Italy in the Headlines: Trevi Fountain Fee, Colosseum Metro Stop, and Strikes

January 2
41 mins

Episode Description

In this episode we're talking about several things that may affect your trip to Italy including January 2025 strikes, the new Trevi Fountain fee, Rome's new line C Metro stop, and (just for fun) Amazon drones.


Here is a quick list of upcoming strikes we mention in this episode:

- January 9 - airline/airport strike 

This includes a national ground staff strike from 1-5pm, EasyJet's flight crew will strike for 24 hours , Vueling's flight attendants will strike from 10am-6pm, there will also be a 24 hour baggage handling strike at both Milan Linate and Milan Malpensa.

Flights should be guaranteed from 7-10am and 6-9pm

Here is a link to a list of guaranteed flights.

- January 12-13 (from 3am Jan 12 to 2am Jan 13) - Trenord in Lombardia (region in the north including Milan)  here are links to Trenord's info for what to do in case of a strike and guaranteed train list.

- January 13 - National Taxi strike 

- January 13 - 24 hour Bus strike in Umbria (Busitalia Sita Nord)

- January 31 from 1pm to 5pm - Verona Villafranca Airport air traffic control strike


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