The Valley of the Temples at Agrigento is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world — the richest and best-preserved group of ancient Greek temples outside Greece, standing in golden sandstone splendour on a ridge overlooking the Mediterranean in southern Sicily. A UNESCO World Heritage site and the crown jewel of Magna […]
Portofino – one of the most romantic town in Italy Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More In the northwest of Italy, near Genoa, you find one of the most romantic ports of the Ligurian region. Portofino is a picturesque fishing village, which took the hearts of many Italians, but also famous celebrities […]
Ostuni is la Città Bianca — the White City — one of the most spectacular hill towns in southern Italy, a dazzling cascade of whitewashed houses, staircases, and alleyways rising from the olive groves of Puglia’s Valle d’Itria whose uniformly white-painted architecture (originally a medieval sanitary measure using lime wash to disinfect the streets, now […]
Sella Ronda – one of the best ski circuits in Europe | Italy Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Sella Ronda is one of the best ski circuits in Europe. It is located in Italy, in the Dolomites, at an altitude of 1132 – 3342 m. Sella Ronda is rare, about 37 […]
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Riomaggiore – where begin Via dell’Amore | Italy Updated: August 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Riomaggiore is the first village on the road from La Spezia, situated in the valley of the river Rivus Maior (after which the village is named). Riomaggiore is one of 5 villages in Cinque Terre – costal mountain […]
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Siracusa – 2700 year-old ancient city in Sicily, Italy Updated: July 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Siracusa (English: Syracuse) is an ancient city in the biggest Mediterranean island – Sicily, Italy. It is located in the southeastern part of the island and is divided into old and new cities. Siracusa was founded around […]
Abruzzo National Park is one of Italy’s oldest and most important protected areas — a 500 km² wilderness of pristine beech forests, alpine meadows, and limestone peaks in the Apennine Mountains of central Italy that is home to the critically endangered Marsican brown bear, the Apennine wolf, and the Abruzzo chamois, a goat-antelope found nowhere […]
The Grotte di Frasassi are one of the most spectacular karst cave systems in the world — a vast underground complex in the Marche region of central Italy whose immense chambers include the Abisso Ancona, a single cavern so large (240 metres long, 120 metres high) that Milan’s entire Duomo could fit comfortably inside it. […]
The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana) is widely considered the most beautiful coastline in Europe — a 50-kilometre stretch of UNESCO-listed Mediterranean paradise on the southern edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula where pastel-coloured cliffside villages, terraced lemon groves, and the impossibly blue Tyrrhenian Sea create one of the most coveted travel destinations on the planet. From […]
Positano – the most beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast in Italy Updated: July 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Positano is the most beautiful town on the Italian coast of Campania. Beautiful picturesque town is situated on a steep hillside above the sea. The area was inhabited already in ancient times. Today Positano […]
