Magic Ravello

The orchards of Etna
Nel verde
Magazine: April 2008

A magnifi cent giant whose feet touch the sea. For all Sicilians this is Mt. Etna. On its imposing slopes chestnuts alternate with bushes of Spanish broom. Moving upwards, the lark woods give way to beech wood. Higher still, slim birches remind us of the Artic tundra. Above 2400 m., slopes of ash a...

Marine explorations
Nel blu
Magazine: April 2008

Spring has arrived! Together with the desire for nature and open air. Why not discover the Maremma and all its splendours? We suggest basing yourself in Talamone. Still housed behind its atmospheric medieval walls, it faces one of the most effi cient, small size tourist ports of the area, excellent...

Weaving magic in the castle
Bambini
Magazine: April 2008

''Come on in Boys and girls! Room for everyone…'' there is Arlecchino, Brighella, Gianduia, Puncinello and a whole load of naughty slaves, fussy doctors, country men and city gents. The happy brigade awaits you at the Puppet Castello Parma, inside the San Paolo monastery. Here we relive forg...

Exceptional mountain pine
Benessere
Magazine: April 2008

Intense, resinous, balsamic. Stimulating for the body and spirit, the Sarentino Valley pine is a mountain jewel and precious base for wellness treatments derived from nature. From the ''Pinus Sarentensis'' one extracts a ''blessed'' oil considered restorative for millennia. The Sarentino Valley is ...

European Hawaii
In viaggio
Magazine: April 2008

Expanses of white sand and a crystalline sea, an arid red land that stretches into infi nity. This is Fuerteventura, free and uncontaminated. Freedom is in the air, the waves, the earth and the landscape, unchangeable but never monotonous. The capital is Puerto del Rosario, not a location of any gr...

Old and new Krakow
In viaggio
Magazine: April 2008

Many remember it as the city linked to the late Pope Wojtyla but, as yet, there are very few Italians who have visited Krakow, ancient city on the banks of the river Vistola in the southern area of Lesser Poland. Many visitors would be amazed to discover that its ancient centre is also one of the l...

The pleasure of conviviality
Nel verde
Magazine: March 2008

The Residenza Terre di Nano enjoys a splendid position settled between the hills of Piacenza and Montepulciano. The proprietor's house is a restructured villa from the 1800s. A sensation of naturalness from a house built in another era: it can be felt as soon as you step into the kitchen where the ...

Golden relaxation
Nel verde
Magazine: March 2008

The 70-hectare estate is among rolling fields, vineyards and olive groves. Green and gold colours extend out as far as the eye can see. Four star treatment and hospitality at Masseria (farm) Grande, an historic building that dates back to the 18th century, near Campobasso in Molise. The sea at Term...

Bucolic landscapes
Nel verde
Magazine: March 2008

An immense valley floor framed by cultivated slopes. A tender green hue paints the hills. A grey cloak of beech wood and…. in the distance, the snow capped peaks of the Apennines of Abruzzo. This is a snapshot of the Comino valley; oasis of tranquillity near Frosinone. Approaching for the fi...

In the Gulf of Poets
Nel blu
Magazine: March 2008

The gulf of La Spezia is a type of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde landscape. The port of the largest city of the Ligurian Levante, with its merchant and military ships, creates a considerable contrast to the beauty of the western side of the gulf. What is really surprising, following the main road that ...

Return to Gardaland
Bambini
Magazine: March 2008

n Gardaland, which reopens on the 19th March, the first warmth of spring brings gigantic surprises. With winter behind us, the first buds on the trees appear together with a gigantic mammoth, straight out of the ice age. The colossal attraction is inspired by an unusual discovery in the artic glaci...

Pampering Toi Même
Benessere
Magazine: March 2008

Stepping over the threshold of n.17 via Santuario delle Grazie Vecchie is a bit like moving aside one of those old front doors that conceal splendid courtyards. To be honest, nothing antique has remained here, maybe just the memory of the Frette spinning mill that once occupied the space before Fra...

Mediterranean Easter
In viaggio
Magazine: March 2008

There are 365 churches on Malta and the archipelago islands. The devout Catholic Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre keeps religious tradition alive during the Easter period. The ''seven visits'' will take place on Holy Thursday in 7 different churches to honour the consecrated hosts, while chur...

In the presence of the Coliseum
Roma (RM)
Benessere
Magazine: February 2008

To stay in the Hotel Forum in Rome, placed in the most ancient area of the eternal city facing the Coliseum, is a veritable privilege. It is the history that one treads on in of what was once a Dominican convent that makes this location so unique: the omnipresent atmosphere of the ancient gladiator...

Almond trees in bloom
Gerrei Cagliari
Nel verde
Magazine: February 2008

The Gerrei landscape is dominated by woods that are strictly Mediterranean. The intense green of the Holmoaks and the wild olives plus, the majestic trunks of the cork-oaks are the fi rst sensations that strike the visitor. Plateaus of balsa wood trees, called ''jars'' alternate with deep valleys a...

Viareggio in winter
Viareggio
Nel blu
Magazine: February 2008

Though Viareggio attracts tourists in summer it also has a lot to offer in the ''off season''. A sea of relaxation in elegance with all those wonderful Liberty villas, made all the more enjoyable by fine cooking thanks to the generous Tyrrhenian Sea teeming with fish, and some excellent local recip...

Original set design
marche
Nel verde
Magazine: February 2008 Detail

Little rascals on ice
Switzerland
Benessere
Magazine: February 2008 Detail