lagoon city of Venice, let alone…

Venice must be put on UN danger list, ban cruise ships – conservationists

Venice must be put on UN danger list, ban cruise ships – conservationists

Venice should be put on the United Nations’ list of endangered cities and cruise ships should be banned from its…

Cruise ship collides with Venice tourist boat, injuring four peopleTransport

Cruise ship collides with Venice tourist boat, injuring four people

A towering cruise ship collided with a dock and a tourist boat in Venice yesterday, injuring four people and reigniting…

Squatters occupy Venice homes in housing protest as tourism surgesDestinations

Squatters occupy Venice homes in housing protest as tourism surges

Squatters are taking over unoccupied buildings in Venice in defiance of what they say are high rents forcing families out…

Italy’s Venice to charge admission fees for touristsTourism Insight News

Italy’s Venice to charge admission fees for tourists

Venice council has voted to impose an entrance fee on day-trippers to help pay for the upkeep of the much-visited…

Europe’s tourist hot spots look for ways to cope with the crowds

Europe’s tourist hot spots look for ways to cope with the crowds

Europe’s tourist hot spots are looking for new ways to cope with “overtourism” where cities like Venice, Dubrovnik and Barcelona…