Category Archives: curiosity

Chefchaouen is a unique city in the world. Immersed in the beautiful Rif mountains in northern Morocco, welcomes you with its blue-painted houses, its gates, and its stairs. Until the ’50s it has been unknown to tourists who could not enter because it was a sacred places. But today, many travelers arrive in this welcoming town to […]

“When a woman has a dream, she usually turns it into a project and copes with its problems in a very concrete and direct way. That’s exactly the approach the Yves Rocher Foundation is looking for.” These are the words of Marie Anne Gasnier, sposkeswoman for the Terre de Femmes Award. The Yves Rocher Foundation […]

In a high mountain landscape, pastures and extensive beech forests, in Liguria there is a hidden corner of pristine nature that represent an unique situation in Italy. We are in the Aveto Park, and here, for more than fifteen years, there is a herd of wild horses that live without contact with man. Discovering wild horses […]

There are at least five reasons why walking barefoot, at least in our home, is good for our mental and physical wellbeing. Contrary to what is generally thought and our fears for hygiene, doctors and specialists, based on extensive research, argue that walking barefoot should become a habit for children and adults. This simple and natural activity is […]

It will become four times larger than California. The marine reserve of Papahānaumokuākea was established in 2006 and now protects the North-West area of ​​the Hawaiian archipelago over a large area of ​​360,000 square kilometers of ocean waters. A few days ago came the great news that President Obama intends, before the end of his term, […]

Giethoorn is also called the Venice of the North and it is a truly magical and unique village in the world. We are in the Netherlands, 120 kilometers from Amsterdam, but it seems to be in a fairy tale world. Here, in the middle of the Natural Park Weerribben-Wieden, there are no roads. The houses of […]

Not a drop of fuel: it seemed impossible but Solar Impulse 2 less than a month ago has successfully completed the first flight around the world with zero emissions, using only solar energy. This impressive project is of the Swiss Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg that on July 26, after 23 days of flight, 43,000 […]

Looking for new thrills? For adrenaline junkies, in Switzerland there is a new thrilling experience that you can’t miss: a slide, 750 meters long, with a little sled in the midst of a stunning mountain scenery. It is known as the Mountain Coaster, is located at the mountain station of the cable car Oeschinensee, reachable on foot in an […]

Watch now the video of a unique and exciting encounter: a mother bear and her two cubs are swimming in the lake close to the tourists! The lucky ones who were in California, on the beach of Lake Tahoe, the first days of August, were able to attend a unique and truly unexpected event. The […]

21.582 bathing sites throughout Europe and 5.518 only in Italy: between the inland lakes and the sea coasts, Italy is just a dream destination for our summers, given that 95% of bathing waters were judged good or excellent by the European Environment Agency. In the interactive map of Europe made by the agency the red […]