Category Archives: journeys

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

It starts, walk from the heart of Aosta, the beautiful Piazza Chanoux, walking slowly along ancient footpaths and mule tracks up to the highest part of the Valpelline, one of the lesser-known valleys of Valle d’Aosta, along with 4 nice donkeys, which help to carry the luggage of intrepid travelers. You walk slowly, to enjoy […]

1. Take pictures: a picture is worth more than thousands words Though I am not a passionate of pictures myself and I have spent my life, and holidays, priding myself of “taking pics by heart” once you visit the Amalfi Coast something will definitely change in your life. Is it the quality of the light, […]