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Visiting the Museo Maradona, Naples: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Maradona – Collezione Vignati in the Quartieri Spagnoli (Spanish Quarter) of Naples is a permanent museum of over 150 authentic objects belonging to Diego Armando Maradona. It was assembled by the Vignati family — whose matriarch Lucia was Maradona's Neapolitan housekeeper and confidante…

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: practical guide for first-time visitors

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: practical guide for first-time visitors

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…

National Etruscan Museum, Rome (Villa Giulia): practical guide for first-time visitors

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…

Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology, Milan: practical guide for first-time visitors

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…

Visiting the Florence Synagogue and Jewish Museum: practical guide for first-time visitors

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…

Visiting the Museo de Medici, Florence: practical guide for first-time visitors

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…

Visiting the Museo Galileo, Florence: practical guide for first-time visitors

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, Italy: practical guide for first-time visitors

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…