Stories and journeys among places and tradition.

The MUSABA is a park of contemporary art settled in the heart of Calabria.

The holy performance in Mendicino during Easter time and the peasant Christ.

Belmonte Calabro is a beautiful tourist village facing on the Tyrrhenian Coastline in the Province of Cosenza.

In Calabria, as in the rest of Italy, the Carnival is considered the craziest party.

An interview to Isabella Badolato, tour leader and travel guide as well as lover of animals.

Calabria has a green heart which is reflected in the blue sea water surrounding it.

Donkey trekking is a way to travel slow, enoying the beautiful places visited.

San Donato di Ninea is perched on a rocky spur in the Pollino National Park.

Rogliano is situated in the heart of the Savuto Valley, nearby Cosenza.

In the heart of Pollino National Park, surrounded by stunning nature, the hamlet of Civita arises. 

Santa Domenica Talao is a small village in Pollino National Park area facing on Tyrrhenian sea.

Mini Cruise along the Cedars Riviera: from San Nicola Arcella to Dino Island and the Magno Arch.

An interview with the FIAB managing team in Cosenza about the value and the spread of the bike tourism.

Mormanno is a small village which borders to the Calabrian side of Pollino National Park.

Papasidero is a little village located in the  heart of Pollino National Park which faces on the Lao River.

An interview to Giuseppe Salvatore Grosso Ciponte, expert and producer of craft beer in Calabria.

It was born a new to experience with the online tastings which have become a new trend.

In Calabria there’s a place who remembers the Star Wars set movie.

Cosenza is a lively town with a heart rich of history but with a modern spirit which carries toward the change.

Calabria is like a fascinating and intriguing woman who has many faces to discover slowly.

On Easter Sunday in Stilo they celebrate a suggestive and unique procession called the Cunfrunta to conclude Holy Week.

At Bova every year on the Palm Sunday before Easter an ancient rite is celebrated.

On every March 19th, in Italy the San Giuseppe’s Day is celebrated as well as the Father’s Day.

Tiriolo is a little village near Catanzaro and settled in the narrowest part of the whole Calabria and the rest of Italy.

Every Tuesday after Easter in Frascineto, a little hamlet which was founded by a group of Albanian refugees, in Pollino National Park area, the Vallja take place.

When you choose Calabria as destination of your trip, the risk is always to be beautifully surprised.

During the Holy Week before Easter, in Verbicaro near Cosenza, the annual ritual of the Vattienti (the Flagellants) takes place.

About 1 year ago, in 2017, I received an email with the object “Desde la Patagonia” (From Patagonia).

It seems to be at Perugia, in Umbria region, instead this time we are at Cosenza. The Chocolate Festival at Cosenza is by now an institutional event and it’s waited not only from the people who live there.

Nowadays it’s fashionable to get married and promise each other love and fidelity for ever and ever, in some romantic place far away from they live, and Italy is one of the favorite venue for foreigners.

The Destination Wedding is a new service that more and more couples choose to celebrate their wedding far from where the bride currently lives and one of the most popular place is Italy.

My wine loving cousin in DC asked Valeria at Le Vie della Perla to plan a wine tasting tour of southern Italy for seven of us.

Leaving Cosenza towards Mount Cocuzzo, you arrive at the medieval village of Mendicino which was once an important silk centre.

San Pietro a Maida is a little town near Catanzaro and is very famous for the production of olive oil.

A day spent with my friends by mountain-bike from Cosenza to the Tyrrhenian Coast running through paths with breathtaking panoramas. 

A day dedicated to the sightseeing of San Floro, the village of the silk on the hills nearby Catanzaro.

Typical Easter desserts in Calabria: tradition, sharing and conviviality.

In Calabria, as the rest of Italy, the Easter period is rich of religious events and traditional rituals.

The mountains during the winter are fascinating, especially when they’re covered with soft snow.

Everything appears magic during the Christmas period with the coloured lights and religious customs.

At the beginning of November, the Sila National Park organized a blog tour in collaboration with WeLike Association in order to promote its territory.

I’ve just left the town of Reggio Calabria and continued to the end of Italy turning around the coast from the Tyrrenian to the Ionian Sea.