It appears the plans of Italy’s transport minister to curb cruising in Venice’s historic city centre have been given a bit of a reality check.

Venetians are set to have some relief with the news that Italian authorities are making progress toward rerouting large cruise ships away from the overburdened Guidecca Canal.

Of all the places to set up your travel cooker, the city’s most famous and historic bridge is probably not the best choice.

Thousands of protesters have marched in Venice demanding cruise ships be kept out of the city’s lagoon.

What better way to cure your post-long weekend blues than to jealously read about our deputy editor’s adventures in Venice?

Like a scene from Speed 2: Cruise Control, a ship has collided with a popular wharf and a tourist vessel, injuring several people and scaring the living daylights out of onlookers.

The destination is also set to introduce a new system requiring tourists to “request access” to the city. We’d like to create a similar system for our corner of the office, but our boss said no.

Mount Agung is back at it, Flight Centre is expanding and Venice is introducing a new fee for day trippers. Welcome back folks! Here’s everything you need to know to kick start your year.

We tried flooding our office to get out of work, but our boss pulled the plug out of the sink and told us to grow up.

Travel Weekly’s roving scribe reports from Italy while we sip cold tea and think warm thoughts from our freezing office in Sydney.

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Another week, another angry plea from Venetians to have tourists blocked from the city. It’s really not our fault Venice is so magnificent.