Category Archives: curiosity
Curiosities and news, suggestion for travel (also for free), unusual places to visit, from the ghost towns to the disappeared islands, amazing stories of travel, by bicycle, by foot, donkey, horse back or canoa.

5 DIY ideas to wrap your Eco-friendly Gift
Getting someone special a present makes happy us too, doesn’t it? It is even nicer when we wrap the gift ourselves because it has that something that makes it more special. Moreover, if the present is a trip, the receiver has nothing else to ask for! No, wait, there’s still one missing detail: the trip has […]
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Top 10 Vegan Cities in Europe
Veganism is challenging as is moving abroad or travelling. Check out the ten most vegan cities in Europe The Internet is changing the whole world. It opens people’s eyes to the truth about the harm of animal products and the blatant cruelty of the producers. Environmental consequences of the livestock industry are also under scrutiny. Due […]
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Honey Bee Holidays: emerging travel trend with plenty of buzz
Bee tourism or apitourism is a niche tourism trend that proves to have wings. Honey Bee holidays connect nature and tourism for responsible travelers in search of unique, eco, healthy experiences and wellbeing. In Medieval times, honey was used as a form of payment because it was considered so valuable. Explore the healing power of bee products, […]
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PET-art: Turning Plastic Waste into Art
Can plastic waste become an element of art? Oddly enough, but yes. You can reuse it to create something beautiful, as the artist Veronika Richterovà did. The problems related to the use (and abuse) of plastic are well known. While experts warn that, at this rate, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish […]
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No Butts on the Beach: from Bibione do Sardinia the first Smoke-free Beaches in Italy
Summer is right around the corner and it comes with some news. Some municipalities in Italy will ban smoking in beaches. An ecological and responsible choice to be spread further. How many times, walking along astonishing coasts, our feet have stumbled on annoying cigarette butts? At least once, to anybody. Well, we’re about to say […]
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Damanhur: discovering the Temples, the Eighth Wonder of the World
Many people have defined them as the eighth wonder of the world. In Valchiusella, Piedmont, discover the Temples of Humanity, an underground construction, pride of the Community of Damanhur. In a village of 500 people, 50 km from Turin, hidden in the heart of a mountain, lies what many have called the eighth wonder of […]
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The incredible Benefits of Forest Bathing
Forest bathing, sleeping or at least spending some time in a forest or other green space to reap the health benefits. In this consist the Japanese activity of shinrin-yoku, recently become extremely popular worldwide, at the center of a new study from the journal Environmental Research (Volume 166, October 2018, Pages 628-637). A work of research that tracked 290 million […]
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Top 10 Benefits of Living Green Walls or Vertical Gardens
Living green walls purify the air, reduce the ambient temperature and creates a sense of well-being. Below we explain the vertical garden’s top-10 benefits. Not only concerned with ecological reasons, they also apply at an economic and societal level. As the same name suggests, a living wall is literally something alive. The exact definition for this special kind of […]
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Cedereira, Portugal: the new life of small villages in the hinterland
This charming Cedereira village is located in the center of Portugal in the Lousã mountains. Here we give you an insight into the unique features of the artist village and its accommodations, and why a visit at any time is worthwhile. Quality accommodation with an ambitious cultural project Our goal is to bring an ancient […]
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Tree-house: a Stay in a Dreamy shelter
Which child has never dreamed of a secret (or not) shelter on a tree? Anyway, we all have seen at least an American movie or series in which children had one. And so we dreamed with them. Who could have imagined, 30 years ago, that this would have become a vacation trend? Today, this is […]
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