Always far down our list, as we thought it was “too much touristic”, afraid of finding crowded beaches and crowded streets, we were wrong and now we most humbly apologize to Milos, the isle of the colours, pearl of Ciclades. Milos does not deserve to be a second-tier player compared to Santorini (always maid of…
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Genoa “the superb” to (re)discover in one day
She is known as “the superb”, but few people have idea where this nickname comes from. To discover it you must go back in time to 1358 and to a travel report written by not just an ordinary person. Francesco Petrarca, after his visit to Genoa, described her as a royal town “addossata ad una…
In Favignana you’ll enjoy the sea and the best tuna of the world
Approaching the Favignana harbor you can’t miss the Tonnara, tuna fishing, with its massive gates and towering chimneys. Then you’ll see the Florio Palace. After that you’ll note that the water, even in the port, where it’s supposed to be the most dirty, is so clean that you would like to jump in. To enjoy a full…
All day long in Naples: “a’ fin ro’ munn”
Naples is exactly what you think it is: noisy, dirty, busy. And addictive, too. The trick is to live the city in the right way, to not focus on its imperfections (you can see them, let us not fool ourselves!) and on the other hand to let fascinate by the chaotic atmosphere, by the cheerfulness, by the…
How a day in Athens can be a καλημέρα (nice day)
Summertime in Athens is terribly hot. Get ready for that: if not, you’re not going to survive, specially walking along the old town streets and plodding your way to the Parthenon, a must see even for those who visit the city in one day. The Greece capital is not big: whit a good map you can easily…
"V" is for voyage 