Western Sicily. This trip initially focused on Palermo and the surroundings, and then the area to the West, towards Trapani. The idea was to visit well a limited number of places, and we did. Palermo, the capital city of Sicilia, represents at the very best the mixture and stratification of different cultures that makes this […]
Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly major island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island’s peninsulas radiate from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillins, the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country. Although it has been suggested that the […]
Savoy. Enshrined in the French Alps, a bit wild and remote, it is a land with an old noble heritage. Every time I visit, summer or winter, I can’t help thinking about only one thing: it’s cold. Granite and stone predominate. Gray and blue colors, and the deep green of the mountain pines on background. […]
“Liberty” is the Italian name for the Art Nouveau style, an artistic and philosophical movement that characterized the end of XIX and beginning of the XX Century. It took different names in different countries (Art Nouveau, Liberty, Jugendstil, Modernismo, Secesija, etc…) and it represents the forerunner of modern design and architecture. One of its peculiar […]
Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washigton. The trip to the US Northwest has been a three weeks ride across the Rocky Mountains. Grand Teton National Park has a sort of Alpine landscape, dominated by the Teon mountain range. The three peaks of Grand Teton (4199 mt.), Mount Owen and Middle Teton are always in sight. The […]
Plitvice Lakes National Park is the oldest national park in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. The national park is world famous for its lakes arranged in cascades. Currently, 16 lakes can be seen from the surface. These lakes are a result of the confluence of several small rivers and subterranean karst […]
Berlin is the capital of Germany, and its largest city. It is located in northeastern Germany, on the banks of River Spree. Due to its location, it is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city’s area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes. First documented in the 13th […]
I would like to go back to Sicily and spend some time in its western part: first of all see the Valley of the Temples, near Agrigento, but also other great archaeological sites like Selinunte or Segestae. Then there are the islands near Trapani, that are told to be really spectacular (thinking about Favignana). The […]
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Situated north of mainland Europe, it is about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. Administratively, the […]
Florence. A bustling, crowded, noisy city on the bench of river Arno. Yet so packed of fine art masterpieces and soaked of pure Italian reinassance spirit. You can almost breathe it along the narrow alleys or the large squares flanked by statues, palaces, amazing churches. You can feel that this was a city of trade, […]