The climate of the city of Florence is a mixed climate between the Mediterranean climate and continental climate. The city undergoes marine influences from the Tyrrhenian Sea, which make the winters not too cold, and the continental influences, that are evident in the summer with high temperatures also caused by the city’s position largely surrounded […]
Tuscany is one of Italy’s north-central region, located along the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, which has a common border with Liguria in the north-west, Emilia Romagna to the north, the Marche and Umbria to the east, and Lazio to the south. The region is characterized by a flat area crossed by the Arno river and […]
The beauty of Tusheti, one of the most pristine regions of the Greater Caucasus on the border with Russia, is also due to its isolation which makes it difficult to reach. The only road that reaches this region is passable only during the summer months with 4×4 vehicles. It takes about 5 hours to complete […]
Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe
The Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe is located about 5 km from the center of Ravenna. The basilica was built by Giuliano Argentario on the orders of Archbishop Ursicino during the first half of the sixth century A.D. The consecration of the Basilica took place on May 9th of the eighth year after the council […]
Ravenna: the city of mosaics
Located in the plain of Romagna, near the Adriatic Sea, Ravenna is a world famous tourist destination. Classe, the port of Ravenna, was during the Roman Empire the main strategic port in the eastern Mediterranean. Ravenna was the seat of the Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D., the seat of the Kingdom of the […]
Portovenere is a wonderful seaside village of Roman origin, but which developed in the Middle Ages as a bulwark of the Republic of Genoa against the hated enemy Pisa. The picturesque village of Portovenere is located at the end of the rocky peninsula that closes to the west the Gulf of La Spezia, in front […]
Portofino is a small coastal town on the eastern Liguria, which has become a famous place to be frequented by the elite tourism. The village retains its medieval appearance arranged along the harbor, which was once the center of the maritime activities of the borough, and is now the center console of this charming popular […]
Liguria climate: when to go to Liguria
The climate of Liguria is Mediterranean, influenced by its location between the mountains and the sea. The sea affects the climate of Liguria mitigating temperatures and causing that long the coast winters are never rigid. Even the mountains that shelter the region from cold winds from the north contribute to ensure that the region has a mild […]
Nestled between the sea and the Apennine mountains, in the north-western side of Italy, Liguria is a region projected on the sea, the sea connects the region with the rest of the world. The Ligurian are a people of sailors, Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of America, was born in this land, and here is the most important Italian […]
Tellaro, charming fishing village overlooking the Gulf of La Spezia, is a small fraction of the town of Lerici, from which is a few kilometers to the southeast. The village is accessible by car via a single road that from Lerici runs through the villages of Maralunga and Fiascherino. Founded in the Middle Ages, probably in […]
Ilulissat is the third largest city in Greenland by number of inhabitants, but make no mistake, the “city” has fewer than five thousand inhabitants. If you look closely you will realize that there are more sled dogs than inhabitants in this Arctic town. The city offers all the comforts of modern life. There are restaurants, […]
This time I decide to try a new type of tour that is starting to be very fashionable among enthusiasts: the photographic journey. The country I choose is one of the most interesting from the point of view of landscape photography: New Zealand. The photographic tour to New Zealand in which I participate is made […]
Historic town along the coast of Montenegro, Budva (Budva) is the country’s main tourist destination renowned for its beaches, the beauty of its Venetian-style old town and its vibrant and intense nightlife. The old town of Budva lies on a small island, later connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus, and then transformed into […]
Sveti Stefan (St. Stephen) is a small fishing village built on a rocky island off the coast of Montenegro. The island is only a few meters from the coast to which it is joined by a sand isthmus, this sand isthmus gives it a very characteristic appearance and makes it one of the most photographed places […]
The Bay of Kotor (Bocche di Cattaro, Boka Kotorska), one of the most beautiful natural harbors in the world, is a deep inlet in the southern Adriatic, a kind of fjord formed by four basins (Gulf of Castelnuovo, Teodo bay, Risan gulf and Kotor) joined together by straits and overlooked by mountains approaching 1,800 meters […]