WEEKEND
Discovering the Wood of St. Francis of Assisi
It’s a difficult task to live a week immersed in the noise of a big city and not succumb. So we can looking for silence in Umbria, in Assisi, visiting the places of the saint patron of Italy. A day in St. Francis Wood, in fact, reassures us and reconciles us with the world. The FAI, Italian Environment Fund, restored the area because over the years it had become a dumping ground. It proposes us a real journey for pilgrims of the third millennium. It starts from St. Francis Basilica and through a small path you pass through cultivated fields, woods, olive groves and glades to the bottom of the valley where there is a church, a mill and the ruins of a monastery, that...
Read MoreSki: the best ski slopes near Rome
Slopes, bumps, curves and walls …if you want to dive into a steep descent and the thrill of speed you do not have to go far from Rome. Even in the Apennines there are technical slopes for fans of snow, this is our ‘Top ten downhills in Central Italy’ selected for you by A day in Rome. Lazio or Abruzzo, the choice is yours, Tighten the buckles on your ski boots and enjoy it! 1. “Direttissima Pratello” Roccaraso – Pratello 2. “Pista Lupo” e “Variante Lupo” Roccaraso – Aremogna 4. “Nera Pizzalto” Roccaraso – Pizzalto 5. “Pistone” Ovindoli 6. “Direttissima”...
Read MoreA weekend in Siena to see the she-wolf
Everyone knows Romulus and Remus’ story, abandoned in a basket on the banks of the Tiber when they were just born and rescued by a she-wolf. But few people know that Remus had two sons, Senio and Aschio. After Rome’s foundation and the murder of the father by Romulus uncle, they fled from the town and went to the North. Before leaving they stole the statue of the she-wolf and after having ridden so long, they stopped on the Tuscan hills where they founded a new city: Siena. Apollo and Diana, who were the two brothers’ Gods protectors, made it so that Romulus, who arrived with his troops to regain the sacred statue, returned home empty-handed. That is why in the...
Read MoreA trip to Canino, it’s time for new oil!
In Canino there is the feast of oil. November, rain and tiresome days. But we mustn’t surrender to boredom, autumn is the season of new oil. and then let’s go to stock up on this wonderful product of our lands. Canino, near Viterbo, Etruscan city, is settled in the olive trees’ hill where there are old trees of majestic size. In November and December also on Saturdays and Sundays, you can try, buy, and you can dip in a medieval village that produces an oil that is among the best in Italy. To the social cooperative oil mill you can eat crisp bruschetta and you can visit installations to see the various stages of olive’s processing. But, as women know, oil...
Read MoreOFF Orvieto Food Festival 2012, dal 6 al 9 dicembre
Off Orvieto Food Festival 2012, from 6 to 9 December. The theme of this edition of OFF is Ri-Partenze, after the terrible flood of the last 12 of November, Orvieto is ready to share. OFF Food Festival is a fascinating and unusual festival, a crossroads of appointment to nourish mind and body: gastronomy, culture, cooking lessons, readings and concerts. This year there is also a value added, to provide concrete support to the city with fundraisers to help the reconstruction. From Thursday the 6th to Sunday the 9th of December. Artists, journalists, critics, directors, authors and many other characters from the Italian cultural scene including Marco Travaglio, Sergio...
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