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The next day we decided to try another suggested itinerary from the local tourist guide, named “from Giglio Campese to Giglio Castello”. Campese is another nice shore of the Island, and is located beneath the town of Giglio Castello (you can spot the citadel from the shore). There’s a small and steep roadstone that climbs [...]

Albareto, small town on the Parmenses Apennines, just a few steps from the Ligurian border, is worth a visit in the second weekend of September, for its Porcini Mushroom Fair. The whole area is well known for the abundance of these products of the under wood, which, especially during the last years, seem to [...]

Among the hills of the higher Taro Valley and Gotra Valley, in the Parmenses Apennines, an old medieval compound has been renovated and transformed in a “relais di sosta,” a spa and relax place. This way, the ancient Borgo Casale, which dates back to the twelfth century, has been salvaged, in accord with [...]