Travel: Italy

Sure, it might be cold and rainy, but it’s also the off-season, so the tourist spots are less crowded, and hotel prices and airfares are a bargain.

The area’s famous reds can be found during tours of wineries in the region.

THE BEST WAY TO SIENA From LAX, connecting service (change of planes) to Florence is available on Lufthansa, Air France and Swiss.

GETTING THERE: From LAX to Rome, connecting service (change of plane) is available on KLM, Lufthansa, Delta, British Airways, Air France, Swiss, US Airways and Continental.

Susan Spano’s Postcards From Rome When it’s 100 degrees on the Piazza Navona, gelato is better than Bernini.

How to see the city without spending too much money.

If you’re planning to visit Rome before you die, it pays to prepare for the experience.

Ancient and modern-day attractions beckon to the curious.

For lovers of art and the Eternal City, a new exhibition has opened on the glories of Rome in the 15th century.

Rome’s first emperor, Augustus (63 BC to AD 14), was, according to historian Suetonius, a man of modest tastes.

A stone’s throw from the Coliseum is Rome’s new, masterfully designed Museum of the Imperial Forums, in a brick complex built by Emperor Trajan in the 2nd century but long concealed beneath centuries of subsequent construction and rubble.