Author: Silvia Ombellini

Everything comes between a coffee and a cappuccino, a morning like any other, while Claudio chats with customers of his small bar in the province of Venice. Daniel enters the bar and offers her crazy idea to his friend: arrive by bicycle to Copenhagen to promote the everyday use of the bicycle and to stop climate […]

There are villages in the Alps where it seems to go back in time, but also to live in the future. The landscape is as perfect as that of a nineteenth-century painting: under the white mountains of the deep green of the woods, then the old roofs of the houses, and red geraniums in the […]

The colors of Autumn in Piedmont or the final taste of summer in Sardinia? A tree house or a castle? Awakening among the colorful hills of the Langhe, or soak in the hot smoke and the benefits of natural hot springs in Tuscany? Every corner of Italy is a treasure chest of pleasures and pure […]

From September 16 to 21, Europe celebrates the Mobility Week in about 2.000 European town. Let’s discover more about the mobility week in Italy! Music concerts on board trams, readings for children on the bus ride, treasure hunts cycling, group rides, lectures, tours … more than 60 events in Italy to promote respect for the environment in the movements, […]

This is a story of travel and love. Ligabue was hit by a car on the streets around Parma. Its investor has stopped and took him to the vet. Only there they realized that it was not a dog but a wolf. After having taken care of him, they’ve applied a gps to record his movements. In […]

Looking at them all together, these shots in black and white that cut across all 5 continents amazed by the beauty and sacredness of our planet. The author is Sebastião Salgado, 70, Brazilian, one of the greatest documentary photographers of our time. To achieve this photographic exhibition took 8 years and 32 trips in 5 […]

There are a protected pine forests, stretches of white sand that have been restored to their natural state with sand dunes, beaches that have banned cars and planned eco-efficient transport, others have focused on the waste collection or on the use solar energy. Let’s find out Italy’s best ecofriendly beaches. Not only the most clean, but […]

Can you imagine the beauty of spend some days on an island without cars? Yes, that’s right: no parking lots, busy streets, traffic and parking tickets. If you have never experienced a car free vacation, here are 3 italian islands Italian from which you can start. From Sicily to the Alps, you can choose to feel […]

1. Be enchanted by Sibilla Where is the Sybil? Is she real? Is she good or bad? Children are fascinated by the history that has always conquered travelers and novelists and they can not stop asking questions. We are among the Sibillini Mountains, in the realm of fairy enchantress (for some) and demonic creature (for […]

We know that global warming and pollution are endangering the life of our planet.  But how many are conscious of the impact of their travel on the environment? Going on practical, how many people choose less polluting means of transport or accommodation in eco-friendly holiday? A recent survey sets the identikit of European ‘”eco-tourist”.  The […]