Walking through the green hills of Montecchio Maggiore, in the province of Vicenza, you'll come face to face with the two castles that embodied a legend. They stand close together on the hill. Restoration began in the 1930s on the two fortresses that have been ...

   In the abandoned village of Apice Vecchia, in the province of Benevento, Ettore Castle hosts its Christmas Market.  ©facebook.com/mercatinidinatalecastellodellettore/The 2019 edition is a magical journey of the story of Christmas. Visitors will experience Ettore Castle as never before! The ancient and majestic medieval castle that dominates ...

The Sigurtà Garden Park was an unexpected surprise. We didn’t know a thing about it when some friends invited us to spend a day there, but at the end of the day we thanked them for such a beautiful idea. The Sigurtà Garden Park is in ...

Are you spending your holidays along the Riviera Romagnola and feel like exploring beyond the sea? Follow us on a visit to three castles, a half-day journey inland and through history.   The journey starts in the hills near Rimini, where only a few kilometres away you'll find Coriano.   Nowadays, ...

The event translated as "Fruit, water and castles" takes place on October 20-21, 2018 from 9.00 to 19.00 at Strassoldo Castle.  Last year, when I visited this exhibition market for the first time, I was fascinated by the beauty of the place and the organization of ...

 Nestled in the hills, I look at the baths, the waterfalls of the mill and the Albegna valley. I am a small and delightful town; my story is ancient because I was born at the time of the Etruscans. Surrounded by the old walls, I ...

There are dozens of castles in Friuli Venezia Giulia as far as the eye can see. They are camouflaged among the lush, rolling hills and waterways and serve as reminders of how this territory has been crossed far and wide by foreign peoples over the ...

Monteriggioni is a little town with a rich history located in the province of Siena. The primary attraction is its castle surrounded by towers. The castle was built between 1214 and 1219 by the Sienese and is situated in a prominent position on the Via ...

L'Aquila is a city that is close to the heart of the people of Abruzzo, but the road that leads to it is also full of priceless gems. One of these is Bominaco; a tiny fraction (only about 85 residents) of a municipality called Caporciano. When you arrive, ...

The vineyards of prosecco and cartizze are located in a relatively small part of the northern Treviso province. The vineyards stretch between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, one hour from Venice and not far from the Veneto Dolomites. This area, characterized by ancient villages, castles, aristocratic villas and history, ...