EcoBnb, when online bed&breakfasts become sustainable
In these days EcoBnb, a platform that, like the more popular AirBnb, offers sustainable accommodation in an increasing number of destinations celebrates its first anniversary.
Roadman’s houses are “donated” to promote sustainable tourism
An initial project of 30 roadman’s houses scattered on a ridge that connects the via Francigena to the Appian Way through bike paths.
The Praguian charm of Alfons Mucha
Until 20 March Palazzo Reale in Milan hosts more than 150 artworks by the famous artist Alfons Mucha whose Art Nouveau strongly influenced his contemporaries’ taste through design, ads and objects.
Meet the Rastafarians of Ethiopia, the spiritual migrants who have returned home
Four hours South of Addis Abeba, the capital of Ethiopia, lies Shashemene, a haven of tranquility and a patch of Jamaica that Rastafarian settlers, mainly from the Caribbean and some from the United States, call home. This will be no surprise to reggae lovers who are familiar with the idea of Ethiopia as the Promised
China seen through the eyes of two cyclists of the BeCycling association
Three months are enough to come to know China’s different aspects. Daniele Carletti and Simona Pergola, the Italian couple that has been travelling around the world by bike since July 2014, after postponing their departure from China, decided that their next destination will be Indochina. After going down the Tibetan mountains, they carried out
2016’s greenest travel destinations according to Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet compiles many lists regarding a topic for which it’s a universally recognised authority: the best travel destinations for those who love travelling. The 2016 lists include a few ideas for those who want a green as well as experiential trip in close contact with nature. These could seem suitable for adventurous and fearless tourists, but
The New York and Milan partnership is the first tourism deal the Big Apple signs with an Italian city
Two cities bursting with life, where design, creativity, business and innovation are key, have joined efforts in a landmark deal to promote tourism between them: the first time ever New York has signed an agreement of this kind with an Italian city. New York and Milan have acknowledged their similarities as being amongst the best
Berlin Kombinat Tours: the real Berlin
Being guided along the untravelled roads of a foreign city is a pleasant experience. It can even be an amazing one if those who guide us make us fall in love with what they describe, if they arouse our passion and curiosity, if the sites that we see together are unexpected and unique. But it
Lagos Photo 2015: the Africa beyond iconographic stereotypes
Not just lush natural landscapes, amazing biodiversity, images of extreme poverty, suffering children or exotic animals: reducing such a big and diverse continent as Africa to stereotypical imagery is precisely what the LagosPhoto Festival is working against. Created in 2010 and now in its sixth edition, the LagosPhoto Festival will take place in the Lagos
The wonders of Benevento and Sannio devastated by the flood
The devastating force of water often hits this region, some areas more than others. Benevento and the hilly area of Sannio, Southern Italy, have already experienced similar disasters, but the natural disasters occurred in the past didn’t help to better cope with current ones. The flood in this almost unknown area of Campania reached