The Hanbury Botanical Gardens are located near Ventimiglia and offer a wonderful range of different plants, fruit and herbs, beside an unspoiled Mediterranean Scrub. Its building started around 1867. The nature lover Thomas Hanbury brought there several plants and feed of species found in his travel around the world. Now it is taken care by the University of Genoa and form an Association called the Friends of the Botanic Gardens Hanbury.
The fall is one of the best times to visit Italy. As the days shorten and the weather cools, the lines in Italy are shortening and the prices for most attractions and tourist trappings are falling. Read the rest »
Marmore Falls are located near Terni in Umbria. A short excursus on their importance and beauty. Opening times and a bit of history.
An Italian recipe from Sardinia. A Sardinia typical product: Lamb, cooked with artichokes.
Orvieto is a town of 21,043 inhabitants in the province of Terni, in Umbria.
The city of Orvieto, in symbiosis with the tufa cliff on which it stands, is an outstanding example of integration between nature and man. Read the rest »
Collodi is the little town where the writer of the famous book of the Adventre of Pinocchio was born. It offers a big amusement park for children and a wonderful Renassence Italian Garden.
At the top of Italy is a small region long forgotten by most tourists. But this tiny region of Valle d’Aosta was once a major pathway between Northern and Southern Europe. Read the rest »
