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1.- Levanto: searching for a new identity.
In order to understand the present day Levanto, we must behave like we do with the people we love: learn its story, give a historical depth to the landscape of today and learn about the vocations and the identities that have followed one another in time. We can…
The cheesecake is prepared during the Easter period typically in the regions of central Italy. The original recipe has been published on my blog in Italian Il Mondo dei Dolci as a result of my several years of residence in that European country. I have published more than 5,000 recipes in it so…
If it is true that a good way to know a city or a country is through its cheese production, this statement is especially true in the case of Italy and its cheese, that expressively collect the traditional creative imagination of the Italians. It is a true national heritage, the result…
Manarola between Levanto and the sea below us Blooming daffodils in the Roman House The view of the Ligurian Alps from Saccarello Incredible show at the rime on the Alta Via Cima Pian di Lerca The ancient village of Manarola seen from above The sea and the plain of Loano down from Monte Carmo…
Lecce is a historic city of 93,300 habitants (2013) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the…
From Carnino Superiore (1397) take the easy trail to Rifugio Don Barbera direct and follow it until just over Ciucchea Pian (1656).
At an altitude of 1724 off to the right the trail to the Col du Pas (pole indicator).
The track climbs steeply and with numerous curves reach the Passo delle…
The Gran Paradiso is a mountain group between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of north-west Italy.
The peak, the 7th highest mountain in the Graian Alps with an elevation of 4,061 m, is close to Mont Blanc on the nearby border with France.
On the French side of the border, the park is continued by…
The Museum of Glass Altar (Savona) is located in the beautiful Art Nouveau building of Villa Rosa. The villa is part of a series of Art Nouveau buildings that spread throughout the country in the early 1900s, most of which still exist. Purchased by the State with the right of pre-emption in 1992, after…
1.- Almond milk. Ingredienti: per 4 persone 1 lb sweet almonds, peeled 1 ¾ oz bitter almonds, peeled 3 ½ oz sugar 10 cups water Almond milk is commonly found in Sicily where it is drunk very cold in the Spring and around Easter time. It was likely to have been invented in a Sicilian monastery and then…
1.-Muggia is a handkerchief in a handkerchief, on the border of everything. Muggia is situated on a peninsula facing north-east with typical hilly sloping towards the sea: from the western foothills you can enjoy the show (rare in Italy) sunset on the Adriatic Sea. Muggia is a tissue in a tissue: a comma…