In the heart of South Tyrol, Northern Italy, in the Schnals Valley (Val Senales), the ancient tradition of transhumance comes alive every September. Sheep are treasured companions to local farmers The Schnals Valley embraced by towering Alpine peaks is just about 40 kilometers from the city of Merano, renowned for…

Eleven unique (and unmissable) things to do ONLY in Savona. Savona, on the Ligurian coast, is for travellers tired of overtourism, and there are eleven (unmissable) things you can do only there - from culture to food and wine, and from the environment to art. The Savona area has 15…

As ABTOI - the Association of British Travel Organizers to Italy - approaches its 25th anniversary next year, it remains focused on its founding mission, to strengthen UK-Italy tourism. “We network, share ideas and exchange information” ItaliAbsolutely spoke with executive committee member Enrico Soresini who explained that the association members…

Santa Severa and Tolfa, which are a few kilometres from Civitavecchia, Italy’s biggest cruise port, and respectively an hour, and 90 minutes, from Rome, are a sea and a mountain pearl in the heart of the Lazio region. Santa Severa: the charm of the sea and history Santa Severa is…

The village of Sauris in Friuli Venezia Giulia has a healing forest with a bioenergetic trail. Awarded Best Tourism. Village by UNWTO Sauris, a small uncontaminated village in the Carnic Alps, in the province of Udine - already awarded as “Best Tourism Village” by UNWTO - has recently inaugurated its…

Enjoy Barocco promotes Baroque wonders, Inspector Montalbano magic, and five must-see towns in south-eastern Sicily The five Baroque towns are deliciously marketable Enjoy Barocco-Sicilian Experience is a fascinating journey into the heart of south-eastern Sicily, an ambitious project, promoted by the DMO Enjoy Barocco with the support of GAL Terra…

The major of Praia a Mare on Cosenza’s coast has imposed a midnight curfew for kids aged 14 and under. Residents are outraged by nighttime clashes Nights in the little seaside town on the Tyrrhenian coast of Cosenza in Calabria have become a nightmare for residents who are forced to…