All the articles by Andrea Laratta on Finestre sull'Arte

Sicily, hotels: 'we have water and we don't send tourists away'

"No problem. Tourists are not leaving." The president of Federalberghi of Agrigento, Francesco Picarella, seeks to reassure with respect to the tam tam following articles in the international press to give an account of the drought that has been enc...
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Forbidden to walk around town in swimsuits: municipalities punish boorish tourists

Vacationing by the sea but clothed. Yes, there are several seaside resorts whose mayor invoking 'more decorum' has signed an ordinance to prohibit walking around in bathing suits, complete with hefty fines of up to 500 euros (five hundred) for offend...
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Tour guides, reform becomes operational. What changes

The new legislation on the "Discipline of the profession of tourist guide" is operational : with the entry into force on July 13 of the Implementing Regulations, training courses and, above all, examinations for access to the Official List qualifying...
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Florence, tourist mimics sexual intercourse with the Fountain of Bacchus

Hot scenes in Florence between a tourist and the Fountain of Bacchus, the monument where Giambologna 's reproduction of Bacchus , now kept at the Bargello Museum, is placed. So much has come to witness via two smartphone shots that capture a girl in ...
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The true story of the Giants of Peccioli

In the long fields of the Pisan province, among hills, crags and blue sky, we come across some installations that blend with the environment in a very striking and innovative way. And they certainly do not go unnoticed. We are talking about the Giant...
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State Property Office publishes notice to regenerate several historic buildings. Here are which ones are

A 1380 tower on the promontory of Isola Capo Rizzuto in Calabria, a palace near the Caravaggio Sanctuary near Bergamo, a lighthouse on the island of Levanzo in Sicily, and period villas in Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto, former firing ranges or old...
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Want to buy a house in a mountain village in Tuscany? The region pays you

Do you dream that your vacation spot can become your home? Do you dream of Tuscany when you return from vacation? Now for all those in love with the land of Dante there is a chance to go and live in one of those iconic villages typical of Tuscan land...
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Short-term rentals: stop and go in Florence, the ban no longer applies (for now)

False start with restart that of the 'battle' in Florence between property owners and the city administration following the ruling of the Regional Administrative Court of Tuscany to which the former had appealed against the resolution of a variant to...
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