A while back, in September 2013, to be exact, I wrote about Italy's VenTo cycle motorway project. Well, in the meantime, Italy has changed government and has acquired a new culture and tourism minister. I wondered if this has caused the Vento project problems so I give the VenTo people a call last … [Read more...]
Italy, being a mountainous nation, has valleys pretty much everywhere. Well, the other day I was contacted by someone who wanted to promote tourism to just one of these many, many valleys. The valley this individual wants to promote tourism in lies in Tuscany. Yes, I know the whole world and its … [Read more...]
Back in September I wrote about an innovative proposal for what amounts to a cycle motorway in northern Italy - The Vento Project. My post on the VenTo initiative caught the eye of The Guardian and the result was this article: Hopes grow for VenTo, a proposed 422-mile cycle path in northern … [Read more...]
There's a proposal in Italy to create a kind of motorway for cyclists from Venice to Turin, only the VenTo project may not get all the way off the ground, even if it does seem to be making some progress. It certainly does not lack support, either. If the Venice to Turin cycleway project does … [Read more...]
Aldous Huxley, the writer best known for his futuristic 'Brave New World' novel, described Mantua in Italy as the 'most romantic city in the world'. Mantua certainly is a charming place to visit. Like so many places in Italy, its local cuisine is fascinating too. Have you ever tried pike? … [Read more...]
If you visit Italy Chronicles fairly regularly, you will, hopefully, have come across the Good Italian Things section. Well, I'm pleased to say that a group of Italians who believe in Italy have started the Wundernest website which seeks to highlight the many wonders Italy has to offer. Online … [Read more...]
Have you ever heard of Braies Lake in Italy's north east? Probably not, I hadn't until, by chance, I ended up watching Italian television series Un Passo Dal Cielo - A Step from Heaven - which was shot around Braies Lake and in the Alta Val Pusteria in Italy's Alto Adige area. I found the heavenly … [Read more...]
Stereotypes rule more often than they should, perhaps. Take for example the attitude of some Italians towards the Chinese: they work far too hard to bother with things like holidays, and they don't have any money either. Such opinions came out during a conversation I had with friends over dinner … [Read more...]