Posts Tagged ‘Walking’


Pantelleria: a “new” Garden Pantesco for Fai

Monday, September 29th, 2008

If this summer you are to sail around the island of Pantelleria, is a popular stop for inclusion in the travel plan, the Garden Pantesco Donnafugata: dry stone walls in lava rock with the vineyards of Zibibbo grown to sapling and dammusi , Whites and blacks to the bottom of lava that seem creations of the volcano. A gift that Sicilian wines, the company’s decision to make, last Sept. 12, the Italian Fund for the Environment, recognizing the Make a “sensitivity and authoritative primary responsibility for the protection and preservation of natural heritage.

Pantesco The garden, located in the village Khamma, is an example of agricultural technology and architecture that can grow fruit and a citrus tree, often connected with three different varieties, in a context dominated by extreme wind and drought. A centuries-orange variety of Portugal is un’ingegnosa “factory of vitamins”, which demonstrates how the ancient techniques were able to tackle problems such as scarcity of food and water. Only a few hundred panteschi gardens on the island have resisted time and degradation, but many of them are still in a state of abandonment: a condition, which in recent decades has also affected large portions of vineyards that once almost 4500 hectares.

The garden pantesco is inserted in an integrated also allows you to discover, from vineyard to cellar, the entire production process of Ben Rye (the passito of Pantelleria produced by Donnafugata). To book a visit to the garden, open daily from 9.30 am, during July, August and September, you must contact the canteen of a Donnafugata Khamma.

Weekend in Aosta with the cows of Desarpa

Friday, September 19th, 2008

For lovers of the mountain lived in the city, the meeting is Sept. 28 in Aosta for the fifth edition of “Désarpa”, a word of French-origin Provencal to indicate the return of herds downstream. A real feast cow for the home of fontina. The highlight of the event is the parade of cattle, coupled with events like the collaterati “Désarpa Filme,” film festival dedicated to man and to the territory, scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday before.

The animals arrive at 8 am but the parade begins at 11 from the lawn of Montfleury and reaches up to Porta Pretoria, entry of Roman origin, and then back along the center. The streets of the route will be background music of the municipal band, in typical costumes, holding for the smallest and tasting of the “staple”, ie whipped cream Valdostana.

In Paris in a day

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

In Paris in a day,Low Cost, Paris, Walking

Geniale the idea of Ariane and Paulo that tell about Tourists Case for their turns to Paris from morning to evening. Taking advantage of cheap offers low cost, Ariane has decided to spend a day in Paris: departure at 6:30 from Orio al Serio and return from Paris at 22:30.

Total cost of the trip for two people: 112 euros, including the flight, the bus through the centre of Paris, coffee and drinks… lunch did so to sack. The day was undoubtedly hard especially because the route tourist who chose, entirely on foot, was decidedly from race. Dall’Arco of Triofo, Madeleine, Louvre, Notre Dame, Sorbonne, Pantheon, the Invalides and the Eiffel Tower conclusion.

The cinema in New York: excursion or DIY?

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The cinema in New York: excursion or DIY?, New York ,Walking ,Bus

New York offers much, certainly those who visit for the first time too to see and do for the time to stop in this fantastic city. But who returns us sometimes can take time to observe and appreciate that this city is a movie set to open sky, just knowing how to recognize observe…

And what we recommend Mbubu, speaking of his trip on Tourists for Case. He has chosen a tour organised found on the Internet, which for a fee of 40 dollars, you scarrozza around to see the building where the apartment was of Friends, the fire station of Ghostbusters and so forth.

For uncompromising, the agency offers tours on thematic most famous series: Sex and the City and Sopranos. But for those who own 40 U.S. dollars not wanted to spend, can always rebuild worship places to visit, get your map, perhaps with the help of google, and… start walking!