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Trip: Roundtrip cruise, aboard Louis Cruises Orient Queen, sails from Venice, Italy with ports of call in Dubrovnik and Split, Croatia; Corfu, Greece; Lipari and Civitavecchia, Italy; Marseille, France; Messina, Sicily; and Kotor, Montenegro.

'I almost had a heart attack,'" said pensioner Tarcisio de Paolis, recalling his shock on discovering faithful copies of some of Raphael's most famous frescoes in his bedroom.

For the past few weeks, I've been travelling in Italy and England, seeing gardens and other stuff.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Trimek are seeking an exclusive world class English language training system that will be used in 18 Middle East learning centres.

For families with children, travel to Europe can be daunting. Packing and unpacking and deciding where to go and eat is more difficult with kids in tow.

A report last week that an Italian couple had sued a cruise line for allegedly not telling them that the vacation they purchased was a gay-themed cruise was on its face a real-life version of the 2002 Cuba Gooding Jr.

MSC Cruises is offering travelers planning to cruise Europe next summer the opportunity to take advantage of a "Best Fare, Best Room" savings promotion.

A SHIPPING line's alleged failure to notify a straight couple they were being booked on a gay cruise has landed them in hot water.

A heterosexual Italian couple is suing a cruise line after finding out that they had been booked on a gay cruise.

A straight Italian couple got more than they bargained for when they were booked on the country's first all-gay cruise.

A middle-aged Italian couple have demanded a refund after their Mediterranean cruise turned out to be exclusively gay.

Question: Last spring, I spent hours looking for just the right tour for our cruise ship shore excursion in Rome.

The deal Low-cost voyages to the Middle East are a rare find indeed, but Royal Caribbean is currently offering a fall sailing from as little as $41/night. This 12-night cruise passes through the Suez Canal as it sails from Italy to Dubai, and also includes two ports of call in Egypt to boot.

In summer 2010, the Disney Magic will cruise on Mediterranean itineraries from Barcelona in May, August and September, and Northern Europe itineraries from Dover, England, in June and July.

Hans and I decided to stop off at a small beach town before moving on into the grossly hot rome.

Italy's civil protection department on Wednesday extended its heat-wave warning to five more cities, where temperatures this week are also expected to reach or even surpass 40 degrees centigrade with high humidity.

Italy's civil protection department issued a heat-wave warning on Monday for nine Italian cities where temperatures are expected to be close to or even surpass 40 degrees centigrade this week.

USS Gettysburg returned to its homeport at Naval Station Mayport July 28 after a nearly six-month deployment with Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in support of operations in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, and Operation Enduring Freedom.

USS Gettysburg returned to its homeport at Naval Station Mayport July 28 after a nearly six-month deployment with Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in support of operations in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, and Operation Enduring Freedom.