Over 75,000 tourists swarmed the town of Sirmione. Over the May Day holiday weekend, the normally serene Italian town of Sirmione was overwhelmed by an influx of around 75,000 tourists, turning the ...

Italian town Sirmione was visited by 75,000 people in the May Day weekend leading to chaos. Sirmione is a small lakeside town in Italy with a 13th-century castle as the main sightseeing destination, ...

Thousands of tourists inundated a picturesque Italian town this past weekend, creating a “gridlock” that obstructed traffic and forced other sightseers to wait “hours” to get in, as seen in dramatic ...

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Sirmione is a small lakeside town in Italy with a 13th-century castle as the main sightseeing destination, which was overrun by tourists during the May Day weekend resulting in chaos, gridlock and ...