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Ventimiglia: welcome to Italy’s last beach

Ventimiglia: welcome to Italy’s last beach

Ventimiglia is a town located in the far western part of the Italian region Liguria and… no! It has nothing to do with measuring distance – the translation of the name is literally “twenty miles”, even if you might thing so! Its name derives from the Latin word Albintimilium (hence Bintimilium, Ventimilium), formed from “albom” […]

Vietri sul Mare: wonderful gate to a beautiful Coast

Vietri sul Mare: wonderful gate to a beautiful Coast

Vietri sul Mare (Vietri-on-Sea), in the district of Salerno, was “someone’s property” for a long time. It might have been the first Etruscan-Samnite commercial port in Campania. In the Middle Ages, it became the port of reference for the large monastic complex of Badia di Cava, and finally a tourist port, linked for many years […]

Sicily: enjoy Mt Etna from the “Land of Acis”

Sicily: enjoy Mt Etna from the “Land of Acis”

If your summer plans include a vacation in Sicily, on Mount Etna, but you don’t want to incur the excessive costs of traditional tourist destinations—Taormina, Giardini, or Catania—head to the Land of Acis, a district that is still little-known, in its entirety, although you’ve certainly heard of (and visited) some of its towns. Acireale, Aci […]

Punta La Marmora Gennargentu: on Sardinia’s roof

Punta La Marmora Gennargentu: on Sardinia’s roof

The roof of Sardinia, or rather the island’s highest point, is located within the Gennargentu massif, a mountain range located off the island’s eastern coast in the district of Nuoro-Ogliastra. Among its many peaks, Punta La Marmora (1,834 meters above sea level) stands out. In Sardinian, it’s called Perda Crapìas—meaning “broken rocks”—and is the highest, […]

Bogliasco: sea and flavors of a different Liguria

Bogliasco: sea and flavors of a different Liguria

Bogliasco is there, in a hidden corner of Liguria, on that gulf known as “Paradise” where small, magical glimpses are reflected in a crystal-clear sea unlike any other. No, we’re not at the Cinque Terre  nor even Sanremo. There’s none of the “VIP” tourism of Portofino, because there are fewer tourist services here, but the […]