Italy

Area: Kmq. 301.230 - People: about 57.634.000

Trentino Alto Adige

Friuli

Venezia Giulia

Veneto

Lombardia

Valle d'Aosta

Piemonte

Liguria

Emilia Romagna

Toscana

Umbria

Marche

Lazio

Abruzzo

Molise

Campania

Puglia

Basilicata

Calabria

Sicilia

Sardegna

Mainly it is a strip of land lengthening towards the sea. The locals call it "the boot" for its characteristic shape.
Because of its length the climate in Italy has all the gradation of temperature that can be found between a north and a geographic south. And also the character of the people changes from a region to another - the climate, is known, has influence also on this.

It has many borders: Austria, France, Slovenia, Switzerland and, just in the middle of the territory, between the Marche and Emilia Romagna regions, arise the very small Saint Marino Republic. Then, there is the Vatican - a state within a city, Rome.
To North, Italy is encircled by the Alps, a mountain chain that practically determines its natural borders. And then till to the extreme South stretch the Apennines mountains that, like a vertebral column, have contributed to separate the right part of the Italians, on the Adriatic Sea, from those of the left part, on the Tyrrhenian Sea - has maybe the politics in Italy taken cue from the orographic configuration of the territory ?

Italy is a very rich land, especially down in the South - but the inhabitants do not have realized it yet. In Italy there are 7,600 kilometers of coasts... and a lot of sky still blue, a lot of sea still crystalline, many beaches, many mountain or hill huts and, above all, many magical hidden exclusive atmospheres. In order to discover them it must take risks themselves in the unknown (almost) and improvise themselves modern exploratory.

If you have had a singular or unusual experience visiting Italy, write to us ! We could include it in our web journal together with one photo of your location.