The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Cortina d’Ampezzo, a small Alpine town in northern Italy, is hosting much of the Winter Games. It’s also a home away from home for rich partygoers.
Author: Jason Horowitz
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For Some Nuns, Baking Is an Act of Devotion
The New York Times – Travel:
In convents across Spain, the tradition of selling sweets is alive and well.
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Are ‘Secret Room’ Drawings by Michelangelo? Now, Visitors Can Judge for Themselves.
The New York Times – Travel:
Since its discovery nearly 50 years ago, a room beneath the Medici Chapels in Florence covered in sketches has been closed to the public. Next month, that will change.
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In Rome, It’s Luxury vs. Squalor
The New York Times – Travel:
The city’s newest attempt to reimagine itself includes palatial accommodations that cost up to $41,000 a night. Cynics point to overflowing garbage and stalled public works. How will deluxe hotels fix those problems?
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Wildfires and Heat Transform Italy and Greece Into Tourism Nightmares
The New York Times – Travel:
Record heat and wildfires have turned summer holidays into nightmares and called into question the future of cherished tourist destinations.
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It’s May in Rome: A Time to Revere, and Fear, Fava Beans
The New York Times – Travel:
Although favism, a blood disorder that can cause a violent reaction to fava beans, lurks throughout Italy, many Romans look forward to May, when the legumes are in season.
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Leonardo’s Ferry Left High and Dry by Global Warming and Red Tape
The New York Times – Travel:
A ferry used to traverse the banks of the Adda River, in northern Italy, but drought and an abundance of bureaucracy has closed it down.
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To Save a Ruin, Send in the Sheep
The New York Times – Travel:
The archaeological park of Pompeii has found a low-tech way to prevent the site from being overrun by vegetation: hungry sheep.
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Braving the Winds on a Greek Isle
The New York Times – Travel:
‘We had been expecting Tinos’s famous Meltemi, the seasonal and often fierce northern winds that blow through the islands in the summer, to cool us down after a suffocating Roman heat wave. But not this.’