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Things to Do in Rimini, Italy: A Complete Travel Guide
Rimini mixes 15 km of Adriatic beach with a Roman and Renaissance old town, Fellini's hometown museum, and San Marino as a day trip. Here is what to see, with current prices for every paid sight.

Things to Do in Modena, Italy – Sights, Hours, Prices
Modena packs a UNESCO cathedral complex, the birthplace museum of Enzo Ferrari and the source of the world's balsamic vinegar into one walkable old town in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region.

Is the Roma Pass Worth It? 2026 Prices and Break-Even
Yes, from three paid sights on the 72-hour card and two on the 48-hour card, and only if you use the transport. The 2026 prices are €62.90 and €38.00, and here is the arithmetic that decides it.

4 Days in Rome: A Walkable Itinerary With 2026 Ticket Prices
A day-by-day walking itinerary for 4 days in Rome, at 10 to 15 km a day, with the 2026 ticket prices and the three sights you have to book ahead: the Colosseum, the Vatican Museums and Galleria Borghese.

Colosseum Underground Tour: Booking Tickets and Review
Colosseum tickets are timed-entry and sell out weeks ahead, so book through the official site before you fly. This guide covers how, plus a first-hand review of the VIP Colosseum Underground Tour with Roman Forum and Palatine Hill access.

Enzo Ferrari Museum Modena, Italy: 2026 Tickets and Hours
An adult ticket to the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena costs €27 from October to April and €32 from May to September. It opens daily except 25 December, 1 January and 17 February, and parking behind it is free.

Lamborghini Museum Sant’Agata Bolognese: Visitor Guide
The Automobili Lamborghini Museum sits inside the working factory at Via Modena 12, Sant'Agata Bolognese, opens every day, and sells three tickets: museum entry, museum entry with a guide, and museum entry plus a factory tour.

70 interesting facts about Italy, with dates, names and places
Here are 70 interesting facts about Italy, each one carrying a date, a name or a place you can go and check: the aqueduct of 19 BC that still feeds the Trevi Fountain, the 62 UNESCO sites, and the pasta first written about in 1154.

10 Things to Do in Parma, Italy in One Day
Ten things to do in Parma in one day, starting with the Palazzo della Pilotta, where one ticket covers five museums including the Teatro Farnese. Parma sits about an hour west of Bologna by train and the centre is flat and walkable.

6 Day Trips from Bologna by Train, and How to Plan Them
Six cities make good day trips from Bologna by train, all under 90 minutes away: Modena, Ferrara, Parma, Rimini, Ravenna and San Marino. Here is what each one is for, how long it takes, and which pairs sensibly combine into one day.

What to See in Ferrara: 10 Sights on a Day Trip
Ferrara's ten main sights fit into one day on foot, from the moated Castello Estense to the Palazzo dei Diamanti. The city sits about 30 minutes north of Bologna by train, which makes it one of the easiest day trips in Emilia-Romagna.

Taste of Testaccio Food Tour, Rome: Review and 2026 Details
The Taste of Testaccio food tour runs 3.5 hours with 7 stops, a maximum of 12 guests and all food and drink included, from €104 per guest. A stop-by-stop review, with every address and its 2026 opening hours.

7 Umbrian towns to visit and where to stay in Umbria
Seven Umbrian towns are worth building a trip around: Preci, Montefalco, Bevagna, Spoleto, Spello, Trevi and Assisi. Four sit on the railway, two have no station at all, and where you stay in Umbria depends on which of those you can live with.

Taste Bologna Food Tour Review: What 4 Hours Gets You
The Taste Bologna Classic food tour runs four hours, costs from EUR 95 a head, caps the group at 10 and covers coffee, handmade pasta, a market lunch in Italy's oldest osteria and gelato. Here is what the four hours actually gets you.

17 things to do in Ravenna, Italy, and which ticket to buy
Ravenna's 17 things to do start with eight UNESCO monuments, and no single ticket covers all eight. Five share one diocesan combined ticket from €10.50, and the Arian Baptistery, Mausoleum of Theodoric and Sant'Apollinare in Classe are sold separately.

Visiting the little-known border town Gorizia in Italy
Gorizia is a small town in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy where you can stand with one foot in Italy and with the other in Slovenia, where you can climb up to a castle, visit a palace and have a marvelous lunch. Obviously, I did all of that and a bit more on a sunfilled morning.

Food and fun things to do in charming little Grado, Friuli
The Comune di Grado in the Friuli region of Italy is a place to wind down. Also known as "The Sunny Island", it has a completely southward facing beach, a lovely old town center and a beautiful little harbor with a great fish restaurant.

Having the Vatican Museums all to yourself… at night
I haven’t been to Rome yet, but it’s been on my list for quite some time now. I think the reason I haven’t gone yet is…