There is no place like Rome in the springtime. The sun is shining, the air is warm, the trees are blossoming, and the flowers are blooming. La primavera arriva! And if, like me, you get antsy for some ...

EVER wonder what showtime must have been like at Rome’s Colosseum? Cast your mind back to Ireland and Italy’s recent rugby showdown at the Stadio Olimpico. The Six Nations is as close as rugby gets to ...

An early spring has arrived in the Eternal City, where gorgeous days of sunshine are abruptly interrupted by hailstorms and rain showers. A similar whiplash has been felt around the Vatican in recent ...

It’s warm enough to sit outside cafes and bars, and visiting before the crowds arrive in summer means that the queues are short The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if ...

While most visitors inexplicably wait until summer to descend on the shiny cobblestone streets of Italy’s Eternal City—when the country's capital literally bakes in the debilitating midday sun, ...

The local Chinese community held a two-day street festival in the Italian capital over the weekend to mark the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 8 this year.