Category Archives: Travel Tips

The top 10 sights of Lazio

Feb 15 2017

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

Rome, the Eternal City. Thinking about Lazio, Italy’s capital is probably what first comes to your mind. With its fascinating history and numerous hotspots, you need to, no, absolutely must visit it. However, the region in Central Italy by the … Continue reading →

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The top 10 sights of Molise

Jan 26 2017

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

Aosta Valley aside, Molise is Italy’s smallest region in terms of total area and population, and even remained part of Abruzzo until 1963. With its area made up from 55% mountains and 45% hills leading to the coastal strip, you … Continue reading →

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Italian Christmas customs

Nov 16 2016

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

All festivities have their customs and traditions. This also – and in particular – applies for Christmas. Italians celebrate four times before, during and after the holidays. Some customs exist in the entire country; others are specific to certain regions … Continue reading →

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The top 10 sights of Campania

Oct 21 2016

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

In ancient times the Romans conquered a particularly lucky and fertile region and called it just that: “Campania felix” eventually became just Campania. Earliest settlements of the region with its capital Naples dates back to the Osci in the 8th … Continue reading →

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The top 10 sights of Apulia

Sep 14 2016

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

Every boot has its stiletto. When it comes to Italy, that stiletto is the region of Apulia along the Ionic and the Adriatic Sea. The country’s easternmost part – the coast near Otranto is only 80 km from Albania – … Continue reading →

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The top 10 sights of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Aug 11 2016

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

Today’s region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia had been a pawn in the game of different rulers and countries over the entire duration of its history in different geographical combinations. It only took its contemporary form 1963 becoming an autonomous region with … Continue reading →

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The top 10 sights of Sardinia

Jul 07 2016

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

Egyptians, Greeks, Romans – they all knew and appreciated Sardinia. There’s a true holiday paradise waiting for you on this impressive island surrounded by numerous other small and even tinier island. Already populated in primeval times, you’ll come across historic … Continue reading →

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The top 10 sights of Abruzzo

Jun 23 2016

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

Geographically belonging to central Italy, Abruzzo is widely regarded as the northernmost region of Southern Italy, mostly because it used to be part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The Abruzzo Apennines cover around two thirds of the region’s … Continue reading →

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The top 10 sights of Aosta Valley

May 30 2016

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

Small but nice: the region with the smallest area and population of the entire country can be found between Turin and Mont Blanc. Aosta Valley is semi-autonomous and has a special status. Reigned by the House of Savoy for a … Continue reading →

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The top 10 sights of Umbria

May 09 2016

Category: Travel Tips Author: Alexander Wagner

Located in the heart of Italy, Umbria has a very special position being the country’s only region that neither has a seacoast nor borders another country. The highly varied landscape is dominated by the Apennine with its highest mountain, Monte … Continue reading →

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