Sustainable Travel

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Italian mountain climber Simone Moro is to try the first winter ascent of the Himalayan giant Makalu.Moro will be assisted by Denis Urubko of Kazakhstan, whose…
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Venice is extending its successful 'urban decorum' campaign to the souvenir stalls that clutter historic squares and impede access to storied churches.''We're…
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Two Italian ski resorts have made the top ten of European ski destinations in a survey of Italian tourists.Merano, a relatively unfashionable resort in the…
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Benedict XVI reconfirmed his reputation as the 'green pope' on Wednesday when the Vatican inaugurated its first solar power energy system.Some 2,400 solar…
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Rome city council is mulling plans to install 'black boxes' in the capital's controversial horse-driven buggies after a horse died on the job last week.Under…
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Italy has been given a preview of the upcoming winter season with the first snowfall in Milan and Venice and plunging temperatures throughout the peninsula.…
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Snow hit Venice Monday as wintry weather swept across northern Italy.Workers in the lagoon city sprinkled salt across its historic squares and bridges to stop…
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Italians were busy pulling out blankets from mothballs and taking out their stored winter coats ahead of the arrival this weekend of the first cold snap of the…
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A man who let his cat starve to death while enjoying a three-month holiday was sentenced to a three-month jail term by a Rome court on Friday.''I'm on vacation…
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Italian scientists continue to make wide use of animals in experiments, despite European Union efforts to reduce the practice, the country's anti-vivisection…