Italy

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Italy is famous all over the world as a country with pleasant climate conditions, beautiful sceneries and varied terrains. Italy is ideal for trekking, walking, biking and at the same time it provides excellent skiing resorts in the mountainous regions. A long coastline is ideal for sailing, boating, fishing. Clear water is perfect for diving and snorkeling. Also an equestrian activity is famous in Italy. If you wish to spend unforgettable activity holidays in Europe, you can find your own activity once you are in Italy.

 Skiing

Italy is a country with mountainous regions that provide great opportunities for skiing. The Italian ski resorts can  be placed into a number of regions including Brenta Dolomites, the Dolomites, Valle d'Aosta, Alta Valtellina, Via Lattea, Apennines and others. Besides, Italy comprises a great variety of places for those who prefer to go skiing away from the crowds of other travelers.

The ski resorts in Brenta Dolomites include the popular Pinzolo, Madonna di Campiglio,  Folgarida-Marilleva, Tonale, Pejo 3000, Folgaria, Andalo and Monte Bondone.

The main ski resorts of the Dolomites are Alta Badia, Cortina d’Ampezzo,  Val Gardena,  Val di Fassa, 3 Peaks (Drei Zinnen a.k.a. Sesto), Plose, Kronplatz and Gitschbegr-Jochtal

The main ski resorts of the Via Lattea are  Oulx (Sauze d'Oulx), Cesana, Claviere, Sestriere and Sansicario.

Sailing

Italy is famous for its beautiful sailing grounds with boats that are situated in the Mediterranean. Sometimes it’s rather difficult to find at least one birth for a boat in the summer months because of the lack of natural harbours, but everything may be corrected due to a few Italian key words and a bit of patience.

One of the most important things for sailors is the amount of wind. The wind can vary greatly because of the time of the year and the location. For example, such places as Sicily and Sardinia are defined by greater wind than the Riviera or the Bay of Naples. In general the wind in Italy is less in the summer months. It’s worth to say that the amount of motor boats in the area is relative to the amount of the sailing boats due to the Italians’ love of speed. In general beautiful Italian sceneries, clear water, delicious Italian dishes and wine compensate the lack of wind.

Horse riding

Italy is rich for beautiful areas that are suitable for horse riding. For example the Maremma area of Tuscany is famous among those who prefer horse riding or even possessing their breeds of cowboys. Many of Italian areas have perfect equestrian facilities that are enjoyed by foreign visitors.      

Golfing

Italians are fond of different kinds of sport. No doubts Italians are associated with football, fast cars, cycling, fast motorbikes. Besides, Italians are good at volleyball, basketball, watersports, athletics. They play tennis perfectly, Italian rugby team is improving constantly.

What do we know about Italian golf?

Golf in Italy appeared more than hundred years ago, but it hasn’t become so famous as it is in the United Kingdom or United States, where golf is played as a kind of sport and at the same time is considered to be a social medium.

Searching all kinds of sports in which Italians are the best achievers, you may think that they are only fond of fast and physicals kinds of activities. Perhaps, energetic and excitable Italians don’t want to demonstrate the patience which is required for golf. Mediterranean climate and Italian lifestyle allow people to spend much of their leisure time outdoors, to work and to eat outside. That’s why Italians don’t need to have an excuse to socialize with other people in the fresh air while playing golf, for example.

Such places as Sardinia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Piedmont and Campania are worth to be seen by all visitors of Italy.

Walking, trekking, hiking

The Dolomites is the best place in the Alpine region for those who are fond of mountain walking. Sicilia with high peaks of Madonie Mountains will satisfy more demanding hikers, who prefer traveling through beautiful meadows and scented forests to jagged peaks. Only a few days in these places will be enough for you to feel a real contact with wild nature, being away from all noisy things of big cities. Autumn is the best season to enjoy bright colours and to take pictures of the chestnut and oak woods.

Mountains are not the only place where you can receive unforgettable impressions. The picturesque coastline will inspire you greatly. Amalfi Coast, the Ligurian Riviera are the places for a moderate walk across the picturesque slopes that rise from the Mediterranean sea.
Liguria is considered to be a popular place among walkers, who can follow the famous Path of the Cinque Terre or explore other trails that are quieter and more convenient for observing marvelous panoramas of the coastline with its picturesque slopes and small bays. The Amalfi Coast is added to a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its beautiful sceneries and unique villages that are clining just to the slopes. When you visit the Amalfi Coast you are delighted by the scent of Italian lemons, the murmur of the sea, you can taste delicious fish and other seafood.

Without any doubts delicious Italian food and perfect wine are pleasant at the end of the walking activity, but these peculiarities are common for all regions of Italy. If you want to receive some unusual emotions you can visit Piedmont.

Piedmont is famous for its strolls in medieval villages with tasting of the best wines of the region, completed by hazelnuts and white truffles. Also, Lake Iseo combines glorious sceneries, delicious cuisine and perfect wines in the heart of Italy.

With the aim of inspiring cultural sceneries it’s worth to visit Tuscany where each church is inspired by Renaissance masterpieces. Tuscany is a perfect choice for those who are fond of leisure walking and are eager to travel from Florence to Bologna along the Via degli Dei between peaks named after Italian gods.

Biking

Biking is a perfect way for exploring the countryside. As Italy gives an opportunity to overview varied sceneries, everyone can be satisfied while visiting this country. Perfect sceneries of Garfagnana inspire for mountain biking, Puglia olive groves are perfect for ambling. Tuscany is famous for its idyllic sceneries of olive groves, sunflowers, vineyards and it is considered to be the perfect area not only for walking, but for cycling as well. While cycling across this beautiful inland you can visit Roman amphitheatres, necropolises, settlements of Bronze Age.

Ballooning

Sceneries of Italy are perfect for hot air ballooning.

Snorking and Diving

The waters of the coastline of Italy are crystal and clear and this fact creates excellent conditions for scuba diving and snorking. Numerous companies in Italy propose unforgettable excursions in diving or offer excellent boat trips.

Nightlife

If you adore nightlife and like to visit a casino during your holidays, you will be pleasantly surprised to find perfect casinos in Italy. Italian casinos provide their visitors with a high standard and make the time there pleasurable and exciting.

Italians like gambling. Poker players in Italy are among the most excellent in the world.

The most famous Italian casino is situated in Sanremo and is known as Casino Municipale die Sanremo. It was founded in 1905 and is considered to be the oldest in Europe and just in the world. Casino Municipale die Sanremo is a representative of liberty architecture and is known as the organizer of perfect class shows and the inventor of stud poker Telesina.