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Isola Madre – The Most Voluptuous Place in the World
Northern Italy’s Lago Maggiore may be a big lake – so big that hiking around it will take you a week or more – but its three most celebrated beauty spots are packed into a tiny sub-section. In the Golfo Borromeo, the Lago’s narrow side arm between Stresa and Verbania, you can find all three…
Sights and Charms of the Lago Maggiore
The Lago Maggiore is, despite what its name appears to suggest, not the largest body of water in the Italian “Lake District” (that honour goes to Lake Garda), but it is the most stretched-out. The shortest route around it is 170 km long, and more than 60 km lie between Arona in the south and…
Piacenza – City of Lavish Courtyards
Piacenza, says one of my guide books for Northern Italy, is known as the “City of Bricks”, but this, I believe, does not quite hit the mark. It is it true that many buildings in town, including some grand architectural statements of Church and State, have been constructed from that relatively humble material … ……
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A City Walk in Christchurch
Guest Post Written by Agata Mleczko, founder and editor of the Null&Full travel blog focused on off-the-beaten-track destinations. She currently lives in Poland, but had lived in Italy for more than 6 years and has traveled to more than 20 countries. She recently visited New Zealand for the first time and became fascinated with this island….
El Chalten – Easy Hikers’ Paradise in Patagonia
Guest Post : Hiking in Patagonia Easy Hiking in El Chalten Tucked away just past the far west end of Lake Viedma in Argentina’s second southern-most province, Santa Cruz, on the other side of the border from Chile’s famous Torres del Paine National Park, is a small town surrounded by mountains and a great place…
The Villarrica Volcano in Pucon Chile
Guest Post: Hiking in Chile Julia Chan has just returned from the adventure of her life, travelling around South America, the South Pacific and South East Asia for 12 months with boyfriend John. Hiking the Villarica Volcano Chile Last year my boyfriend and I had the pleasure of backpacking for a year around 3 continents….