Borgo Storico Seghetti Panichi: a stunning period residence in the heart of the Marche, historic gardens created by the German landscape designer and botanist Ludwig Winter, and bio-energetic paths identified by the eco designer, Marco Nieri.
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Borgo Seghetti Panichi’s Bio-Energetic Garden
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - March 10th, 2010Albrecht Dürer’s Trentino Alto Adige
From Laghetti di Egna in the province of Bolzano, all the way to the legendary Pyramids of Segonzano in Val di Cembra, Trentino Alto Adige’s “Sentiero Dürer” is a wonderfully scenic footpath, immortalized in works by the great renaissance artist, Albrecht Dürer.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - February 19th, 2010Snowshoeing in Val di Non
The Val di Non, one of Trentino’s most beautiful valleys, is famous for its sporting events and excursions using “ciaspole”: the snowshoes which, for centuries, have helped the world’s mountain populations to traverse landscapes buried deep beneath the snow.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - January 13th, 2010Calabrian Giants
As they walk through the Sila National Park, a vast protected area of Calabria which comprises part of the provinces of Catanzaro, Cosenza and Crotone, visitors might well come across a group of centuries old larch pines, some of which reach a height of over forty meters.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - December 17th, 2009The gardens of Venice
A mini guide to the secret gardens of Venice: gardens and parks hidden away amidst the ancient palaces, university halls, museums, and luxury hotels of Italy’s legendary lagoon city.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - November 3rd, 2009Contemporary art in Franciacorta
Franciacorta Sculpture Park: 13 contemporary works which have transformed the park of Albereta Relais & Chateaux, country hotel situated between the Alps of Lombardy and Lake Iseo, in open air art museum.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - October 16th, 2009Cervia salt marsh
State nature reserve since 1979, the salt flats of Cervia in the province of Ravenna are traversed by any number of stunning nature trails, and are a favorite destination among birdwatchers. Not to be missed: the trip to the Salt Museum, housed in a 17th century edifice once used as a salt store; and the boat journey to the Camillone salt flat, the only remaining seasonal salt flat in the Cervia salt marsh.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - September 8th, 2009The Gardens of Castle Trauttmansdorff in Merano
In Merano, Trentino Alto Adige, the gardens of an ancient castle where the Austrian Empress ‘Sissi’ frequently sought refuge have been transformed in living botanical encyclopedia complete with interactive stations and artist pavilions. Castle Trauttmansdorff Gardens feature some eighty different garden landscapes divided in four areas: the Forests of the World, the Sun Gardens, the Water and Terraced Gardens, and the Landscapes of South Tirol.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - August 20th, 2009La Mortella Gardens
A tropical eden in the heart of the Bay of Naples: Ischia’s La Mortella Gardens are the expression of the late English composer Lord William Walton and his wife’s love of Ischia, music and gardening.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - June 30th, 2009
