Internet users can now travel along the canals of Venice from the comfort of their own homes to prepare their trips, with a new website called veniceconnected.it.

The website is made up of 360-degree HD photographs snapped by a camera mounted on a boat travelling the length and breadth of Venice’s famous canals.

If you’re planning on whisking a loved one away this Valentine’s Day (February 14), Italy is the place to go according a new poll.

The survey, conducted by Skyscanner, revealed that a full third of the 1000 respondents questioned believed Italy was the world’s most romantic destination.

France, the more traditional getaway for the world’s romantics, took second place with 19 percent of the votes and the Caribbean took third place with nine percent.

Tod’s, the Italian luxury shoe group has announced a new project to fund the cost of the restoration of Rome’s historic Colosseum, at a cost of €25 million.

According to the Telegraph, The ancient Roman arena is blackened by pollution and rocked by vibrations from a nearby subway line.

The project will happen in eight stages and has been finalized by the Italian Ministry of Culture and Tod’s Group President Diego Della Valle.

To celebrate the opening of the first Gap store in Italy, Italian luxury fashion house Valentino will unveil a limited edition women’s collection for GAP.

The seven-piece Valentino for Gap collection will launch at select boutiques worldwide on November 27, including Gap’s new Milan store on Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Gap’s London flagship on Oxford Street

The pieces will also be available at the high-end fashion boutiques Colette in Paris and Dover Street Market in London. It has not been slated for release in the US.

A giant white truffle was sold off on Sunday for 105,000 euros (144,000 dollars) at a lavish auction near the town of Alba in northern Italy, organisers said.

The truffle, presented at the auction in the medieval Castello di Grinzane in a region of Italy famous for its cuisine, weighed 900 grammes.

The price per gramme for the truffle was therefore 117 euros — lower than the rate of 133 euros per gramme paid at the same auction last year.

Here’s the gorgeous Italian actress Monica Bellucci starring in new commercial for Martini Gold by Dolce & Gabbana.