| Click here to see the newsletter | Newsletter August 2009
Italy,hiking in Lazio. Mt.Petrella,the Aurunci Mountains’ highest Peak
Topic : Itineraries
Far from the mass tourism of Rome and Naples, the Aurunci Mountains for long time have been the silent witnesses of these solitary territories in the southern Lazio. Their fascinating landscapes of sunny, rugged peaks and wild gorges are protected by the distance from the big cities and by the lack of easy access roads. Until not long ago’when the Aurunci Mountains Natural Park was created in 1997 most of the excursionists and walkers were not aware of these mountains so close to the South Tyrrhenian Sea.
These majestic and lonely mountains deserve the nick name of ‘terraces over the sea’ because they are the closest Italian mountains over 1,500 mt high to the Mediterranean Sea. This article describes one the itineraries right in the heart of the Natural Park to conquest the Aurunci Mountains’ highest peak: Mount Petrella at 1533 meters above the sea with sceneries of outstanding beauty.
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| Click here to see the newsletter | Newsletter January 2009
Hiking on the Aurunci Mountains. The mountain Valley of Sciro
Topic : Itineraries
This month we describe one of the interesting hiking itineraries to discover the mountains and nature of the South Pontino in Lazio (Italy). This is a beautiful shepherds’ area on the southern Aurunci Mountains, a hidden valley enclosed among the peaks of Mt Ruazzo (1314 mt) and Mt Tuonaco (1170 mt).
To reach the isolated and hidden valley among the mountains we climbed the forest on the eastern flank of Mount Ruazzo. Hikers and nature lovers can explore the wild beauty of these Mediterranean mountains among a very ancient network of tracks used only by shepherds and woodsmen. Here you can admire a small, secluded and almost forgotten valley with its magic landscape of waves made of primordial rocks, recounting an old story of hundreds of millions of years.
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| Click here to see the newsletter | Newsletter November 2008
Undiscovered Italy: Gavi and Zannone Islands, two Mediterranean pearls
Topic : Itineraries
This time you will follow us in the discovery of Zannone and Gavi, two the smaller Pontine Islands archipelago. Hardly any travelers arrive here. There are few safe dockings and no tourist facilities even if no special authorization is necessary to visit these remote and uninhabited islands in the middle of the South Tyrrhenian Sea. A day-trip itinerary in direct contact with the sea, nature, history and geology of the Pontine archipelago. These small islands are a complete surprise for nature and sea lovers: they offer itineraries among handful of multicolored rocks risen from the deep blue sea hundred millions of years ago and surrounded by marvelous crystalline waters. Here encounters with dolphins and whales are frequent and migrant birds from Africa nest undisturbed. This is a corner of untouched Mediterranean beauty at its best.
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| Click here to see the newsletter | Newsletter October 2008
Undiscovered Italy: Pontine Islands, hidden jewels in the Tyrrhenian
Topic : Itineraries
This time we explore the Pontine Islands off the coast of the South Pontino. These remote islands are known only to local seamen, fishermen and sailing lovers. They are inspiring a feeling of peaceful remoteness, places where small and temporary human settlements have come and gone during the millennia of history of this corner of the Mediterranean and where time seems to have stopped. The cyclopean walls left on Ponza the largest of these islands are the marks on an ancient past when the Phoenicians and Greeks inhabited here after colonization by the Aurunci tribes. Tourists are on the islands mainly in July and September and during the rest of the year these islands are back into their own distant dimension wrapped magically by their remoteness framed by the deep blue of the open sea.
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| Click here to see the newsletter | Newsletter April 2008
Undiscovered Italy: Terracina, sea, history and countryside
Topic : Itineraries
In our April 2008 newsletter we present a day trip itinerary from Gaeta to discover the town of Terracina right in the middle of the South Pontino, Latium, Italy. Terracina is located 100 Km (62 miles) south from Rome and 120 Km (74 miles) north from Naples.
The picturesque modern town of Terracina occupies the site of the old one. The town is the largest of the South Pontino but still preserves much of the beauty of its long history (at least 2,500 years!). Those who enjoy the countryside as well as the sea need only to choose their preferred beach or explore the hills few miles inland from the town to reach interesting places on the Ausoni Mountains. Once there visitors will admire a unspoiled countryside with the hilly valley of Campo Soriano Natural Monument and the Madonnina di Monte Leano, which overlooks the Pontine Marshes plain. But there is much more to explore around. In fact Terracine is an important archeological site with ancient Roman, Etrurian, Volsci ruins.
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| Click here to see the newsletter | Newsletter February 2008
Italy countryside: The South Pontino in Latium
Topic : Itineraries
Even though is still winter and it’s still cold out there, in some days the sun rays remind us that the spring time is just behind the corner. For all countryside and nature lovers families will be soon the time to explore the Italian countryside in southern Latium 70 miles away south of Rome.
Most of South Pontino territory in Latium, and three quarters of its picturesque villages are located over hills and mountains, adding an uncommon geographic characteristic to this territory washed by the sea for its entire length, but also flanked by a parallel range of rugged hills and mountains. The variety of South Pontino’s landscape is like a mosaic shaped with Tuscany, Umbria, Marche and Campania’s countryside. Our February 2008 newsletter will give you an impression of the rural South Pontino: the countryside.
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| Click here to see the newsletter | Newsletter December 2007
Trekking on the Aurunci Mountains: Mount Ruazzo’s peak (1314 mt )
Topic : Itineraries
This is our second newsletter introducing one of the most interesting itineraries to discover the South Pontino in Lazio (Italy). This time we describe a beautiful hiking itinerary on Mount Ruazzo among the Aurunci Mountains range. Nature lovers will find themselves exploring the wild Mediterranean beauty of these mountains among a millenary old network of shepherd's tracks and woods before reaching the summit of Mt Ruazzo. Here you can admire a magic landscape of sea and mountains ranging from lower Lazio up to Naples, Capri Island and the Amalfi Coast.
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