The distance, the distance from everything, this is what you “feel” inside you, coming where – in spring and autumn – they stop herons and red herons, pelicans and flamingos, ducks, cranes and wild geese. Under that sky high and cloudless, seven volcanic islands retain clear waters and prehistoric remains, in a landscape overlooking the sea, covered with Mediterranean vegetation, …
Read More »A FAR AWAY DAY, IN JUNE: Memories of trip to Venice
It was a day in June, the beginning of the summer of 1999. That’s for sure. Picking up some documents for my trip, I accidentally found some old receipts, not just pieces of paper, but pleasant shades of my travel memories. Six objects, six sites, they reported the freshness of my long stay in Venice. Five are in the restaurants …
Read More »A FEW KM OF NAPLES: Pozzuoli, Baia and Cape Miseno, for a colorful dream
The Aragonese castle of Baia, built in the year 1400 over the remnants of a Roman villa? A magnificent walk in the spa area of Bacoli, Campi Flegrei in? Buy a classic vase (or a plate decorated by hand), in Pozzuoli, in pottery shop Puteoli, to 128 Corso Vittorio Emanuele? Why not admire – in the same Pozzuoli – the …
Read More »BETWEEN SEQUOIA AND CABERNET: Welcome to Sonoma Valley, California
http://www.sonomacounty.com/Â . It is a valley two hours from San Francisco, with forests full of redwoods. Sonoma Valley, where to stop for a drink special. You choose between the excellent wines that are born in that light: Cabernet or Pinot Noir or Chardonnay. You can take a ride very intriguing, in the shadow of the wineries, perhaps starting from Viansa, a …
Read More »PAINTED LADIES AND GOLDEN BRIDGE: San Francisco, California, the city unique
A city spectacularly irresistible, pleasant to live, tolerant and culturally to the forefront. This is San Francisco, the city that I love deeply. http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/Â . His night views are unparalleled, observing its bay from the Golden Bridge, as well as fascinating is the modern structure of its Museum of Modern Art. When in the neighborhood of Mission you will have noted …
Read More »BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND MONTE AINOS: Welcome to the Island of Kefalonia
The oldest objects tell the story of a human presence that began around 50,000. C., but those finds were added expressions of Mycenaean culture, the Roman presence and that – centuries – the Venetian Republic. When you’re in Argostoli (the capital of the island), also you will remain fascinated by its bay and the narrow streets of the city. To …
Read More »RENAISSANCE IN CENTRAL ITALY: 34 pictures. All that was is no longer, what would become was born here
RENAISSANCE IN CENTRAL ITALY: All that was is no longer, what would become was born here
In Tuscany, a region of central Italy, the Florentine art school starts – from 1300 to 1500 – new aesthetic, who gradually extend throughout the Italian peninsula. No more images hieratic and fixed, but the living reality, that of men and the countryside, becomes the new frame of expression for architects, painters and sculptors. Initially they dominated by religious themes, …
Read More »TRIP TO BUDAPEST: Neighborhoods Habsburg and ancient baths, but also special workshops, where observe a time that has never off
I am sure that you will have already photographed the Chain Bridge (one of the eight bridges citizens, along with many other beautiful things of Budapest), so I’ll talk about something else, such as shop Pannon Antik – a workshop in the heart of Pest, really rich in memories of the past have not yet been turned off). http://www.budapest.com/travel/tourist_information/information_offices.en.html?sid=4sh33rg3d7u6sciqooplmtnhf2 Do …
Read More »ON THE MOUNTAIN OF THE GODS: Between Macedonia and Thessaly, to observe the world with divine eyes
Welcome to Greece, in the charming city of Thessaloniki. The route that we propose the citizen from the arch of Galerius (a piece of Roman history), the tower of Hormisdas (a shade of persia), Aghios Gherorghios (ancient place of worship) and the White Tower (a piece of Venice) . As you see, this was – and remains – a border …
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