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The charm of this city nestled between the mountains and the sea, fragmented between past and present, a crossroads of different peoples and cultures (it is no coincidence that the medieval name of Genoa is Janua, "door" in Latin), has attracted the attention of writers, poets and…
If you are coming to Tuscany from outside Italy, then it is important to know that the main points of entry into Italy are:
Mont Blanc tunnel from France at Chamonix which connects to the A5 for Turin and Milan Grand St. Bernard tunnel from Switzerland which also connects…
The forts of Genoa are a set of military fortifications dating back to different eras, the Republic of Genoa built to defend the urban area of Genoa during its history.
This defensive system marks the events of much of the city's history, as if to punctuate the complex theory of the seven walls which have…
Tuscany has two international airports, the Galileo Galilei International Airport in Pisa and Amerigo Vespucci Airport, also known as Peretola, in Florence. Located only 80 km apart, the Pisa airport is the larger of the two airports.
Both airports handle flights to major European cities. Pisa handles the…
The common destiny of the islands, Lesser. Whatever language you speak, wherever we gowns and from wherever they start, one street will be that to get here. L 'have a unique route, one and only one perspective, a sort of a straight line, like that every day from Naples or Pozzuoli draw the ferry to Procida. …
1.- Unesco Italy sites proposed: Pelagos The Cetacean Sanctuary. The Sanctuary includes marine areas within both inland waters and territorial waters (twelve mile zone) of France, Italy and the Principality of Monaco. It also includes the neighbouring high seas. The Italian regions involved are: Liguria,…
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.- The capital of Salento and its beautiful architecture may become World Heritage. 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…
It is said that Ernest Hemingway, yes he himself, the Nobel Prize-winning writer with a passion for bullfighting, safaris and boxing, defined Val Trebbia as “the most beautiful valley in the world”. The sources that confirm this statement are uncertain and are lost in word of mouth that has reached…