Holly D. Johnson is a repeat Italy visitor and budget travel expert. She shares what’s the best way to score a deal on a gondola ride, and which day trips are worth your time. This elaborate church ...

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Venice, the “floating city” in northeast Italy, has an intangible magic. The canals coursing between the 118 islands on which it is built, and under the almost 400 bridges connecting them, are alive ...

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Italy has it all. The big boot concentrates some of Europe’s most beautiful landscapes, islands, beaches and lakes, mountains and rolling vine-covered hills, and adorns them all with more art and ...