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!
Easter itinerary in Tuscany: twelve super villas for twelve Super Tuscans
Easter week end getting closer and closer and you fancy something unusual and unconventional? You would love to have great food and great wine, visit some historical places but spend some time in the open air to feel the spring breeze? You’d love to go to the French Riviera but you are looking for something […]
Continue readingValentine’s day. Top 5 ideas for a romantic weekend in Italy
Italy is the country of beauty, music, food, and of course, love! When it comes to love declarations, the Italian language is simply full of such expressions. One can describe one’s love through various words and phrases, such as: ti amo, ti voglio bene, ti penso sempre, caro mia, mio amore … Whether you are incurable […]
Continue readingLighthouse holiday according to Virginia Woolf style
Throw yourself back in time and imagine the solitary beauty of living in a lighthouse. Mix that with the comfort of a small inn and you have the ingredients for a memorable stay. A word of caution, once you have experienced one lighthouse’s hospitality you will want to seek out more… it could be a […]
Continue readingThe most Incredible Green Labyrinths in Italy
Mazes and labyrinths: symbols that occur with great frequency in human history. Their roots can be traced back to Greek mythology and Paganism, where they were regarded as mystical. It wasn’t until a few hundred years ago that mazes were designed for fun (sadists), and often became a perfect meeting place for secret lovers and […]
Continue readingSnowbike: enjoy riding on the snow in Italy!
Finally winter has come… and with it the long-awaited …Snow ! Here’s a different funny idea … in order to use your mountain bike even in winter: the “snow bike“! Trails and unpaved paths covered with snow can be enjoyed biking! Do you want to take a vacation, or do you want to experience something […]
Continue readingGarda Lake weekend tour
Take an winter weekend, a car, a military bag, take a trusted friend or some member of your family ( two-or four-legged ), load the car with costumes , slippers and sweatshirts : here we are. A weekend to discover the mysteries of Lake Garda is served! The soft scent of Sirmione It is very easy […]
Continue reading2 must-do walking tours to discover Cilento area, between Myth and Nature
A journey in the Coast of Myth, where the ancient Greece embraces a wild nature, rich in perfumes and flavours, as cradle of the Mediterranean diet. You’ll be spoilt for choice, among pure coasts – where Ulysses’s mermaids used to sing – caves to discover, scented hills of cedar and olive trees to reach on […]
Continue readingChristmas markets: share a glass of spicy “vin brulé” with Santa Claus!
Imagine a little village of beautifully decorated wood stalls, Christmas carols filling the icy air, passage ways crowded with couples holding hands, children darting in and out and spicy aroma permeating the air. Guess where you are? You are very likely visiting one of the Christmas markets popping up at the Advent Time all over […]
Continue readingWalking in Italy without any map: discover the Via Francigena by foot!
“Pilgrim is the one who seeks, accepting the risk of finding. Because finding means to be more than yo had ever been before. It’s about changing. It’s about dying. To be born again” ( David Gandini) Walking, Hiking, Backpacking, Trekking, are all the same, but in Italy it is tought that Via Francigena is the […]
Continue readingOsmize, where local food is a tradition
Grow and eat locally is the new trend spreading worldwide. Puff up with pride of our green and eco outlook? Take a look at some history. The reality is that this concept was embraced by Maria Therese of Austria over two hundred years ago, not out of goodwill or ecology but as a method of […]
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