Valentine’s day and spa: a winning combination. Why, instead of the classic Valentine’s Day dinners take a few days off and enjoy a few relaxing days with your partner? Maybe at the spa …
For those who love Italy, there are the Baths of Montecatini Terme, an oasis of comfort and relax in the heart of Tuscany, one of the most picturesque and charming Italian regions.
Holidays in September? Why don’t take advantage and make a good wine holiday? An holiday in the sign of the wine and of the vintage, to breathe the scent of must and of the wine cellars.
A trend that doesn’t knows crisis, but that is registering an out-and-out boom, thanks to the accommodation, farm holidays especially, which offer special packages and all-inclusive packages.
The Monferrato is a land rich in history and tradition, known for its natural and landscaped, and for the profiles of the winding hills, where the green is mixed with to the red of the vineyards.
The inhabited areas alternate with areas dotted by farmhouses from the ancient and timeless appeal and by the ruins of the towers and castles that are interspersed with ancient churches and abbeys.
Eugenio Montale wrote about the Cinque Terre “Rocky and austere landscape, asylum for fishermen and farmers living in shabby to shabby on a strip of beach in some places is increasingly thinning, naked and solemn frame of one of the most primitive of Italy.
Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, nests of hawks and seagulls, Manarola and Riomaggiore are, proceeding from west to east, the names of a few countries or parts of countries so entrenched in the rocks and the sea”.
It’s summer time! If you don’t want to go abroad due to a low budget or simply because you don’t want to move too far, Calabria, and more precisely Tropea can up your alley.
Tropea immediately evokes beaches, fun and pure relax. First ranked among the most beautiful beaches in Europe, it is situated on the Calabrian coast called “Coast of the Gods“.
There is a place on the Amalfi Coast that since centuries fascinates lovers all around the world: Ravello, the Amalfi coast panoramic terrace, an enchanted place where time seems to stand still in an abstract moment in the infinite, outside of space and time.
Romantic, as only the Amalfi coast can be, and languid, as elusive and infinite shades of its sunsets that melt sea and the sky, but at the same time flaming by warm and enveloping Mediterranean colors.
Lake Garda, or Benaco, if you prefer, is the largest Italian lake, situated among Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige. Surrounded by the hills to the south and to north by the Alps, which give to it the characteristic fjord shape, Lake Garda is one of the most romantic places in Italy, well connected to all major rail and air connections.
What makes particular the Lake Garda is the particular combination of the mild climate, lush vegetation, enriched with palm trees, cypress and lemon trees and oleanders, and fabulous landscapes.
The Isola delle Femmine is a small island located on the northwest coast of Sicily, connected with the city of Palermo through an highway and groups of buildings and houses which steel retain old-world and picturesque charm, nestled between the blue of the sky and the sea .
The history and legends of the Isola delle Femmine are linked to the sea, the name probably dates back to the time when the island was inhabited by a community of Turkish women, however the story is almost always linked to the nearby town of Capaci. Currently, the economy relies on tourism, fishing and crafts for the presence of some furniture factories and the construction of traditional boats.
An Aragonese fortress stands on an island a few meters from the shore, surrounded by a sea. Only a slender walkway connects it to rock with the mainland. The silence is broken only by the wind. You can have the impression that, at any moment, the sails of a Saracen ship can peep on the horizon, and that the soldiers from the ramparts of the castle will prepare for defense. We are in Punta La Castella, on the eastern Gulf of Squillace, on the Ionian Calabria coast.
Easter is a holiday much felt in Sicily, a mix of folklore and religious feeling. The surreal atmosphere that you can breathe watching the many events refers to the ancient pagan rites linked to the awakening of spring and life.
During the Holy Week there are numerous representations that evoke the Jesus passion. Also the scenery is rich of Easter symbolism of bread, wheat and flowers.