Tag Archives: slow travel

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: […]

VenTo: from Venice to Turin by bike Italy will finally have one long bike trail featuring state of the art security, thanks to VenTo. The bike path runs for 679 km and connects Venice and Turin, crossing Milan via the picturesque path of the Navigli, the area of canals designed by Leonardo da Vinci in […]

Have you ever seen those passionate walkers crossing your path, swinging their arms energetically while holding long sticks that look a lot like ski poles? Well, I was one of them last weekend and…I loved it! Let’s start from the beginning: these intrepid explorers aren’t simply walking, they are practicing Nordic walking, a sport that […]

Meeting point at 10.00 AM on September,7th at Nocetum And …off we go! Nocetum, Fiab Ciclohobby and Rete Valle dei Monaci, together with Servizio per la pastorale sociale e del lavoro, have launched the “Moving sentinels” initiative: 15 km on bicycle along the protected path crossing the faraway south limits of the Parco Agricolo Sud of […]

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, […]