journeys

Arte Sella: a project for contemporary art and nature

What happens when three young naïve dreamers meet? Things that once looked impossible can become reality and beauty reigns. This is what happened when Carlotta Strobele, Emanuele Montibeller and Enrico Ferrari decided to create an association to promote both art in general and art found in nature. A sort of “land art” someone would say? […]

Discovering Italian Virtuous Municipalities

Nowadays and especially in Italy, can someone still believe in the good administration? Can someone, one more time, be confident in public structure, in the policies which are executed? Hands up those who, at least once in their lifetime, has not dreamed of living in a small community, in a country or in a place […]

Canoeing on the clearest River of Europe

Cloose your eyes and imagine a world without the sounds of everyday, where silence is the soft music sung by nature … It ‘just a taste of this unforgettable experience in the River Nature Reserve Tirino by canoe. There is a river in Abruzzo, South Italy, that is famous for being the clearest in Europe. Tirino river, with […]

Egadi Islands, a bridge over the history between figs and cliffs

It is amazing to realize that an island doesn’t have bridges, but it can be itself a bridge, over history. This is the case of the Egadi islands, small pearls set in the sea close to Trapani, in Sicily. The main characters of this trip are Favignana, Levanzo, and Marettimo which are the Marine Nature […]

A railroad through lava rocks: the Circumetnea

Mount Etna is one of the icons of Sicily and, every year, it’s the destination of many tourists; but not everybody knows that there’s a railroad that climbs up the sides of the Sicilian volcano.

The Wonders of the National Park of Gargano

There’s a place in Italy where you can listen to the sea, savor the fragrance of citrus and pine trees, dive in the color of the woods, bump into some roe deer, hear the silence of the clearings among prickly pears and orchids, and taste the flavors of the agricultural tradition: that place is the […]

The shapes of water: 5 natural wellness ideas that you can’t resist

It’s time to stop linking the word «water» to the boring rain that kept us home during the Winter! Don’t you look forward to Spring, to the sweet fruits of Summer, to the taste of salty sea on your lips? Sure, there is still time, but in the meantime we can start to think about […]

Florence and Rome at 2 wheels of distance

Hello, I am looking for a map or guide book on cycling from Firenze to Roma Thomas Heidenberger Washington, D.C. Inspired by Thomas’s message, we are ready to propose a new travel! Go from Florence to Rome with no other propelling force but our legs, no other means of transport but our bike. So wonderful, […]

Slow down and walk with donkeys

Have you ever tried trekking with donkeys? One of our readers has been fascinated by the experience of walking with donkeys and she asks us where it is possible to try it in Italy. Here are 8 destinations to experience the slow journey with donkeys in Italy: from Abruzzo, to the beautiful hills of Piacenza, from […]

Walking on Mount Etna, from the top of the craters, to the depth of the caves

For the Sicilians is a muntagna, for others is one of the most famous volcanoes still active in the world. We are talking of Etna, that with its 3300 meters is the biggest volcano in Italy and one of the symbols of Sicily. Etna annually attracts thousands of tourists in the summer months but also in winter, […]