In 1911, a mysterious thief slipped the Mona Lisa out of the Louvre, shocking the world. The disappearance set off a global ...

Elaine Sciolino, formerly the Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, has volunteered herself as a chatty, amiable tour ...

What is protest, if not the trembling murmur of a society’s conscience? Across centuries and continents, protest has not only ...

Many Louvre employees find Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”, the most famous work of art in the world, overrated. Yet around four-fifths of visitors come mainly to see it, bypassing other ...

Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel from Dan Brown’s bestselling 2003 mystery thriller (which also inspired the hit 2006 film starring Tom Hanks), the talky, excessively plotty and overly long ...

Entry to the Acropolis costs 30 euros, 22 euros for the Louvre, and 25 euros for Hagia Sophia. The "Smile of the Mona Lisa" becomes very expensive, as if someone wants to see the painting alone, they ...

For its autumn/winter 2025 presentation in Paris, Spanish house Loewe eschewed a traditional runway show for a static display ...

It’s hard to put into words how much we enjoyed visiting Florence at the end of our most recent trip to Italy. Our ...

Think twice before booking these trips! Explore 8 popular travel destinations often cited by travelers as overrated and ...