The Pollino National Park is Italy’s largest natural reserve. It stretches from Calabria to Basilicata, covering the provinces of Cosenza, Potenza and Matera. From the Pollino’s peaks – the highest one being Dolcedorme with 2267 metres – one can see … Read More
Among the alleys of a small village are often hidden all aspirations, joys and sorrows of a people who has seen the world surrounding them changing, while their village was always the same. Through the streets, ceremonies linked to ancient … Read More
Here we are, all seated around the table. I knew this time would come and I was really eager to enjoy it, but at the same time I knew the implicit dangers: the endless flow of smells and flavours started … Read More
I wasn’t but a clumsy cub when I went through the Raganello Gorge for the first time. During my summer holidays in Southern Italy, in an Italian-Albanian small village in the Pollino mountains called Civita, the gorge was our magnificent … Read More
I haven’t spent a visit to Civita in a long time. It is my father’s village, in the South Italian region of Calabria. I always went there for my summer holidays as a kid… When I’m travelling and someone asks … Read More