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A little bit of piedmont views

If I could guide you, for at least a couple of weeks, every day I would accompany you to a different site at a certain… altitude. So intense in diversity, the piedmont geography of the island is a blender of unexpected perspectives, of exciting explorations, of satisfying conquests, of carnal connections. Take the map.

Winter visits to La Mortella Gardens

Sunday, November 1 was the last day in the calendar of ordinary openings of Giardini La Mortella for 2015. However, given the great success that the initiative has encountered in recent years, also for the winter from 2015 to 2016 you can visit the Giardini La Mortella in cold weather, to enjoy the more unusual aspects of the garden.

Ermanno Nicolella and the flavors of happiness

by Ciro Cenatiempo

Ermanno Nicolella is professionally a chef with the vocation of the globetrotter in the sign of real and powerful flavors.
A few sentences are enough to understand what Ermanno is made of: simplicity and genuineness.
The experiences of Ermanno Nicolella are the result of training in prestigious hotels such as the Savoy in London, the Palace in Paris passing through the starred restaurant Il Melograno of Libera and Giovanni Iovine, the Mezzatorre Resort, the Miramare and Castello, the Punta Chiarito, not neglecting the courses of restaurant managers with stops in Palermo.

Climbing Mount Epomeo

The island of Ischia thanks to its geo-morphological and climatic peculiarities represents a unique environment in the Mediterranean Sea, a chest full of treasures, a laboratory in which to live and understand the meaning of the concept of biodiversity. From a geological point of view it is a complex of several raised and inclined plots, separated by fractures and faults that were used often as way out of the magma of the local catchment area, thus giving rise to a series of volcanic structures.

Forio the world championships Offshore and Endurance

From October 4th to 7th the Grand Prix «Isola d’Ischia»

by Graziano Petrucci

The island of Ischia resembles a small continent, but it is also an ideal bridge between land and sea. The huge expanse that surrounds its 46 square kilometers will host a prestigious international sporting event. In Forio, from Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 of October, the appointment is with the World Offshore and Endurance Championships. For three days the town of Forio rises to the capital of international motor boating that has now reached levels like Formula 1.

Underwater archeology, an added value of protected marine areas

The potential of Cultural Heritage as a tourist attraction is a fact, while the tourist potential of the rich underwater archeological heritage of Campania is still under development due to the lack of a basic logistic organization that enables operators in the “musealization” of the submerged site and accompanying visitors in an appropriate way.