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Murano Glass Museum: Transport, ticket prices and top tips

The Museo del Vetro on the island of Murano in the Venetian lagoon is the world's most comprehensive museum of Murano glass history. It's housed in the former Bishop's Palace of Torcello — a building constructed in the 7th century. This guide was updated in…

Josephine Falls near Cairns in Far North Queensland.

Josephine Falls, Queensland: Walks, swimming safety and visitor guide

Planning a visit to Josephine Falls in far north Queensland? This guide explains where Josephine Falls is, whether you can swim there, and what to expect from the Josephine Falls walk. Josephine Falls is one of the most photogenic waterfalls in far north Queensland. Unlike…

Pozzo della Cava, Orvieto: Visitor tips with ticket prices & hours

Pozzo della Cava in the medieval quarter of Orvieto is an archaeological complex descending into the volcanic tufa beneath the city's oldest streets. It's a network of caves, cisterns, pottery kilns, and a medieval well that reveals nearly 3,000 years of Orvieto history from Etruscan…

Natural History Museum of Venice: Prices, hours, transport and visitor tips

The Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia occupies the Fontego dei Turchi — a 13th-century Byzantine palazzo on the Grand Canal. It holds prehistoric fossils, live aquarium specimens, Saharan dinosaur skeletons, and one of the most important natural science research collections in northern Italy. This…

Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology, Milan: Ticket prices, hours & tips

The Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci (MuST) in Milan is Italy's largest science and technology museum. It covers 50,000 m² in a 16th-century Olivetan monastery, holding over 16,000 objects spanning Leonardo's inventions, transport history, energy, communication, and space. The current…

National Etruscan Museum, Rome: Visit tips with ticket prices & hours

The Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia at Piazzale di Villa Giulia 9 in Rome is the world's most important museum of Etruscan civilisation, housed in a spectacular Renaissance villa built for Pope Julius III in 1551. This guide was updated in June 2026. The…

Florence Synagogue and Jewish Museum: Ticket prices, hours & visitor tips

The Sinagoga e Museo Ebraico di Firenze at Via Luigi Carlo Farini 6 is one of the most important Jewish monuments in Italy. A grand Moorish-style synagogue inaugurated in 1882, it's complemented by a two-floor museum covering 700 years of Jewish life in Florence. This…

Museo de Medici, Florence: Visitor tips with ticket prices & hours

The Museo de Medici at Via degli Alfani 39 in Florence occupies the Rotonda Brunelleschi — the 15th-century octagonal building at the corner of Via del Castellaccio, designed as the chapter house of the former Monastery of the Angels. The museum tells the history of…

Museo Galileo, Florence: Visit tips, with ticket prices & hours

The Museo Galileo at Piazza dei Giudici 1 in Florence, Italy, is the world's most important museum of scientific instruments. It holds the finest surviving Medici and Habsburg-Lorraine scientific collections alongside Galileo's own telescopes, quadrants, and — most striking of all — his preserved middle…

The ruins of Pompeii in Campania, Italy.

Pompeii Archaeological Park guide: Ticket prices, hours & must-know tips

The Parco Archeologico di Pompei in Pompeii, Campania, is one of the most important UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world — the buried Roman city that has been under excavation since 1748 and continues to yield extraordinary discoveries today. This guide was updated in…