Delve into a treasure trove of travel guides, tips, and advice that span the globe, uncovering the hidden gems and must-visit locations that make each journey unique. We (Angela Corrias and Sayed Hamed Hosseiny) share our firsthand experiences, offering personal anecdotes and insider knowledge to help you plan your own remarkable adventures.
At first glance, Chiang Mai doesn’t exactly leap to mind as an exciting Asian hub, especially if compared to the vibrant Thai capital, Bangkok, barely an hour plane away. The best way I found to start experiencing the city? Learning how to meditating in Chiang Mai with Buddhist monks. As you might have gathered from … Read more
One of the things I liked less in Bangkok and Phuket was the locals’ attitude of focusing everything around the tourism industry. Thailand devotes a lot of money, energy and resources to the tourism industry, but often what they offer to foreigners is simply that, a tourist experience, rather than an authentic involvement with Thai … Read more
Chaotic like few, loud and mental, the Thai capital is a huge city that doesn’t fail anyone. Whether you like wandering about street markets or visiting royal palaces, museums or Buddhist temples, there are enough things to do in Bangkok to keep you busy for weeks. Find out what is the best way to plan … Read more
On the day I arrived in Liguria, just before walking to La Francesca village resort, I decided to spend some hours and my first lunch of the region in Levanto, small medieval town a little more than an hour train from Genoa. Although it was cloudy and rainy, the city looked lovely already at a … Read more
During my stay in Liguria, for two nights I stayed at La Francesca, a resort village with its own story and personality. “Francesca” in Italian is a given name for women, so my first thought was that the village was named after a woman, maybe the wife of who built it. Definitely wrong guess. Although … Read more
Devoting an entire day to Viterbo, Italy, beautiful and mysterious city about 80 km from Rome is an experience everyone traveling to the capital should make at least once. Steeped in history and folktales, Viterbo is the City of Popes. Hardly one of those cities you stumble on naturally, for Viterbo you need a proper plan, … Read more
I get it, you are visiting Italy’s capital and all you want is Roman dishes and Italian cuisine. However, what’s vibrant in the city’s culinary scene is a greatly diverse offer. Mandaloun Lebanese restaurant in Rome is one of my picks usually when I want some foreign flavours. My experience at Mandaloun Lebanese restaurant in … Read more
I used to live about 40 minutes drive from Oristano, the town in central Sardinia where they run the Sartiglia equestrian carousel, and I’ve gone past the imposing statue of Eleonora d’Arborea, dominating the square named after her, probably a million times. Woman, mother, daughter, ruler, strategist, Eleonora d’Arborea is a figure of inestimable value … Read more
Alongisde a constant headache due to my unhealthy habit of spending most of my day in front of a computer screen, I’ve been developing a healthy obsession for all things natural. This is why as soon as I heard about Agriturismo Archelao I knew it was going to be the destination of my next excursion … Read more
It does look unusual for a market, but at first sight you probably won’t imagine this colonial building was created as the city’s public jail, nonetheless. Today Fortaleza’s Emcetur – Centro do Turismo, in Rua Senador Pompeu 350, hosts the Museum of Art and Culture of Ceara and a handicraft market mainly devoted to textiles. Along … Read more
Would you ever think there was a place inhabited by fairies and giants? I mean for real, not in children stories? If you’ve been following my blog for a while, and have read a post or two about Sardinia, you might have already noticed that the island has its more than fair share of oddities. … Read more
My stroll around Mercado Central, the essence of Ceara’s art and craft in the heart of Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil, right next to Nossa Senhora da Assunção. Rest assured that here you can find literally anything, from food to clothes to shoes to hammocks to kitchen towels.
I’ve already written about the tragic story of Iracema, so yesterday, while I was vagabonding around Fortaleza city center, finding a tribute to the very much cherished writer José de Alencar was a true moment of joy. I would have liked it to be a cozy one, between me and the writer, but being in … Read more
If you are moving to Fortaleza or staying there for longer than a holiday, then you can find your way to a good quality of life starting from having long walks on the beach every morning and carrying on to discovering its local delicacies. One of the Fortaleza foods you can’t miss is the delicious … Read more
What can I do, Brazil is inspiring me the healthiest of the lifestyles. Ok, let’s spill it out, I’ve been becoming increasingly obsessed with a healthy lifestyle, from diet to alternative medicine to walks on the beach, which happen every day, first thing in the morning, at 6am. For some reason I still need to … Read more