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.

2014 Football Championship? On your bike!
Mad about football? Were you wondering if Balotelli and Pirlo would have turned the Italian football team into the new 2014 World Champion? For cyclists Pinar and Paolo “do not talk to me about football” must have been a motto throughout the frenzy that gripped Italy during the Football Championship. Just a few days before […]
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100 per hour, flying through the clouds of Lucania Mountains, in Basilicata
The location is spectacular and undreamed. “Spiers” of stone and rural villages. The surrounding nature is practically untouched … Welcome to Basilicata, the land where you can experience the thrill of flying as a bird at over 100 miles per hour, between the Lucania mountains: il volo dell’angelo (“the flight of the angel”). You begin […]
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10 creative ways to recycle coffee and tea bags
What is garbage? It is our opportunity to give things a second chance and to find out how creative we can be. Do not you think so? Well, let’s start from some very miserable elements we all have in our kitchens like coffee and tea and see what we can do. Coffee: the basic element […]
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10 best Italian coves for your summer
Macarro Cove, the “happy man” cove Maratea, Basilicata South Italy. We are in the area which was once known as Magna Frecia, a Greek colony in a over the sea territory. And the Greeks found the area we now refer to as Macarro as a place so delightful that any man touching its sole could […]
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EcoDots, the European Commission is funding sustainable tourism
The competitiveness of the tourism industry is closely linked to its sustainability. At the same time, the quality of tourist destination is strongly influenced by its natural and cultural environment and its integration with the local community. The need to reconcile economic growth and sustainable development leads to a more responsible tourism. To say it […]
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No country for bikers and France thinks of paying commuters by bike
Jean Pierre bikes to his work place in a company situated at La Défense, in Paris. He bikes there 5 days out of 7 each week and has been doing so over the last 5 years. This year marks a change in his biker history. In a few weeks’ time, Jean Pierre may discover his […]
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Italian cuisine for foreigners: 5 fundamentals “DONTs”
“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” George Bernard Shaw wrote once. Can you think of a better quotation if you wish to describe the relationship betwen Italians and food? Globally well known as the home of “La Dolce Vita” because of its cuisine excellence, we Italians take food very seriously. The […]
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5 WOW effect Italian legends
Adele & Saverio just like Romeo & Juliet Romeo and Juliet were not the only young lovers whose romance was not approved by their families. Adele and Saverio suffered the same drama at the beginning of the XIX centuru, many years after the Verona couple had. And once again no happy ending awaited the couple. […]
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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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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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