the Italian Alps, Venice and Rome to Matera and Palermo in the south. Journeys to Sicily will include a memorable hop across the Strait of Messina on Europe’s last passenger train ferry.

The complicating part of staging a Winter Games in the Italian Alps? Getting around the Italian Alps, but such hurdles might be the future.

Video has captured the moment an ice mass collapsed down the slopes of Marmolada, in the northern Italian Alps. At least five ... tackling a huge fire after a train derailed.