Tag Archives: slow travel

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 […]

Jean Pierre bikes to his work place in a company situated at La Défense, in Paris. He bikes there 5 days out of 7 each week and has been doing so over the last 5 years. This year marks a change in his biker history. In a few weeks’ time, Jean Pierre may discover his […]

All the top sights in Rome in less than 3 hours A combination between a push scooter and a skateboard, the “Segway” is the new trendy way to go around. You may have seen it watching movies, video clips or just browsing through magazines. Now find it in Rome: a fun and eco way widening […]

“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 […]

A good glass of wine and a very good food (better if organic and local grown), is the best way to capture the authentic atmosphere of a place. We have met Andrea Chierici, engineer and curious traveler 28 years old, who in his blog Taste Bologna shares his passion for food and for sustainable travel, […]

Starting your journey to discover the places requires a certain amount of preparation, walking sometimes becomes a challenge with yourself, when you are walking you can look into yourself, and you have the opportunity to reflect … looking outside! In recent decades, the Via Francigena, the way that in ancient times was the way of […]

If you like living in nature and rediscovering the pleasure of manual work, there is a way to travel to Italy across its organic farms. “When your hands are busy your heart is serene” wrote the Japanese artist Akira Yoshizawa. Sometimes only the real work, near the earth, nature and animals, makes us feel very […]