5 tips and sights for your trip to Turin
Equipped with a latte macchiato “to go” and amaretti, we quickly head for the platform with the waiting train to Milan. It’s Pentecost Saturday and the train is f
Madonna di Campiglio: A winter trip to Trentino
«In contrast to South Tyrol, in Trentino you will experience 100% Italian mentality!» I was told this several times before and during our trip to the province bordering South Tyr
Love Affair Argentina Valley
Narrow, rugged, green, authentic. The Argentina Valley stretches from the coastal town of Arma di Taggia on the Riviera dei Fiori 40 kilometres deep into the Ligurian hinterland an
Liguria: more than Cinque Terre
Sometimes I curse Instagram. Or rather, I curse people who chase photo opportunities as if they were gold trophies. High-reach Instagrammers post a motif and weeks later the image
Oh Là Là Ferrara: the most beautiful streets in Emilia-Romagna
Actually, I had promised my friend a cozy city trip to Bologna. Without big plans and “to do’s”. Without a well-timed sightseeing program and photo spot research.
Bologna – sights and travel tips
Travelling to an inland Italian city at the end of July? Is this a good idea? Yes it is. Even though I hesitated for a long time myself and only booked the bed and breakfast three
Forte Village Resorts – Looking for sun in Sardinia
When I clicked through the website of the Forte Village Resort in the run-up to our short trip to South Sardinia, it triggered slight feelings of stress. Hotel, villa or bungalow?
Nira Montana La Thuile – ski weekend in style
A ski weekend in La Thuile? Sounds good. But where is this La Thuile and how on earth do you get the idea to travel to La Thuile? Admittedly, the mountain village, which is wedged
Weekend in Rome – sights and travel tips
5 years of Latin. Finding subjectives, objectives, and verbs sentence by sentence. Decipher Roman stories and wisdom from Virgil, Ovid, Cicero and Caesar. And in the end, the littl
Simply good – that’s how the Merano region tastes
Several cooks spoil the broth? Not true. At least not in Merano and Environs. Last Saturday I followed the culinary call of the region and took the train and post bus in the direct
Glurns: Visiting the smallest town in South Tyrol
A collective murmur goes through the Postbus. “Ugh, can we fit through this?” a grey-haired lady in front of us asks her somewhat worried-looking companion. I myself fo
Vallée de Joux and Lac de Joux – excursion tips and ideas
Bisses, bisses, irrigation channels. Three times the same, just called differently. Last weekend we learned that Val Venosta and Valais have striking similarities, not only in term