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Now that the hottest summer months are upon us I am very near to surrender. The sun is winning the fight.

In a city like Rome you can actually feel yourself sinking into the melting asphalt. Of course you… read full article

The city of Rome is filled with world-famous historic sites. One could spend a week in this ancient city and still not see everything it has to offer.

However, there are a few places in Rome that are… read full article

• Cancunissafe invites you to watch beautiful travel videos of Cancun and Riviera Maya, Mexico.

• BeAtRome recommends La Ruta de la Paz exhibition at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

Are you a rock n’ roller looking for a good time in Rome?

Or simply someone sick of the usual yuppie hangouts and the eurotrash clubbing experience? In that case here is a list of alternative… read full article

‘Act of Kindness’  Travel Competition

Enter the travel writing competition organized by GlobalGiving.co.uk in partnership with The Travel Foundation and supported by  Expedia and Hotels.com. The lucky winner will win a trip to the destination… read full article

Rome is known for its many wonders: the history, the food, the scooters, cobblestone streets and cats sleeping amongst 2,000 year-old ruins.

But Rome is still haunted, and rightly so, by an Italian reputation- an inefficient bureaucratic nightmare, if you… read full article

As waves upon waves of frantic tourists crash down around me I feel like I am sometimes drowning. Rome is a beautiful city with so much to see, but you will most definitely be accompanied by a mob of likeminded tourists… read full article

Of the many things we know about Italy we also know that it is certainly not a wintry place. That goes for the warm people and friendly culture but also for the weather itself: the country isn’t… read full article

The sun can be relentless in the summer months here in Rome.

With everyone looking for a place to lay their beach towel it can become quite difficult to find the perfect spot. In my search for a… read full article

• The Italian Show tweets about Italy’s National Holocaust Museum being expected to open in Rome in 2012.

• Air France US recommends a trip to Marseille, France, for the city’s great food, wine and weather.

• Adrian Reynolds found

Here are some of our favorite travel tweets this week:

• Not-to-be-missed attraction in Berlin, Germany: AdventureGirl recommends a visit to the 1.3km-long Berlin Wall East Side Gallery, the world’s largest open air gallery .

Here are some cool and fun travel tweets that caught our attention this week:

• Jess Bright has just discovered that Berlin boasts the largest Erotic Museum in the world.

‘Angels and Demons’ Tour in Rome

Planning a holiday in Rome? If you enjoyed ‘Angels & Demons’, you might want to visit the locations of the Hollywood movie starring Tom Hanks and based on Dan Brown’s book.  Europe a la Carte… read full article

Book a last-minute stay in Rome, Italy, on venere.com and get a special discount on three of our best rated hotels in the Eternal City!

1. Hotel Borromeo – Rome Monti

The Hotel Borromeo is an elegant 3-star hotel close to Rome train station, Cavour… read full article

Pop Culture Tourism

BrillantTips lists 11 pop culture memorials including a bust of Franck Zappa in Vilnius, Lithuania, Jim Morrison’s grave at Père-Lachaise in Paris, France, a statue of Jimmi Hendrix in Seattle, Washington… read full article