Sustainable Travel

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by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/18/2016 - 04:50
Cinque Terre Park authorities may limit the number of visitors to the area beginning this summer. The (for many, shocking) announcement was made this week by…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 06/11/2015 - 10:34
Three Italian sites have been added this week into UNESCO’s prestigious list of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, described as "places for learning…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 06/09/2015 - 09:25
Italy's leading environmentalist association Legambiente and the non-profit tourist organization Touring Club Italiano have just published the 2015 edition of…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/14/2015 - 18:58
As we head into summer season, it’s good to know what beaches in Italy are ranked the highest in terms of cleanliness and environmental sustainability. And…
Travel
by Georgette Jupe | Fri, 01/09/2015 - 02:00
This week's featured blogger is Anna Lebedeva, who has been a globetrotter for a number of years before settling in Italy. A journalist and blogger, she…
Travel
by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 01/09/2015 - 02:00
Words by Anna Lebedeva, blogger of Green Holiday Italy  Very often, when I see the words “responsible tourism,” they are accompanied by photos of African kids…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 09/25/2014 - 02:45
A toll for private vehicles entering Rome’s city center is set to be implemented starting January 1, 2017. The toll would apply to the city’s anello…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 09/22/2014 - 06:13
Padua’s Botanical Garden – the world’s oldest and a UNESCO World Heritage Site – will be revamped and expanded thanks to a 20-million-euro project financed by…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 08/21/2014 - 02:30
The search continues, and with it the debate, for the mother bear that attacked a mushroom picker who came between her and her cubs in northern Italy's…
Lifestyle
by Barry Lillie | Wed, 08/13/2014 - 02:00
No other tree epitomises the Tuscan landscape like the Italian Cypress (Cupressus Sempervirens), sometimes called the Mediterranean or the Tuscan Cypress; its…