Category Archives: journeys
Discover the routes for sustainable travelling. In this section you can find ideas and suggestions for sustainable itineraries: bike tours, the most beautiful train journeys, proposals for trekking, canyoning, sailing, horse riding, and much more!
Low cost Wellness: Free Thermal Pools in Italy
One of the first thoughts that arise when we think about thermal spa it is definitely the price of the service, since various hot springs have been acquired by private companies that have built around exclusive factories and activities. Not everyone knows that you shouldn’t necessarily face high costs to enjoy the benefits of thermal […]
Continue readingNext holiday in Sicily? The Alcantara canyon itinerary.
Italy is bursting with many natural treasures, though we Italians tend to keep them well hidden. Are we just jealous and over protective of our natural beauty or simply missing out on great opportunities for exploration? Discovering this corner of Sicily is definitely not to be missed, where natural beauty and myth combine to create […]
Continue readingThe wolf’s trekking, discovering the Maritime Alps Natural Park
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 […]
Continue reading2014 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 […]
Continue readingVisiting Turin with a personal Greeter? I did and here is my story
What makes a visit with a “greeter” one of the “things to do” in Turin ? Have a look at my experience in Turin and see if all Italian cities and towns shouldn’t have a “greeter” to welcome visitors and turn them into loving fans. 1. Café: Are you a chocolate addict? Well, I must […]
Continue reading3 islands for your car free vacations in Italy
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 […]
Continue reading100 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 […]
Continue readingLanghe, Monferrato and Roero: 5 reasons to visit the 50th Italian UNESCO site
Langhe, Roero and Monferrato are an environmental unicum in Italy: a hilly area between Cuneo and Asti, in North West of Italy whose beauty is breathtaking all through the seasons and whose life quality is incredible high. Not a coincidence UNESCO has just appointed this extraordinary Italian corner as the 50th World Heritage site in […]
Continue readingFamily vacations? 8 things to do in Sibillini Mountains
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 […]
Continue readingLa Verna and the sacred forests: when walking in nature is an exercise for the soul!
A forest of fir trees, thousands of sacred pillars that mark the rhythm of my footsteps through this great natural cathedral. I feel small and I think I hear the rustling of the leaves through the stories of writers and poets of which are steeped in these places, the stories of monks, saints and pilgrims […]
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