Silvia Ombellini
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What color is your perfect vacation? 5 routes between colors of nature in Italy
Since color is synonymous with good humor, why not take a holiday in the nature surrounding you in your favorite color? If you never have you ever thought, here’s how: 1: listen to your mood and choose your color. 2: look for the corresponding route. We suggest 5 amazing places in Italy, from Sicily to […]
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3 Routes and 5 ingredients for your cycling Vacations in Italy
“Fly like a bird here is the dream run on the bike here today pleasure. You become young, you become poet” (Alfredo Oriani) No other means, such as bicycle , makes us light and free. While our body is all brawn to accompany the movement of the wheels and pedals, our soul becomes lighter , […]
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Montalto, Italy, where even the donkeys walk the Zero Waste path
At Montalto Ligure, in the province of Imperia, Italy, Limone and Gina, two cute little donkeys have replaced the motor vehicles in the implementation of recycling collection. As in many Italian villages, in fact, the narrow streets of stone of the wonderful village of Montalto make it impractical passage of heavy motor vehicles. For that […]
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5 videos will make you travel Italy now
From the glaciers of the Alps, to the friendly Basilicata region, from the peaks of the Dolomites to the crystal sea of Liguria, crossing the Emilian Apennines, 5 short videos that will make you travel now! We start from the Matterhorn, one of the mountains, which, with its geometry and grandeur, has always fascinated artists […]
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Smartphone hitchhiking, reducing pollution and travel costs
More people on the same car means less pollution and less traffic. A smart way to reduce CO2 emissions from cars in our travels is the Carpooling. Car sharing has grown a lot in recent years due to the diffusion of a lot of web services, including Apps that allow the meeting between who is […]
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The 5 most colorful (and less well-known) Carnival celebrations in Italy
It’s carnival season, it’s time for the collective frenzy that celebrates trasgressions, jokes and crazyness 40 days before Easter. In Italy there are a lot of carneval traditions, and beautiful places to celebrate it. Here are some of the most dazzling (and less well-know) carnival celebrations in Italy. Carnival of Gnaga, Beppe Nappa, Gagèt col sò Uchèt, […]
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At low speeds, on the old rails of Italy
There were once more than six thousand kilometers of track on which they traveled the first puffing steam trains, among bridges and natural italian landscapes, cultivated plains and wild woods, hills dotted with rows of trees and breathtaking mountains. Next came the high speed, the highways and cars, and those old rails are become rusty […]
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3 amazing tree houses (and hotels) in Italy
“Who wants to look good on the earth shall keep the necessary distance” wrote Italo Calvino in his wonderful novel “The Baron in the Trees “. The adventure of Cosimo, who decides to spend his whole life in the trees, watching the world from above, has always fascinated me. After marrying an architect with vertigo problems, […]
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Travel guides, from storytellers to web guides
At the time of Greeks, the guides were the priests, those who walked side by side along the paths of the pilgrims of the Via Francigena, accompanying them in their religious trips. The guide is always the interpreter, who can tell the invisible, who can “make the stones speak,” to transform the scenery you pass […]
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Valentine’s day. Top 5 ideas for a romantic weekend in Italy
Italy is the country of beauty, music, food, and of course, love! When it comes to love declarations, the Italian language is simply full of such expressions. One can describe one’s love through various words and phrases, such as: ti amo, ti voglio bene, ti penso sempre, caro mia, mio amore … Whether you are incurable […]
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