Traditions of Italy

 

In northern Italy, scenic beauty, rich heritage and ancient traditions make the Aosta Valley region attractive. Lakeland has always attracted and captivated visitors, romantic nineteenth century international stars, captivated by these pearls with clear water nestled in beautiful pre-Alpine landscape. Piedmont is the Po Valley, the amazing rice fields of Vercelli, good wine and culinary reputation of the Langhe and Monferrato. Wedged between mountains and sea, Liguria looks like a long strip in an arc from the French border to the border of Tuscany. This is the Italian Riviera. East side, the Cinque Terre, five small villages clinging to their mountain to avoid falling into the sea. A strong landscape while breakaways, in balconies, cornices.
Central Italy buzzing with the excitement of its cultural highlights, from Florence to Assisi and Siena to Perugia. In Tuscany, cypress groves are willing sparingly on the hills and interfluves a nurturing and enchanting region. Umbria, the largely mountainous terrain, deserves its name of "green lung" of Italy.
In southern Italy, Campania combines plenty to offer: Naples, Pompeii and Herculaneum - the most visited archaeological sites in the world - and ... the famous pizza. In Puglia, the landscapes are adorned with powerful images: an oak braving the sirocco in the middle of a hill, tablecloths poppy slashing the tender green of spring wheat, changes in white and gray stones, a vegetable protected by the old ramparts. Calabria, the tip of the boot, tickles Sicily. The limestone cliffs plunge into the sea, with tiny coves of golden sand. Ionian side, long beaches vie with granite reefs lower side or swamp. Inside is tough raising mountains, softened by lakes and forests.

Source: routard