Tag Archives: slow travel

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!

We pulled out the sweaters, the coat and often before leaving home we take the umbrella. Somewhere the first snow has already fallen and some radiators are on again. The cold season is upon us, it’s time to plan your next winter holiday! And nothing is better than an Igloo for enjoying the winter wonderland! […]

Still a month to share your green adventure, participating to the online Contest launched by Ecobnb with the European Project EcoDots, and win an eco-friendly weekend in Italy, from the ligurian Sea to the Apennines mountains. Share your green adventure! By October 30th, 2015 you can describe with photos and text your a green itinerary […]

Holidays are great for us all, they reduce stress levels, enable us to recharge our batteries, rest our minds and bodies ready to face our daily reality once the holiday is over. Often you get to try new activities and see places you wouldn’t normally see too. Ecobnb suggests you turn your free weekends into […]

Parco Cinque Terre is a group of five small villages that are spread along a rocky coastline that sits above the Mediterranean Sea in Liguria, Italy. It is also one of the 50 UNESCO sites in Italy. If you want a full day’s adventure these 5 villages can be reached by train. Trains leaves from each […]

Looking for some low cost tips for your summer holidays? Here are 5 amazing eco-itineraries in Italy, to discover by bicycle, on foot or by boat. Let us inspire you and share with us your experiences and your ideas. 1. Biking to Venice 3 boats, 25 km, 3 hours and 1 bike. These are the […]

The itinerary is 30 km long but you don’t need to do it all to catch the important sites and war memorials along the way. Just decide how long you want to walk for and what you want to see, check the “Da ponte a ponte” website and make sure you bring a good pair […]

Mount Etna is one of the icons of Sicily and, every year, it’s the destination of many tourists; but not everybody knows that there’s a railroad that climbs up the sides of the Sicilian volcano.

Have you ever tried trekking with donkeys? One of our readers has been fascinated by the experience of walking with donkeys and she asks us where it is possible to try it in Italy. Here are 8 destinations to experience the slow journey with donkeys in Italy: from Abruzzo, to the beautiful hills of Piacenza, from […]

Ammappa l’Italia is the name of a new project created by Marco S Perfido. The name is a pun on the term map and the idea is essentially to map the Italian territory. What’s new about that? You may ask, the first maps of this area date back to centuries ago, B.C. And you’d be right: […]