Green Ideas experiences.

Extensive nature reserves, magnificent historical parks, and romantic landscaped gardens: places where nature and man have created scenery of untold beauty.

Bio-energetic paths

The Seghetti Panichi Historic Gardens in the Marche.

Sited on the hill overlooking the River Tronto Valley, and just a few kilometers away from the city of Ascoli Piceno, is the historic group of...

Walking with Dürer

Following in the footsteps of Albrecht Dürer in Val di Cembra.

In 1494, Albrecht Dürer, a painter, engraver and a key figure in the German Renaissance, traveled across northern Italy to reach Venice....

Snowshoeing

Yet another way to have fun in the snow.

People have been using some form of specially adapted footwear to get about more easily in the snow for thousands of years. It is thought that...

The Forest of Giants

The wild and wonderful nature of Sila.

Wolves, eagles, and woods, at times so dense that they are almost impenetrable. These are just some of the treasures conserved within...

Venetian green

The secret gardens of the lagoon city.

Anybody who has the chance to view Venice from the air might be surprised to discover just how many patches of green can be seen nestling...

Art between the vines

The work of 13 young artists in the Sculpture Park of Franciacorta.

The Franciacorta Sculpture Park is an open-air museum which extends for over 61.000 hectares of parkland. The Park is the property of Relais...

The First Salt of Summer

A journey across the salt marsh of Cervia.

An itinerary to be followed on foot, bike and by boat, across the wetlands where, surrounded by a shimmering landscape, colored with multiple...

Trauttmansdorff Gardens

The botanic universe surrounding Empress Sissi's favorite retreat.

One of the things which the Austrian Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria affectionately known as Sissi most wanted was to be able to '"walk...

La Mortella Gardens

The tropical eden at Forio d'Ischia.

The La Mortella gardens were created in a volcanic gorge at Forio d'Ischia by the late Lord Walton and Lady Walton. These gardens are the...

Hanbury's dream

The botanical gardens of an English gentleman on the coast of Liguria.

On his return from China in 1866, the English cloth merchant Sir Thomas Hanbury set about searching for a special place where to live and...

Parco Giardino Sigurtà

An earthly paradise just moments away from Lake Garda.

Just a few kilometers from Verona, on the Moreniche hills overlooking Lake Garda, lies the Parco Giardino Sigurtà, considered to be one...

Arte Sella in Valsugana

Where nature becames art and art becames nature.

In Borgo Valsugana, (province of Trento), in the woods of the Sella Valley, you can see an innovative form of contemporary art. Along a four...


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Legendary Castles

The intriguing tales of five of Italy's most beautiful castles.

Art Escapes

The image museum

The Alinari National Museum of Photography in Florence.

Cooking Class

Valsugana: 180° taste

Caldonazzo's gastronomic laboratory and cooking school.

Winery Trips

Red revival

The rediscovery of Umbria's Sagrantino di Montefalco.

Good for Food

Lopriore's Canto

Cutting-edge cuisine at the Certosa di Maggiano.

Time to Relax

Lakeside eco-resort

Bioenergy at Lake Garda’s Lefay Resort & Spa.