Palermo's week starts with the Festa dei Morti on November 2, when the city's children wake up to presents said to come from their dead relatives. It ends with two nights of after-dark visits to buildings that are usually locked. In between, the calendar is thinner than you'd…
New York's two great museums face each other across Central Park, and they price visitors the same way. Pay a lot if you're from out of state. Pay…
For most of its history, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York let everyone pay what they wished. The "recommended" $25 was a suggestion, and a…
For six months this year it looked like Britain's free national museums might start charging tourists. In March the Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy…
Notre-Dame reopened on December 8 2024, five and a half years after the fire. In its first year it took in about 11 million visitors. Before 2019 the…
Venice ran its day-tripper fee for the third year in 2026, and by now it's simply part of the trip. Sixty paid days this year, up from 54 in 2025 and…
