Christmas in Italy is a very heartfelt and increasingly spectacular celebration. Some places are famous for the events and features they offer in this time of the year. We refer to the Christmas Markets in Bolzano and its district, we talk about the cultural events in Venice, Florence and Rome. We talk about the very […]
Oslo is a name that means “meadow” but for a long time, almost 200 years, the city was known as Kristiania in honor of King Christian IV who recovered it after a devastating fire in 1859. Only in 1925 was the ancient name -linked to the Viking fortress of Akershus- restored and in fact […]
To some people it is “Coo” to most part of the world it is “Kos”. No matter how you like to call it, this island is a natural wonder, a real paradise on Earth. Of course we are in Greece, in the Dodecanese Archipelago, south east Aegean Sea. Kos is one of the three largest […]
Vaccine yes, vaccine no… for some years now the “vaccine war” seems to have become a real civil war! Which is weird, given that for at least 200 years these medicines have allowed us to fight and often overcome some terrible diseases. Not least the Covid. Unfortunately, the exasperation of the news during the pandemic […]
Mount Etna is preparing to celebrate summer 2024 with a (probable) brand new lava and explosion show. At the moment there is nothing definitive but the timid awakening of the “giant”, the Voragine crater, suggests that something could happen. The Voragine This crater – Voragine (the Chasm) – is the third, in chronological order, formed […]
Istanbul is not the capital city of Turkey but it certainly is the most important one. The international face of the nation, the “gate” for those who land for the first time here. The old Byzantium that made the history after the Romans, the city of beautiful churches and mosques, the warden of the Strait […]
Mexico City is a large metropolis served by two airports and numerous stations. Although the national railways no longer have a direct arrival in the center of the capital, there is a suburban train that allows the direct connection. The bus and metro stations (the metro has 195 in total!) are very important in Mexico […]
Porto is the second most important city of Portugal, but not the second largest. It includes the second largest city of the nation – Vila Nova de Gaia – in its 1-million-people metropolitan area, but Porto itself only has 214.000 inhabitans. The name means port, harbour, and it is in fact a very important one, […]
Genoa is the city that saw Christopher Columbus born and grow up, and still jealously guards his home and the passion for the sea that characterized the great explorer. Located halfway between two of the most beautiful tourist coasts in Italy, this city has long been underestimated as a holiday destination. Yet today, after being […]
