Trekking in the footsteps of wolves

Trekking in the footsteps of wolves

Wolves (Canis lupus italicus) disappeared from the Alps in the early 20th century. In the late 1980s, however, some specimens native to Abruzzo’s Apennines range began to move from central Italy to the North, given the abundance and variety of preys available there and the increase in woodlands. So, in 1992, many years after their disappearance, two

Spoleto-Norcia: from an abandoned railway to a breath-taking path

Spoleto-Norcia: from an abandoned railway to a breath-taking path

The ex-railroad from Spoleto to Norcia is turning into an easy historic, artistic and naturalistic path. At the moment not all the trail can be passed through but there are breath-taking cycling and pesdestrian stretches that let those who go through it plunge into the green.   The project of a late ‘800 railway was

Vayando: ditch the guidebook, leave the beaten path and do as the locals do

Vayando: ditch the guidebook, leave the beaten path and do as the locals do

Travelling isn’t always about following classic guidebook itineraries. It’s also about passing through other people’s realities, discovering new cultures and ways of life, cuisines, fascinating traditions and languages. In the words of Henry Miller:   “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things”. Bringing tourists and locals together The travel

COAL, the French partnership between art and sustainability

COAL, the French partnership between art and sustainability

Although art is free and unconditional par excellence, it can focus on specific areas of interest or cooperate with other disciplines or branches of knowledge. Therefore, it can be used as an effective tool for supporting an inter-disciplinary culture of ecology , as it’s being happening in France since 2008 with the initiative of the

REcyclerie, the metamorphosis of an abandoned railway station

REcyclerie, the metamorphosis of an abandoned railway station

How to give a new lease of life to a dull metropolitan area or a miserable abandoned railway station? In Paris, where the development and promotion of urban areas has always been an absolute priority, the so-called “petite ceinture”, a 32 km long ancient railway that dates back to the first decades of the XIX century and