Coffee Chronicles: Unraveling the Italian Espresso Odyssey and the Enigmatic Absence of Kettles
Dear Walk About Italy Explorers, today we will guide you through the intricate paths of Italian coffee, a kind of mystical journey rich in symbolism and complications for those unfamiliar with the territory. Let’s also delve into the mystery of the absent kettle, a lack that, for some reason, seems to baffle foreign visitors.Coffee, […]
Embark on an Eco-Friendly Journey through Our Sustainable Travel Initiatives
Dear guest,At Walk About Italy, we’re not just about awesome treks – we’re all about making a positive impact on the places we visit. Join us in our mission to travel responsibly and help the communities we love. Tuscany: Cultivating Goodness with Maura at the HelmMeet Maura from Sant’Ulivieri, who manages the kitchen and the […]
Discover Italian Alps & Dolomites delicious food
Have you always thought that Northern Italian cuisine is dull and boring??? No NO NOOOO….you are wrong!Take a look here, these are just a sample of the large selection of gourmet food we offer during our Alps and Dolomites tour Canederli (Knodel)These are rather large gnocchi made with stale bread, soaked in milk, then enriched […]
Laundry in the sun. A timeless habit.
Clothes hanging on the drying racks of the balconies. Clothes hanging on ropes pulled under the windows or on the terraces. Clothes hung even in the narrow alleys on ropes suspended from one end of a house to the other. They have been placed there in an accurate and well-studied way: all the laundry must enter that […]
The last emotion. The plaster casts of Pompeii.
Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Ten years earlier there had been an earthquake, but it was not understood that it could be connected to a volcanic eruption. After all, thousands of years had passed since the last eruption of Vesuvius. During that terrible day there would probably have been a smell of sulfur and vapors […]
Yellow May in Italy
Spring has started for a couple of months now in Italy; the sun gives us long and warm days and nature has awakened! It is an explosion of colors and scents of blossoming flowers and sprouting plants, it is an explosion of noises with the animals that now have finished their winter rest and move, crawl, chirp …Something amazing […]
Her Majesty, the cannoli
I challenge you to go to Sicily and not to stop in a traditional pastry shop!Don’t even try it. You will lose!😉 I often go to Sicily for work and pleasure. The delicacies of its pastry shop tradition are real temptations, to which we cannot (and must not!) say no. Everything is delicious: from the traditional cassata to the granita, […]
A Sunday of ordinary happiness. Not too ordinary though.
From 26 April 2021 in Italy, a decree law relating to measures to fight and prevent the contagion from COVID-19 has established new rules to be followed for the next few weeks: significant changes have been introduced that provide for a gradual reopening of activities, from schools to cinemas, from gyms to restaurants… On Sunday, […]
When a paper sheet is a piece of art. The paper mill in Amalfi
I am a technology enthusiast: always looking for web applications that can help me in my work and in my passions. I like to communicate quickly and effectively; I am interested in everything related to photography and video. I must admit it: I am a 51-year-old geek. There is a moment, however, when I feel like […]
A plant that has seen a lot – Story of a millenary olive tree
Where has everyone gone? This might be what the thousand year old olive tree of Bovara, a small fraction of the Umbrian municipality of Trevi, is wondering. You got it right … a thousand year old! It is called the Olive tree of Sant’Emiliano because it seems that the bishop of Trevi Emiliano was tied to […]
The fragile saffron flower
There is a flower that always makes me smile: the blossom of saffron.So fragile but still making its way through the hard clumps. The saffron plant comes from a bulb (crocus sativus) and grows around 20-30 centimeters in height. The flowers have a purplish lilac color and inside there are three bright red stigmas. The latitude of Italy […]
Why should I take an organized walking tour? What’s behind a tour production
There is no “best” way to take a trip: there are those who love to move from city to city with their camper van and those who book a single seafront hotel to relax on the beach. There are those who love to climb mountains by camping and those who prefer the spas. There are […]