Italy has cleared the way to build the world’s largest suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily.

But for millennia, generations of travelers have required a boat to cross Messina Strait separating Sicily and the mainland.

Thousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian ...

The Italian government has given final approval for the construction of what would be the world’s longest single-span bridge, ...

The government says the road and rail link will create jobs and lift the region’s economy, but critics are concerned about ...

Italy has finally approved a €13.5bn (£12bn) plan to build the world’s longest suspension bridge from the mainland to Sicily ...

Travelers wishing to reach the island of Sicily from mainland Italy have only one option: to cross the Strait of Messina by ...

It takes some time and effort to reach this Italian island beach, but when you do, you'll find crystal-clear water that ...

A group photo of readers who traveled to Sicily and Southern Italy with Jess Fleming in the spring of 2023. (Courtesy of Federico Alvarez) Want to travel with Jess?

Other parts of Italy are also experiencing drought, but only Sicily’s is considered “extreme,” the highest level, according to the Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and ...

The Sicily region's agriculture-meteorological information service, SIAS, reported that a temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.84 degrees Fahrenheit) was reached at the island's Syracuse station.