Cibo e viaggi / Food and travel notes by Livio Acerbo
As an intense heat wave grips Italy with red alerts nationwide, travelers to Rome, Tuscany, and Sicily are rethinking timing and destinations. Regional travel and hidden gems are emerging as smart alternatives to crowded, sweltering hotspots.
Pompeii’s new visitor caps mark the latest step in Italy’s broader push to manage overtourism, pushing travelers toward regional gems in Sicily, Liguria, and Abruzzo. Improved rail links are making these multi-city, off-the-beaten-path itineraries easier than ever.
A new New York–Bari route and Sicily’s Baroque town revival point to a broader shift in how travelers explore Italy, favoring regional depth over the classic circuit. From Puglia’s improved access to hidden Sicilian gems like Bagheria, southern Italy is stepping into the spotlight.
Mount Etna’s eruption, new Venice pricing rules, and Pompeii’s visitor caps are reshaping how travelers should plan trips to Italy this year. Here’s what these shifts mean for anyone exploring Sicily, Rome, and Italy’s rising regional destinations.
Mount Etna is erupting, Venice is moving toward mandatory tourist reservations, and a new rail link is reshaping how travelers move through Italy. Here’s what’s changing — and how to plan around it.
From Iberdrola’s 450 MW wind expansion in Italy to Air Liquide’s landmark green hydrogen electrolyser in Rotterdam, Europe’s clean energy buildout is accelerating across wind, hydrogen, and storage. The continent is increasingly building at the speed the climate demands.
The EU’s Environmental Omnibus package promises to cut regulatory red tape for businesses, but its proposals on industrial emissions and circular economy rules are raising hard questions about Europe’s climate and biodiversity commitments. With Italy delaying coal plant closures and global clean energy investment accelerating, […]
Italy has voted to extend coal-fired power plant operations by 13 years, citing energy shortages — a decision that directly threatens EU climate targets and arrives as the UN confirms the hottest decade on record. Here is what it means for Europe’s environmental credibility and […]
Google’s Quantum-Proof HTTPS: How Merkle Tree Certificates Compress Security Data The internet faces an existential threat from quantum computers, which could render today’s encryption obsolete. Google’s Chrome team has unveiled an innovative solution that tackles this challenge head-on: Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) that compress 15 […]
Merkle Tree Certificate support is already in Chrome. Soon, it will be everywhere.