Our plan had been to spend our second day in Italy skiing the Sellaronda ... The Sellaronda circuit is a ski route that goes through Selva di Val Gardena. Credit: Picasa It’s a glorious circuit ...

With 1,200km of runs that range from gentle nursery slopes to terrifyingly steep blacks, the Dolomites offers some of the ...

Val Gardena spans the three picture-perfect villages of Selva Val Gardena, Ortisei and Santa Cristina. There are plenty of five-star offerings, with wooden chalet-style hotels boasting gorgeous ...

Major airports in Italy already began cancelling flights on Tuesday in preparation for a nationwide day of strikes. Now, all air traffic at Ciampino Airport has been suspended due to a small fire ...

Elizabeth Heath is a writer and editor living on a hill in Umbria, from where she writes about travel in Italy, the rest of Europe, and farther afield. Even if they’re not fresh off the runways ...

Planning a trip to Italy this year? You’re likely going to have to consider your plans a bit more than in previous years, as this one’s special: it’s the Jubilee Year, a Roman Catholic religious event ...

A week of spectacular lava sprays on Sicily’s snow-capped Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanos, has drawn thousands of people wanting to see the eruption. But the sudden influx ...

A selection of ski mountaineering itineraries in the Val Senales, South Tyrol, Italy. Glacier skiing in the South Tyrol and the Ötzi mummy are the first two things which spring to mind when thinking ...