The tip of the Italian boot is an area with a striking identity: great forests, inaccessible mountains, long beaches, rocky promontories, and small villages built on high areas. This is the landscape that characterizes Calabria, a region surrounded by the sea. From Morano Calabro to Santa Severina, from Scilla to Gerace, there are small pearls […]
Start in Melfi, the city of Emperor Frederick II where his formidable castle still stands, and travel along the Vulture, where the Aglianico grape is made into an excellent unique wine and finsih the day strolling in Venosa, the town of Horace full of Roman archaeological remains. As you travel you will witness the […]
The name Basilicata perhaps comes from basileus: earth of kings. This is the region of the South that unifies in its territory the last layers of the Appennino with the Ionio and Tyrrhenian Seas. It was also known by the name of Lucania from its ancient inhabitants. The colonies of the Magna Graecia were founded […]
Start in Naples, a spectacularly chaotic city of bustling streets and picturesque squares on one of the most famous gulfs in the world, dominated by Mount Vesuvius. The savory flavors of the elaborate Neapolitan kitchen, including pizza and delicious pastries will certainly satisfy the most discriminating palates. Boat to Ischia, known for its miraculous thermal […]
Complex and contradictory, yet vivacious and visually stunning, Campania, can be as incomprehensible and unpredictable as the great volcano that looms over its beloved capital, Naples, a region known for the wonder of its Costiera Amalfitana (Almafi Coast) with its unique sea panoramas and fragrant lemons trees. Among the most beautiful areas in Italy, Amalfi […]
From Lecce to Santa Maria di Cerrate, an interesting medieval center recreating the economic life of ancient times, and the area of Salice Salentino with its historical wine cellars. Return to Lecce to visit the capital of baroque and be delighted by its elegance, rich decorum carved in the friable local stone, and by the […]
Start your tour focusing on the “trulli’s civilization “. These wondrous constructions with their circular, white walls and conic, grey, stone roofs are scattered in the countryside but, in Alberobello, there will be time to leisurely walk in a Unesco protected area that’s entirely covered by trulli. Then to Martina Franca, an elegant town with […]
Start in the direction of San Severo, around the Gargano Promontory, following the traces of the ancient Via Sacra to Monte Sant’Angelo where San Michele, Archangel of the 5th century, seemed to have appeared in mediaeval times. Thn through the stony highlands of the Murge with pastures and fields punctuated by the puli and studded […]
Along the heel of the Italian boot, facing the Mediterranean Sea is the coastal region of Puglia. It has long been a bridge between Italy and distant cultures. From here medieval pilgrims and crusaders departed for the Holy Land. Puglia is a colorful land with strong shades and a marked identity: harsh calcareous relieves surrounded […]
Delhi, Shekhawati, Jaipur, Rural Rajasthan Village, Ranthambore National Park, Orchha, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri.
Visit small rural villages, ride elephants, shop in market bazaars, hunt for tigers on a jeep safari and visit the newest wonder of the world - the Taj Mahal - on this 12-day family adventure to a country so rich in history […]
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