Flavio Alagia 
They say that Morocco has four capitals: Rabat is the administrative centre, Marrakech the cultural one, Fes has the spiritual leadership and Casablanca is the financial capital. Of all four, the latter is the less beloved by international tourism, infamously … Read More
‘How old are you?’‘Seventeen… more or less.’ Ali doesn’t know his exact age, because he doesn’t know when he was born. I met him on a train from Milan to Zurich. He was careful, a bit nervous, looking around as … Read More
They chased in vain a more or less absurd destination for years; they displayed great ineptitude in any phase of the journey; their encounter with the local community produced devastating effects; or maybe they just proved they did not understand … Read More
‘Flavio, listen to me: if you are going to follow my advice you won’t have any surprises.’‘But I like surprises.’‘I mean you are not going to be cheated.’‘If you are able to avoid me being cheated, you are not just … Read More
I have a room with a balcony over Talaat Harb Square. I always liked this part of Cairo. A short walk from the bus station, from the Egyptian Museum, and from Tahrir Square, where three years ago – when I … Read More
To get to Morocco from Tarifa, Spain’s southernmost tip celebrating the encounter between arab and Western world, there are ferries every hour between nine in the morning and six in the evening. After on hour and a half – more … Read More
While the darkness slowly covered Barcelona, I got on my coach and left. The following morning I woke up in Malaga where another bus was waiting for me to get me to Tarifa. Clung to the southernmost tip of Spain, … Read More
My backpack firm over my shoulders, few clear ideas, many dreams. That’s how my travel around the Mediterranean keeps going, my last escape from adulthood in search for a less definitive existence. I just left behind Cinque Terre and Genoa … Read More
The Cinque Terre – “five lands” – are a wonderful area located in Italian region Liguria. A charming corner clutched between sea and mountains, through the last decades these five little fishermen villages have become a world renown tourist destination. … Read More