Satriano - Spicy Wrinkles

An event dedicated to street food with a Calabrian twist, or in other words, all chili peppers

The Road of the Calabrian Greenhouses - Satriano

The imposing Mother Church towering over the village hints at the historical depth of the community that built it

Cardinal - La Conca della Lacina

Around the lake that occupies its bottom spreads a crown of forests that are among the most considerable in the Calabrian Serre Park

Cardinal - The Filangieri Castle

An evocative abandoned manor house pervaded by echoes of the great hunts its prince indulged in

Cardinal - The Castle of the Baroness

The ruined manor appearing in the heart of the forest recalls gloomy legends from the past

The Road of the Calabrian Greenhouses - Cardinal

The scenic arched bridge over the Ancinale is the calling card of a town that has much to tell

Tower d. R. - Cardinal - The round hazelnut of Calabria

Among the many typical features of Calabria a humble forest fruit risen to pride of local confectionery

Torre di Ruggiero - The Shrine of Our Lady of Grace

A manifestation of faith that harks back to a Marian apparition that occurred in 1677 and the resulting graces

Torre di Ruggiero - Mount Cucco (959 m)

The Calabrian Serre are known for their magnificent beech forests, and Mount Cucco is one of the places where this forest occurs in spectacular form

The Road of the Calabrian Serre - Torre di Ruggiero

A place of ancient devotion to a Our Lady of Grace, a more than recommendable stop on the way up Serre

Argusto - The Sofia Bridge

From the village we descend to the river following the echo of a pitiful legend

The Road of the Calabrian Greenhouses - Argusto

Merchants and pilgrims, the unique story of a community that grew up around a bridge

Gagliato - The Ancinale Falls

Water jumps and natural pools in a river stretch of exciting beauty

The Road of the Calabrian Greenhouses - Gagliato

From the churchyard of the Mother Church the enchanting view from the Ancinale Valley to the Gulf of Squillace

The Road of the Calabrian Greenhouses - Soverato

Overlooking the Gulf of Squillace with a long beach, it is the starting point of the road leading into the heart of the Calabrian Serre

On the Calabrian Serre Road

From Soverato to Mount Cucco, the proposal covers the Ionian section of the road that cuts through the Serre from east to west

The Ancinal River

Stream, river, fiumara... from the Serre to the Ionian Sea, the most characteristic sceneries of the inland side of Calabria

The Ionian Foothills - Chiaravalle Central

It is the end point of the hilly traverse that unravels from Squillace to the foothills of the Serre

Trekking from Cenadi to Serralta di San Vito

From the Fossa di Lupo pass we climb to the landmark peak of the northern sector of the Serre Calabresi

The Ionian Foothills - Cenadi

This is the fourth stage on the road through the hills between Squillace and Chiaravalle against the backdrop of the Serre

San Vito sullo Ionio - The craft of the pipe

From the root of a shrub of the Mediterranean maquis artifacts of particular beauty

The Ionian Foothills - San Vito sullo Ionio

This is the fifth stage on the road through the hills between Squillace and Chiaravalle against the backdrop of the Serre

The Ionian Foothills - Olivadi

This is the third stop on the road that cuts through the picturesque hills between Squillace and Chiaravalle against the backdrop of the Serre

Céntrache - Borgo delle Radici

A date that sees the return of many villagers and all that the community does to celebrate them

The Ionian Foothills - Céntrache

It is the second stop on the road through the hills between Squillace to Chiaravalle in the presence of the Serralta di San Vito

Palermiti - The Black Pig of the Serres

From a local livestock peculiarity to a real tourist attraction

Palermiti - Bread and Chalking

An event that declines in the most robust of ways the Calabrian concept of the stuffed sandwich

Palermiti - The tradition of bread

'Good as bread' is a saying that among the streets of the country finds exceptional expression

The Ionian Foothills - Palermiti

Palermiti is the first stop on the piedmont that parades in the presence of the Serre Mountains between Squillace and Chiaravalle

Montepaone - Hannibal's Column

An episode from the Second Punic War of which archaeology has so far failed to clarify the exact contours

Montepaone - Monte la Rosa (m 700)

In the early hinterland of the Gulf of Squillace is a vantage point that guides the eye from the Ionian horizon to the Serre ridge

Three Villages of the Gulf - Montepaone

This is the third leg of a hilly route that winds scenically through the early hinterland of the Gulf of Squillace

Gasperina - Our Lady of Termini

As its name suggests, the shrine stands in a relevant location where the territory subject to the Charterhouse of San Bruno once ended

Three Boroughs of the Gulf - Gasperina

It is the second of three villages that follow one another in a hilly itinerary open to exciting views of the Gulf of Squillace

Montauro - Mount Paladino (m 683)

Inland from the Orange Coast, it is an unparalleled vantage point over the Gulf of Squillace

Montauro - The grange of Sant'Anna

The vestiges of a great past against the backdrop of the beautiful nature of the Orange Coast

Three Boroughs of the Gulf - Montauro

It is the first of three villages in the hinterland of the Aranci Coast that form an itinerary generous with rural vistas and views of the sea

Villages of the Orange Coast

A day hunting for views going up from the Ionian coast to three villages overlooking it from the first hilly hinterland

Mount Contessa (m 881)

It is the most scenic peak of the Serre ridge overlooking the Gulf of St. Euphemia

The road of the two seas - San Pietro a Maida

Having crossed the isthmus of Catanzaro, the road descends scenically between Mount Contessa and the Gulf of Santa Eufemia

Vena di Maida - The arbëreshë community of Vena.

Calabria boasts a historic Albanian presence, and this is one of the places where their tradition is most alive

The road of the two seas - Maida

It is the fifth and inescapable leg of the Ionian Sea to Tyrrhenian Sea crossing via the picturesque Isthmus of Catanzaro

Jacurso - the land of ice cream

Holidaymakers come up here from both coasts who know they will find internationally known ice cream parlors

Road of the two seas - Jacurso

This is the fourth leg of the Ionian Sea to Tyrrhenian Sea crossing via the picturesque Isthmus of Catanzaro

Girifalco - Brasilena, the Calabrian alternative to Coca Cola

A nice experience, a must for travelers on the Two Seas Road

Cortale - Jazz&Vento

Jazz in windy Cortale: a major music event against the backdrop of Serre Calabresi

Cortale - Beans in all sauces

Unparalleled legumes, grown on the slopes of the Calabrian Serre under the influence of two seas

Cortale - Silk City

Calabria has a great tradition in the art of silk, and Cortale is one of the places where it is most alive

The road of the two seas - Cortale

It is the third leg, just halfway between the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas, in the crossing of the Isthmus of Catanzaro

Mount Serralta di San Vito (m 1023)

A must-see destination, the landmark peak of the northern sector of the Calabrian Serre

The Fossa del Lupo Pass (m 878)

This pass is the landmark of the northern sector of the Serre Calabresi

The valley of the Pesipe River

All the rivers that spring from the Calabrian Serre have something special about them, it may be that the mountains here are so close to the sea

Girifalco - The Fountain of the Devil

One of those little Baroque art jewels that grace the villages of southern Italy

The road of the two seas - Girifalco

Girifalco is the second stop on the road connecting the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas by crossing the isthmus of Catanzaro

Vallefiorita - The ancient tradition of oil

Calabria is an oil region by thousands of years of tradition, and Vallefiorita is one of the places where it is best represented

Vallefiorita, the Land of Calabrisella

Calabria is a region of folklore that is still alive, and Vallefiorita is the town where its traditional costume is the reason for a beauty contest

The road of the two seas: Vallefiorita

At the edge of the road leading from the Ionian Sea to the Tyrrhenian Sea, we visit this picturesque village at the foot of the Serralta di San Vito

Calabria has a Honey City!

Beautiful place, outstanding honey, from citrus gardens to chestnut woods

Serra Fountain, the wonder of running water

In the shade of the woods, a nice walk along the river and maybe a Calabrian-style barbecue

On the road of the two seas: Amaroni

Leaving Squillace is the first stop on the road that crosses the so-called Isthmus of Catanzaro between the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas

Squillace, a Norman city

Starting point of the spectacular crossing from the Ionian Sea to the Tyrrhenian Sea by crossing the so-called Isthmus of Catanzaro

Record-breaking Calabria, the isthmus of Catanzaro

It climbs from the Ionian Sea to the Tyrrhenian Sea by ascending to a windy saddle between the Serre and Sila Piccola

The Ionian Foothills

A trip to Calabria between Squillace and Chiaravalle Centrale at the foot of the Calabrian Serre Mountains

The ceramics of Squillace

Bearing witness to a history dating back thousands of years, these art ceramics uncover an interesting aspect of city life

Squillace. The Devil's Bridge

The picturesque ruin of this medieval bridge is a destination for a walk in the countryside outside the city limits

Mondaino, or the beauty of the form...

Hard to choose among the villages of the Rimini Hills, but here it comes to say, paraphrasing the poet, that this wonder among their wonders excels

The Po di Volano, from Ferrara to Pomposa Abbey.

A dive into history, from the capital of the Este family to the mosaics of the medieval basilica

The Po di Goro, from Ariano in the Polésine to the Bacucco lighthouse

From bridge to bridge, with a nautical appendage to the Sacca di Goro Dunes and Islands Reserve

The Po of the Hottie, from Ca' Tiepolo to Santa Giulia

Embankment from bridge to bridge, and then embarkation to the pristine beaches of the Delta

The Po delle Tolle, from Ca Tiepolo to the Sacca di Scardovari

Traveling from the endless beach of Barricata to lagoon delicacies

The Po di Maistra, from Ca' Venier to Boccasette

It is the most pristine branch of the Delta, suspended between the riverbank and fishing valleys

The Po di Levante, from Adria to Porto Caleri

Wandering by embankments around around the northernmost branch of the Po Delta.

The Po Delta

From Adria to Ferrara a range of emotions, following the great river that meets the sea

The Po di Pila, from Porto Viro to the lighthouse at Punta Maistra

In the heart of the Delta, at a time of certain lonely beaches that further you just can't go

With a book under his arm: the novels of Giorgio Bassani

The world of a contemporary writer, with the city of Ferrara and the Po Delta in the background

Ferrara's formidable salama da sugo

Smoldering on its soft bed of mashed potato, the 'salamina' is a sausage that mostly releases emotions

The Scardovari mussel, black gold of the Delta

The bay, fishermen's pilings, and a well-loved shellfish to be savored slowly

The eel of the Comacchio Valleys

Echoes of the fabulous banquets of the Este family tantalize foodies passing through the Ferrara area

A glimpse of the Middle Ages, Pomposa Abbey.

Along the Po di Volano towers peremptorily the unmistakable bell tower.

Damsel's Po: the Santa Giulia barge bridge.

The thrill of a river crossing on one of the last artifacts of a picturesque genus

The fossil dunes of St. Aryan

Not the usual isolated hills-what a story they hide!

The Island of Love and the Goro Lighthouse

Nature and romance on the Po Delta

Scano Boa, the last frontier of the Delta

Boat trip to a place out of time that inspired a novel and a neorealist film

The Porto Caleri Botanical Garden

Walkways cross it from the sea to the lagoon like a bird's eye view

The abiaresus of Alta Marmilla

Story of a beekeeper

Arbutus, asphodel, thistle

The honeys of Mount Arci

Malga Zebio

Cows and marmots there where the cannon thundered

Descent down the Po River - Day 6

Where the river meets the sea, it is time to end the journey. Or is it?

Descent down the Po River - Day 5

When the river disguises itself as a tropical destination

Descent down the Po River - Day 4

Manrichetta, don't feel bad, but a little rowing trip couldn't be refused!

Descent down the Po River - Day 3

We're off again: not even fate can stop us

Descent down the Po River - Day 2

The harbor, the wildlife, and the unexpected campsite

Descent down the Po River - Day 1

Here we go!

Tour of Monviso - Day 4

The last labors

Tour of Monviso - Day 3

When a trip is too good, the temptation to add a detour becomes irresistible!

Tour of Monviso - Day 2

From Alpetto Location to Réfuge du Viso: new encounters

Tour of Monviso - Day 1

From Quintino to the Sella Refuge: the adventure begins!

Highland bells

A concert in Sib2 that tastes of tradition, history and community

Burlina, untamed queen of the plateau

Between history and legend, it is Mario Rigoni Stern who tells an amusing anecdote about the most titled of the Seven Municipalities Plateau cows

The resurgences of the Bacchiglione River

Upper Vicenza's resurgences, filed with the years of trout farming, have become a family-friendly nature reserve

Walter Bonatti Refuge (m 2025)

In Val Ferret, at the foot of Mont Blanc, remembering "the king of the Alps."

Villa Wollemborg, but what a beautiful story!

We stroll through the romantic park while the guide tells about the philanthropic economist who started the first Cassa Rurale in Italy

From Monte Venda to Venice...

The big day

Boccon and the Devil's Fork

Day Five

Cortelà and the vineyards of Monte Versa

Day 4

Vo', City of Wine

Day Three

Zovon and the Rovarolla trachyte

Day two

Vo' Vecchio and the Bisatto Canal

First day

The five days of Vo'

From contrada to contrada, among landscapes and flavors, how to ascend in the right spirit to the summit of the Euganean Hills: m 601, by golly!

Engine, cue, action! The National Cinema Museum

The Mole Antonelliana serves as a colossal backdrop for a multimedia collection on the seventh art that is unparalleled in the world

At the headwaters of the Po

We would have liked to have done it, this trip along the Po River, more than 30 years ago....

Villa del Balbianello and "The Stars of Lake Como"

It is one of the wonders of the Lario: it is reached by boat in a crescendo of picturesque views and movie quotes.

Three men in a boat

Prologue: he who begins well, is already half done

The treasures of St. Julian's Church

Palladian at first glance, Baroque beyond the threshold: the unexpected wonders of an out-of-town church

The Tomato Museum at the Court of Giarola

Life, death and miracles of the tomato, a surprising source of pride for the province of Parma.

Carignano Square and the Luxemburg International Bookstore

In the Turin that could not be more Savoyard, one enters this place of nonconformist culture that has seen the passage of great names in literature.

Porta Palazzo markets: voices and flavors at 360 degrees

From the historic Clock Canopy to the contemporary Central Market.

The Lavazza Museum: coffee from its origins to space

Where a corporate epic and the fictional story of the world's most popular drink is told.

Appointment at the Circle of Readers

In the halls of Palazzo Graneri della Roccia, we meet for bookish passion, but with that hint of worldliness that makes the meeting even more enjoyable

The Teutonic crucifix of the Cathedral of Salò

Perhaps one enters the cathedral with clear ideas, but then everything takes a back seat in front of this masterpiece

The Prà de la Fam lemon house

Never have I seen an ecomuseum so alive: plants grown as they once were and fruits turned into gourmet products.

A Romanesque jewel in the shadow of the lakefront

At the churchyard of St. Andrew's, the light from the lake plays with the marbles and then creeps through the alleys of the village.

Gardesan thrills: the Road of the Gorge

From the lake to the plateau along the direttissima, first carved in hairpin bends into the mountainside and then crept to the bottom of a ravine.

Along the Valley of the Paper Mills

A walk from the Old Bridge to the Paper Museum, going up the river

Picturesque atmospheres: the little church of San Rocco

A few steps introduce you to a timeless space: voices and memories of the village silhouetted against the shimmering lake

The polychrome marbles of the parish church of San Giovanni

In Tremosine, the altars that a Florentine master of hardstone inlay created for this mountain church

Overhanging Lake Garda, as if by seagull's flight

Garda as no one had ever seen it before: a preview of Europe's most spectacular bicycle path.

Treasures of experience: the Malora lemon house

Gardena-style citrus gardens: secrets and poetry of the ultimate human-scale crop.

The lake beyond the valley: the hermitage of Saint Valentine

Unforgettable views are worth some giddiness: day trekking in the mountains of Upper Garda.

Countryside of yesteryear: the resurgences of the Destra Brenta.

They appear as if by magic in the middle of the plain

The Regio di Parma in the sign of Giuseppe Verdi

Grand opera and neoclassical atmospheres: on the stage of one of Italy's historic theaters

Busseto, small capital of Terre Verdiane

A city by imperial decree, it has fame for Giuseppe Verdi, but also for great works of charcuterie art

The Culatello Museum

A day on the Po: first a visit that ends at the tavern, then on the embankment on foot or by bicycle

On Cansiglio, in the "grand reme forest" of the Serenissima

In the beech forest, a small museum to visit in one go...

The Prosecco Road of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene

Emotional journey through hills and vineyards that Unesco has declared a World Heritage Site

"Goblets of Stars" among the Prosecco hills.

On August nights we toast by making a wish on each shooting star

The Abbey of Follina, a treasure chest of art and faith

Beauty and peace that only music can describe

Valdobbiadene: Prosecco takes to the streets.

History, art and traditions gathered in a goblet with golden hues

In Refrontolo, the Molinetto della Croda

The wheel turns and stops time

Imbriago cheese, an intoxicating specialty of Treviso

Of milk and grapes

The Boldo Pass and the Hundred Days Road

Dizzying tunnels and hairpin bends to the most daring pass in the Treviso foothills of the Alps.

On the walls of Serravalle, the Oratory of the Battuti

Rendezvous at the Clock Tower to discover a small wonder of Gothic painting.

Titian's Madonna in Serravalle Cathedral

Vittorio Veneto, in the life and work of a master of Renaissance painting

The redemption of the Mondragon geese.

Rebirth of an ancient form of animal husbandry with consequent gastronomic delights.

The giant spit of Pieve di Soligo

The Alta Marca Trevigiana, stronghold of a gastronomic art with record numbers

The Sunday Christ at the Parish Church of Feletto

When a popular fresco suggests a surprisingly topical reflection

Nature and prehistory at the lakes of Revine

Four picturesque hamlets and a village emerging from the mists of time

Madonna Enthroned by Cima da Conegliano

In Conegliano Cathedral, the precious sign of a master of the Italian Renaissance.

Plan de Corones: the Lumen, a high-altitude museum

Mountain photography and gourmet restaurant in the full-horizon setting of the Dolomites

Stylus

"It sits on the shore where the Ionian quivers" and tells centuries of history, worship and beauty

The path of the Bay of Ieranto

Descending through the olive trees you discover this wonder of the Sorrento Peninsula

In Cirò, winemakers for a day

You don't live by the sea alone: the Calabria of wine tourism

Lama dei Peligni, the land of chamois

The Abruzzi chamois...

Rivello, a history of art and charcuterie

Beyond the beaches of Maratea, the many pleasures of Tyrrhenian Lucania

A year of regattas in Porto Cervo

Dream sailboats compete against the enchanted backdrop of the Emerald Coast

Porto Cesareo, sea of enchantment

On the Ionian side of Salento, beaches and seabed of astonishing beauty

In Barletta, invitation to Casa De Nittis

The life of the Apulian painter who enchanted Belle Époque Paris is a novel

Fontanabuona Valley: flavors and traditions

From the Gulf of Tigullio to the Apennines: olive groves, vineyards and slate quarries

In Perugia, an all-female weaving mill

An ancient craft tradition enduring under the vaults of a church.

The arboreal patriarchs of the Pollino.

High-altitude hike to pay homage to the majestic loricate pine tree

Appointment with Stradivarius

In Cremona, to the Violin Museum to hear the instruments of the city's unsurpassed violin makers

Capo Caccia, nature sanctuary

The northwest of Sardinia is symbolized by the promontory that stands out in the sunset of Alghero

In Fasano, a picture of rock life.

In the Ancient Blade, people lived in caves cultivating a small eden

In the tomb of the Sican prince

In Sant'Angelo Muxaro, to discover the world of a legendary people

Sperlonga: face to face with Polyphemus

On the Riviera of Ulysses, a masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture.

In Ninfa, the most romantic of gardens

The ruins of a medieval city, running waters, beautiful blooms

Vasto: the beaches of Punta Aderci

Bathing and birdwatching in the most picturesque stretch of the Costa dei Trabocchi

The Green Train of Sardinia

The tourist railway through the picturesque heart of the island departs from Mandas.

Craco, ciack si gira in the ghost town

An uninhabited village resurrected thanks to the seventh art

Where the queen's hawks fly

We disembark in Carloforte to discover the natural wonders of the island of San Pietro

A shepherd king, the Capestrano Warrior

In Chieti, the history of an ancient Italic people carved in stone. At the MANDA Museum.

Pitigliano, a village carved in time

In the Fiora Valley, from the Etruscans to the Grand Duchy, a novel three millennia long

Naples and the Gran Caffè Gambrinus

Elegant, cosmopolitan, one of the landmarks of Neapolitan culture

Chocolate and its city: Modica

Where cocoa is processed as it was in Aztec times

In San Vito Lo Capo for cous cous festival

The scenery is not enough; extraordinary seafood is enjoyed here.

Checchino's, the sanctuary of Roman cuisine

Founded in 1887, it is one of the attractions of Rome's Testaccio district.

Sant'Agata de' Goti, village of Sannio

You cross a bridge and it's like going back to the time of the Norman dukes

Montefalco: the railing of Umbria

And in August...watch out for the runaway Ox!

In Bomarzo, the park of monsters

The Sacred Wood, a Renaissance garden populated by fantastic creatures

Massa Marittima, Garibaldi Square

In the heart of Maremma, a medieval square dominated by the cathedral of San Cerbone

The Vercellese of "Bitter Rice"

In the triangle of rice fields, on the sites of a classic of neorealism

Quintino Sella Refuge at Monviso

In the presence of the Stone King, a legendary mountain

Rotunda of San Pietro in Consavia

A striking church that harks back to the time of the Knights of Malta

Rendezvous at the Versiliana

In Marina di Pietrasanta, theater, culture and social life in the pine forest praised by Gabriele D'Annunzio

The ancient salt pans of Cervia

A nature paradise behind the beaches of Romagna

The Fishermen of Orbetello

As the sun sets over the lagoon we indulge in the flavors and wine of Argentario

Agnelli Art Gallery at Lingotto

In the historic Fiat factory, a unique art exhibition

Trequanda, the Fattoria del Colle

Between Siena and Val d'Orcia to experience the ultimate in wine tourism

Luchin - Osteria with kitchen since 1907

A straightforward place, an authentic stronghold of Ligurian cuisine

Dolceacqua, the picturesque home of Rossese wine

From the Riviera of Flowers to the discovery of the Nervia Valley

At the Piaggio Museum, history and myth of the Vespa

In Pontedera, the motorcycle collection that tells an ageless passion

Organic and Antiques Market

A shopping Sunday around the Doria Castle

Comacina Island

Year 1189, Frederick Barbarossa besieges the island...

Berzieri Spa, an Art Deco masterpiece

The ritual of the waters at Terme Berzieri in Salsomaggiore, a glittering cathedral of the Belle Epoque.

Pont-Saint-Martin

In the footsteps of Roman legions, a bridge that defies history

Alpages ouverts - Open pastures

In high altitude huts to discover the secrets of fontina cheese