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A tour among some of Italy’s most beautiful mountains, in the footsteps of the famous Reinhold Messner, who here has begun to climb. 19 kilometers around to one of the most spectacular massifs of the Dolomites. We are in Val di Funes, jewel of South Tyrol. What in German is called Villnößtal is a small valley, […]

Cogne, recently named one of the Top Tourist Destination 100, is an oasis of uncontaminated nature in the heart of the Gran Paradiso National Park, in the mountains of Aosta Valley. The tourist offer of Cogne is vast and completely oriented towards sustainability. It is indeed one of the Italian Alpine Pearls. Among hiking, Nordic skiing and […]

Home of the famous Puzzone cheese, a star-shaped town set amidst beautiful lawns, the Dolomites that surround it: we are talking about Moena, the Pearl of Val di Fassa (Italy). In this corner of Trentino people still speak Ladin and the magnificent mountain landscapes are the perfect setting for  trekking, mountain biking and winter sports lovers. Moena […]

Some are forced to drive a car every day and cannot wait to take a holiday without it. There are those who live in a big city like Berlin or Copenhagen, and by choice decided to live without a car. Or even those who want to travel sustainable and stress-free, by public transport (and no […]

Autumn is a mild season in which you can enjoy days, the calm and the nature. Chlorophyll green colors, yellow and orange tones and shades that stained the floor of red and magenta. Thus autumn leaves are presented to us, as a natural brush that colors our forests to make them look beautiful paintings. Let’s find […]

Aletsch is an impressive 23 km long glacier which starts from 4000 meters above sea level going down to 2,500 meters, with a depth in the thickest point of 900 meters and an area of ​​86 square kilometers, impressive measures which make it the largest glacier of Europe, with a great landscape value. Since 2001 […]

High mountain fresh air, an authentic and charming village, the beautiful peaks of Dolomites: Forni di Sopra is this and much more. We are in the heart of Carnia, in the Park of the Friulian Dolomites, declared World Heritage Site in 2009. Forni di Sopra is a beautiful Alpine Pearl, located at 907 meters above […]

Chamois is a small village of Aosta Valley where cars can’t arrive. The village is accessible only by chairlift, and or from La Magdeleine by 4 and a half km of pedestrian path. La Magdeleine and Chamois are two small alpine villages that have a total of 200 people who have embraced a eco-sustainable lifestyle, deciding to […]

Living in the Alps, we get used to fight, and also to work with struggling to find a balance with nature, to seek new ideas and solutions to survive here in the mountains. Konrad Pamer, young tourism councilor of the municipality of Moos in Passeier (South Tyrol), tell us about he alpine life in front of a […]

Looking for an eco-friendly holiday in a corner of Italy far away from the mass tourism? Head for the valley of Valtellina, a stone’s throw from Switzerland. Valtellina offers fresh air, quiet woodlands, lush meadows, stunning mountains, excellent food (and wine) and a warm welcome from the locals. We selected three micro adventures of varying difficulty, so […]