Tag Archives: Piedmont

Autumn is often the most underestimated season, but actually this time of the year offers a spectacle without equal: the foliage. Nature is red, orange, brown and yellow, and it creates incredible scenery. Discover the 5 best places to admire the phenomenon of foliage!

Dreaming of your Prince Charming or your fairy princess on Valentine’s Day? We’ve found five magical castles where you might just find your sweetheart. Castle of Carnaiola, Fabbro (Umbria): castle for sale The Castle of Carnaiola was built as a fortress to protect the “Muro Grosso”, a dyke, at the beginning of the 11th century […]

Valentine’s day: jump on a flight with your sweetheart and reach a faraway island in the middle of the ocean. Difficult? Too expensive? Don’t have enough time? Check out our list of charming islands in Italy and plan your Valentine’s getaway: Torcello, Venice (Veneto) The most neglected of the three islands of the lagoon of […]

The timeless charm of a eco-friendly mountain chalet surrounded by nature makes it the ideal place to spend winter holidays in order to recharge yourself. Through snow and forests of high altitude, a holiday cottage is suitable for all, from families with children, who can play outdoors, to romantic couples in front of the atmosphere […]

Though the Halloween week end isn’t a long one, it’s the perfect excuse for a short break, and with that in mind, we’ve selected four last minute offers. Parco La Mandria (Turin): the deer wars of love Though said to be shy and mild, deer are fierce battlers when it’s all about love and the […]

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 […]

There are villages in the Alps where it seems to go back in time, but also to live in the future. The landscape is as perfect as that of a nineteenth-century painting: under the white mountains of the deep green of the woods, then the old roofs of the houses, and red geraniums in the […]

This is a story of travel and love. Ligabue was hit by a car on the streets around Parma. Its investor has stopped and took him to the vet. Only there they realized that it was not a dog but a wolf. After having taken care of him, they’ve applied a gps to record his movements. In […]

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 […]

It’s carnival season, it’s time for the collective frenzy that celebrates trasgressions, jokes and crazyness 40 days before Easter. In Italy there are a lot of carneval traditions, and beautiful places to celebrate it. Here are some of the most dazzling (and less well-know) carnival celebrations in Italy. Carnival of Gnaga, Beppe Nappa, Gagèt col sò Uchèt, […]