Off the beaten track

Travel
by Silvia Donati |
[Photo above: Zingaro Nature Reserve] If you wish to avoid Sicily’s crowded tourist hotspots, but still want to enjoy all that the island is famous for – a…
Travel
by Barry Lillie |
Situated on Sardinia’s northernmost point at Capo Testa is a lighthouse that acts as a beacon not only to repel ships away from the danger beneath the waves in…
Travel
by Katia Amore |
When I was a child, every evening my mum and my grandmother sat in religious silence to watch Colonel Bernacca's weather forecast on RAI 1. "He was the best!"…
Travel
by John Heseltine |
The Gargano Peninsula, with its steep forested hills and beautiful coastline, is irresistible for holiday makers who relish its gorgeous weather and its…
Culture
by Felix Petrelli |
When driving along the west coast of Tuscany just north of Pisa, you will see jagged alps rising steeply from the narrow strip of land, glistening majestically…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
Often overshadowed by neighboring Trentino with its famous Dolomites, Valtellina, a vast area extending for 200 kilometers within the northern region of…
Travel
by Anonymous (not verified) |
words by Jasleen Kandhari "Har Har," cry the elderly farmers nimbly striking the oxen as they make their way slowly but surely along the 15-kilometre route in…
Travel
by Boer Bunè |
The Casentino Valley is not the most famous area in Tuscany; foreign and local tourism have passed it by, the wider public stopping in the better known Chianti…
Lifestyle
by Felix Petrelli |
words by Felix Petrelli Italy is not  all jovial restaurateurs, plump housewives and slick Milanese businessmen. Rural Italy, though struggling a bit…
Culture
by Barry Lillie |
Italy attracts over forty-three million visitors each year* and over four million of these visit the Vatican City. In 2005 over twenty-three thousand tourists…