Disabled travellers need not fear Japan. Accessible Japan founder Josh Grisdale tells us about his commitment to opening the country’s doors to everyone.
Travel
Italy on foot: the beauty of walking
It’s the easiest way to travel, but often we forget it. Walking allows us to admire our cities and travel long distances. You will rediscover the art of contemplation, the relationship with nature and how to take things slowly.
Everybody can do it, every day. We can walk to work, looking at the places we live in with new perspective and curiosity. Alternatively, we can leave home to discover unknown places whilst walking along roads and paths.
Walking is a way of travelling, maybe the most fascinating. It allows you to establish a unique relationship with the way you go through life and the environment surrounding you, whilst having the time and attention to admire nature without distractions. All over the world there are countless hikers and many countries offer plenty of paths and unique landscapes, for everyone, both experts and beginners.
Speaking of walks and routes, the famous Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) comes to mind, but there are many other paths to travel. Here are some tips all the way from Italy.
There are cooperatives and agencies that provide everything, walking is the only thing left to take care of. For example, the Italian agency Walden viaggi a piedi offers a wide range of itineraries for every kind of trekker. It also promotes social trekking, defining it as a laboratory of conviviality, lifestyle, alternative economies, better and sustainable social planning, since walking together with other people is a social act that can change the world. We totally agree with this: have you ever thought how walking is good for you and the environment? It is responsible and sustainable tourism.
Trekking Italia aims to promote, respect and protect nature, reframing people’s perceptions and relational skills, which have been weakened by modern habits. It offers itineraries both in Italy and abroad, at every time of year and for all budgets.
If you think you don’t need anything arranged, we suggest two itineraries in Italy, one in the north, the other in the south.
The Path of Gods, Amalfi Coast, southern Italy, is a path in between the sea and mountains, immersed in Mediterranean scrub.
The Via Spluga, Valtellina, northern Italy, is a hiking route in the central Alps that connects the towns of Thusis and Chiavenna.
The last tip before embarking on your route is to consult the book The World on Foot. In Praise of Walking by David Le Breton, to start your travels among extraordinary pages.
Bon voyage!
Quest'opera è distribuita con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale.
Antarctica is becoming more accessible, so much so that tourism has seen a 53 per cent increase in the last four years. And climate change is on of the reasons people visit the frozen continent.
Alpinism has officially been added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) list. Its candidacy had been jointly submitted by France, Italy and Switzerland.
The future of humankind is closely linked to biodiversity: it provides us with our livelihoods and brings joy in our lives.
Not just skyscrapers: the Japanese capital is a much greener city that most people imagine. Let’s discover the best Tokyo parks and gardens from autumn to spring, and anytime in between.
Vienna will amaze you with the magnificence of its past and modernity of its services. A tour among the best sights of an environmentally-friendly city with award-winning quality of life standards.
Chile has unveiled the Patagonian Route of Parks, an incredible trail that connects 17 national parks with the aim of promoting nature conservation and community development.
Trekkers throughout the Himalayas have contributed to creating the highest garbage dump in the world. Sustainable tourism in Nepal is still absent, but sorely needed.
Eataly World in Bologna is a culinary city in the country of biodiversity, the largest agri-food centre in the world: an Italian food theme park, if you will. Photos from the opening, so you know what to expect.