Information and Culture in the Apennines
Rocca Calascio (AQ)
By Redazione Published: 29/07/2013
The castle of Rocca Calascio (Roccacalascio) is a building whose ruins rise above the village of Calascio, a small village in inland Abruzzo. Of this castle, which reached its greatest splendour around the 15th century,…
Community tourism for the weekend
By Redazione Published: 03/05/2013
Today people try to apply the concept of sustainability to any human activity that interacts with the environment, in an attempt to reconcile the needs of mankind, economic and otherwise, with the need to protect…
L'euforia delle cime by Anne-Laure Boch
By Redazione Published: 12/03/2013
Women in the mountains and the euphoria of the peaks...An exhilarating book for its pressing, rhythmic, almost dancing pace. A weave of emotions and reasoning far removed from cold, sterile theoretical speculation. This woman's pen,…
Rafting, wellness and merrymaking: an alternative stag do
By Giulia Doriguzzi Published: 13/02/2013
Let's change the subject a bit today and talk about... stag dos, rafting and Trentino! Yes, I know that here we talk about routes, but I don't know whether any of you has ever had…
What is "mountaineering"?
By Redazione Published: 08/02/2013
Neither mountaineering nor hiking is a matter for soloists... whoever goes alone practises a different sport, this is "selfishness"... but...Neither mountaineering nor hiking is a matter for soloists... whoever goes alone practises a different sport,…
L'ebbrezza del camminare (The intoxication of walking) by Emeric Fisset
By Redazione Published: 06/02/2013
Published in the series “Piccola filosofia di viaggio”, Emeric Fisset's book is one of those books that wrong-foot you and strike you at the same time. A point of view that turns upside down our…
Women and the mountains
By Redazione Published: 06/02/2013
On the roads of mountaineering, ski touring and sport climbing we meet far too rarely women and girls who practise these disciplines with passion. More often, instead, we meet some willing member of the fair…
Mountains, a synonym for: "discovery, culture and knowledge"
By Redazione Published: 22/01/2013
Journey. A word that stirs memories and strong emotions in each of us. You set off with or without a destination, with luggage or without, with expectations or not. You come back laden with memories,…
Pecora alla cottora from the Abruzzo tradition
By Redazione Published: 15/01/2013
A typical dish of the regional cuisine of Abruzzo: the "cottora" is a small copper cauldron used by shepherds during the transhumance. A tradition that may go back as far as the sixteenth century.We have…