Italian touristic guide

ABRUZZO and MOLISE: Abruzzo holds a record: 30 per cent of its territory is protected by environmental legislation. No other region in Europe can boast as much. Not without good reason is it known as "the region of parks". Three national parks, a regional park and many protected sites and nature reserves. In a region like this, it seems natural that the regional capital is called L'Aquila ('The Eagle'). Dominated by ...

ALTO ADIGE guide: The Autonomous Province of SudTirol lies at the climatic intersection point between the bracing north and the warm south. SudTirol has therefor long been a meeting point for traders, carriers, pilgrims and keen travellers, which has required the setting up of suitable accommodation. As Trentino, it is rich in valleys from which you can often have a different view of the same spectacular peaks. Th...

AOSTA: Five centuries under the Roman influence have left impressive marks in this town. After the defeat of the Salassi (the local population), in 25 B.C. Augustus founded a city. He gave it his name and stationed there three thousand soldiers of the praetorian cohorts: hence the name Augusta Praetoria Salassorum. It was the mark of Roman military colonisation: a strategic centre to establish control o...

APULIA: Apulia is a many-sided country, heterogeneous both from its geographical and morphological points of view, as well as under the aspects of culture and history. In Bari - Apulia's capital city - they say: "If Paris was by the sea, it would be like a small Bari". Presumption or arrogance? No, just pride (for which these people are famous, apart from their strong sense of humour). The pride of livi...

ASIAGO and 7 COMUNI: The orographic conformation of the Altopiano enabled the development of more than 300 km of cross-country ski runs. Many international athletes train here for the competitions, on that same snow that, in 1996, housed the Jr. Northern Skiing World Championship for the second time. While on one side of the mountain the territory spontaneously offers its lanscape for cross-country skiing, on the oth...

ASOLO: "Marca Trevigiana's pearl" is a town dating back to pre-Roman times, located in a magnificent spot above a hill overlooking the plain. Asolo has a charm that few other towns possess, starting with its glorious and unusual history. Famous figures such as the English poet Robert Browning, the actress Eleonora Duse and the explorer Freya Stark all lived here. At the end of the 1400's it was also hom...

ASSISI: The territory of the touristic area of Assisi, also including Bastia Umbra, Bettona and Cannara- occupies the northern part of the Umbrian valley, bounded to the North East by Mount Subasio and to the South East by the hills that separate it from the Tiber Valley. It is crossed by various water courses (the Chiascio - a tributary of the Tiber, the Topino, the Ose and the Sambro), whose waters mak...

Bardonecchia and Sestriere: IT WANTS OF SNOW? Sciare in Piemonte The Piemonte is one of the Italian regions that the best localities boast mount some in all the Country. Between all they detach the names of Sestriere and its comprensorio "the Milky Way" and Bardonecchia. The history, the culture, the piemontese gastronomia will favorably impress the tourist who for before the time will visit its goes them. Sestriere m. 2035-...

BASILICATA and CALABRIA: On travel between the Calabrian mountains, in a great land of wonderfull beauty, in a region bounded with two seas of around eight hundred kilometers coast limit, where for tis particular configuration, measureless views are present and where "the nature has plot in a magnificient way the lines that talent and human work must follow, or art efforts can improved". Calabrian land must not only be ...

BIBIONE and CAORLE: Caorle goes back to the first millennium BC., along with the first settlements in the Venice lagoon. Caorle continued its history into the Roman era as a natural port for supplying nearby Julia Concordia. The depredations of Attila the Hun in Italy dorve the peoples of Venetia and Friuli to take refuge in these lidos and the town wa probably founded in 452 AD. Today, Caorle offers the visitor an ...

BRESCIA: Brescia, called “the lioness of Italy”, is a dynamic, hardworking city whose inhabitants are famous for their tenacity and dedication to work. The city is also able to display a rich heritage of history and art, which spans from prehistoric times to the present. Tourists will be fascinated by the atmosphere created by its airy piazzas and picturesque lanes, its fountains and aristocratic residenc...

Breuil-Cervinia: Breuil-Cervinia... the beautifulst panorama of the Alps in they of Aosta to m Goes. 2006, common one of Valtournenche. The magical, isolated, wonderful pyramid of the Cervino dominates to the summits and the ghiacciai that they enclose the conca of the Breuil. The opening of the street connection in 1934, the installation of the systems of gone back, the realization of lodges, residence and apartm...

CALABRIA and BASILICATA: On travel between the Calabrian mountains, in a great land of wonderfull beauty, in a region bounded with two seas of around eight hundred kilometers coast limit, where for tis particular configuration, measureless views are present and where "the nature has plot in a magnificient way the lines that talent and human work must follow, or art efforts can improved". Calabrian land must not only be ...

CAMPANIA guide: The Romans called this wonderful region Campania Felix due to its beautiful landscapes, its pleasant, permanently spring-like climate, its fertile soil and the wonderful aromas and colors that filled one’s senses and revitalized one’s mind. Travelers can still see all those things that the ancient Romans loved today: Campania provides you with the possibility of spending time on nature, artistic ...

CAPRI: The island of Capri is located in the southern part of the Bay of Naples and consists of two plateaus, separated by a fertile plain. The island has been inhabited since the VIII century B.C., when the Greeks and Phoenicians settled there. However, the first person to really appreciate Capri was the Emperor Tiberius, the man who took control of Rome after Augustus. In around 30 A.D., Tiberius had ...

CATANIA: An ancient, medieval and then finally Baroque city, often attacked by the violence of nature and just as often rebuilt with determination and obstinacy. Catania, the cradle of theatre and music, is a city to experience day and night, when the sun shines on its Baroque palaces, whose black lava stone and white limestone dominate the vision, and when the evening comes, the clubs open, the squares f...

CERVIA and CESENATICO: Cervia, the antique city of salt, with its verdant pinewoods and beaches , has become over the years a modern seaside resort. With its over nine-kilometre-long sandy beach, it is today one of the most renowned Italian tourist centres. It has become famous internationally because of its dedication to tourism, the incredible hospitality and warm welcome which its visitors receive. Today it is one of...

CINQUE TERRE:

The Cinque Terre are five coastal villages in the province of La Spezia in Italy. "Discovered" by foreigners in the late 20th century they have come to be among the most touristed areas of Italy; they can be reached by train via the line from La Spezia to Genoa. The coast line, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all encapsulated in a national park of the same n...

COMACCHIO : Each of the seven lidos has its own special reality and spirit, so it ensues that holidays in Lido di Volano, Lido delle Nazioni, Lido di Pomposa, Lido degli Scacchi, or in Porto Garibaldi, in Lido degli Estensi and in Lido di Spina, are completely different one from the other. The Seven Lidos are located along the 25 kilometers of the Ferrara Province which is characterized by vast sandy beache...

COMO and LECCO: The Lake Como is clearly the most distinctive feature of the whole area: it is 46 km long and has a width which varies from 4,3 km (between Cadenebbia and Fiumelatte) and 0.43 km (between Torriggia and Careno). The lake covers an area of 146 sq km and has maximum depth of 410 metres. It has two dependables winds known as the Breva and Tivano. The lake is surrounded by both high mountains and gentl...