Aosta Valley: When we think about the Aosta
Valley, we immediately think of the ski slopes of Cervinia,
Courmayeur and Pila, famous all over Europe and the
destination for anyone who loves skiing, trekking,
snowboarding and ice skating. This region offers amazing
natural attractions, but other cultural and traditional
treasures also abound.
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Aosta Valley
Piedmont is a land of mountains. It is
surrounded on three sides by the Alps, with the highest peaks
and largest glaciers in Italy. Monviso, the Piedmont side of
Monte Rosa and the other spectacular mountains in the region,
create incredibly beautiful landscapes, and ski resorts
abound: Via Lattea and Sestriere welcome winter sports
enthusiasts with their state-of-the-art facilities.
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Piedmont
Liguria Liguria is the classic introduction
to Italy for travellers journeying overland through France.
There’s an unexpected change as you cross the border: the
Italian Riviera, as Liguria’s commercially developed strip of
coast is known, has more variety of landscape and architecture
than its French counterpart, and is generally less frenetic.
And if you want to escape the crowds, the mountains, draped
with terraced vineyards and olive groves and speckled with
pretty old villages, offer respite from the standard format of
beach, beach and more beach.
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Liguria
Lombardia Lombardy is the glitz and glamour
of Italy – a combination of the fashion-forward Milanesi and
the luxury lakeside villas of Como, sprinkled with a bit of
countryside charm. Being Italy’s most modern and
industrialized region and an area of diverse topographical
landscapes, Lombardy boasts many things to do for both the
laidback and adventurous female traveler..
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Lombardia
Trentino Alto AdigeThe region’s hyphenated
name is a product of its diverse culture that is divided into
two sub areas, Trentino and Alto Adige. The Trentino area is
located at the southern tip of the Trentino-Alto Adige region
and is more Italian in its culture and traditions than the sub
area of Alto Adige. The latter area is named as such because
its northern section is home to the Adige River, and although
located in Italy, much of its tradition has German roots due
to border influence. Because of the differences that make each
sub area unique, the region simply combined their names to
define itself as a whole while retaining its diversity. Even
today, the people of this region speak not only Italian, but
also German and Latin..
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Trentino Alto Adige
Veneto Virtually every acre of the Veneto
bears the imprint of Venetian rule – Venice dominated this
region for centuries and is still the capital of the province
today. In Belluno, right under the crags of the Dolomites, the
style of the buildings declares the town’s former allegiance,
while the Lion of St Mark looks over the market square of
Verona, on the Veneto’s western edge. On the flatlands of the
Po basin (the southern border of the region) and on farming
estates all over the Veneto, the elegant villas of the
Venetian nobility are still standing.
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Veneto
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is odd, even in its
name (Friuli is a corruption of the ancient name for
modern-day Cividale, Foro Iulii “Forum of Julius”, while
Venezia Giulia, “Julian Venetia”, also references the area’s
abiding association with Caesar). Bordering Austria to the
north and Slovenia to the east, it has always been a major
bone of contention among rival powers. Today, Slavic, Germanic
and Italian populations all call it home and are fiercely
proud of their local language, Friulano (a Romance language
related to Swiss Romansch and Ladin). The area’s landscapes
are equally varied, with one-half Alps, about one-third
limestone plateaux (carso) and the rest alluvial and gravel
plains sloping down to the Adriatic.
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Friuli Venezia Giulia
Emilia Romagma LSweeping north from the
Apennines to the fertile Po valley, Emilia-Romagna boasts some
of Italy’s most hospitable people, some of its most productive
land, some of its fastest vehicles (Ferrari, Ducati, Maserati
and Lamborghini call Emilia-Romagna home) and most
soul-satisfying food. Since antiquity, the verdant Po lowlands
have sown enough agricultural riches to feed a nation and
finance an unending production line of lavish products: luxury
cars, regal palazzi (mansions), Romanesque churches,
prosperous towns and a gigantic operatic legacy (Verdi and
Pavarotti, no less).
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Emilia Romagna
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