Florence’s Uffizi gallery (pictured) has become the most visited cultural institution in Italy for the first time. Last year, the gallery welcomed some 1.7 million visitors, and overtook the likes of Rome’s Colosseum, the ruins of Pompeii, the Vatican Museums and other well-known Italian sites according to II Giornale dell’Arte. The Colosseum was second with about …
Italy’s museums continue to wage war on ticket touts
Touts prey on tourists and visitors, offering tickets to Italy’s art galleries at inflated prices, often with added extras such as queue jump and museum tours. Some of these unscrupulous sellers work on the ground while others sell through websites, which have been designed to trick ticket buyers into thinking they are buying through the …