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Italy Chronicles

The Italy You Don't Know

Rome’s Rip Off Passetto Restaurant?

July 1, 2009 by Alex Roe

Situated a mere stones-throw away from Rome's famous Piazza Navona, a romantic meal for two Japanese tourists in the Passetto restaurant turned out to be such as costly experience that it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rome Tagged With: scam

Pisa’s Misunderstood Leanings

February 3, 2009 by Alex Roe

One of my most visited and commented posts is about traffic violations which those touring sunny Italy by car have collected. If you read the post (link below), and then wade through a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Speeding fines Tagged With: Pisa, scam, ZTL

Tender Italy

January 12, 2009 by Alex Roe

Varenna, Lake Como, Italy

  This post is not going to a declaration of my undying love for Italy.  No, instead it's going to be about a problem situation which crops up all too regularly in the news here - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy Tagged With: scam

Just the Ticket for Tricky Truckers

November 10, 2008 by Alex Roe

Travelling on Italy's autostrade, or motorways, can be quite an expensive business, for example for truck drivers the cost from northern Italy to to  costs around 70 Euros, but in another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy News Tagged With: mafia, scam

The Crooked Tower of Pisa?

September 18, 2008 by Alex Roe

Yet another unfortunate driver has found my recent post on how to view Pisa traffic violation photos useful, alas. Having been accused a while back of being part of a scam network, I too … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy Tagged With: Pisa, scam

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