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Burj Al Babas: the City of Ghost Castles
At the foot of Mudurnu hills, Turkey, there’s a ghost city with over 700 abandoned buildings. Burj Al Babas is an example of how second home tourism can transform places for the worse. It was supposed to become an enchanted valley, but it’s a spectral city, on the Northen coast of the Black sea. Built […]
Continue readingLiguria in the Others’ Eyes
Sometimes my native land seems a book written in a foreigner language. An ancient door, uncannily carved, with a lock to which I don’t own the key. Here more than elsewhere, you need to be patient to find what you are looking for: a wonderful and desert beach, a village without overbuilding, an unknown taste […]
Continue readingHunting ghosts in 5 Italian abandoned towns
How about visiting one of the 6,000 ghost towns in Italy? Whether you are looking for a ghostbuster tour or a more detailed look before buying one of the ghost towns that are up for sale, let me introduce you to some of the most mysterious abandoned villages in Italy. Gibellina, the little hill The […]
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