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The Adventurer’s Guide to Tour Italy

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Italy guide to travel

General Description

Napoli -  Penisola Sorrentina
[Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples - credit: Emilio Giordano]

Italy is in Mediterranean Europe, bordering France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia. The country, which is a peninsula, is surrounded by the Ligurian Sea, the Sardinian Sea, and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, the Sicilian and Ionian Sea in the South, and Adriatic Sea in the East.

Italian is the major language spoken by most of the population, but as you travel throughout the country, you will find there are several distinct dialects corresponding to the region you are in. Italy has a diverse landscape, but can be mainly described as mountainous including the Alps and the Apennines mountain ranges that run through it. Italy has two major islands as part of its country: Sardinia, which is an island off the west coast of Italy, and Sicily, which is at the southern tip of the boot.

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Review of the essential outdoor adventure travel gear and equipment

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

packing outdoor travel gear
Thanks to Iandavid

Here a simple tutorial to help you build a list of the essential gear to carry with you while travelling.

By reading this article you’ll find info on:

  • The checklist of equipment to pack
  • The list of comparing websites
  • A buyer’s guide
  • List of links to review websites
  • The directory of brands in alphabetical order
  • A list of tips to pack your gear

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A tour of the best outdoor adventure holidays in Italy

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Here a list of the top adventure travel spots of Italy. By reading this short guide, you’ll discover that Italy is not only art and culture. It’s a country rich of natural parks, mountains and unusual places for outdoor lovers.

List of the top adventure destinations

Walking in the Cinque Terre

Cinque terre national park
Thanks to 72213316@N00
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Ski training programs and tips to exercise for skiing

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Big list of training programs and tutorial

Snow man trainingThe Skiing season is started. If you are not a professional skier, keep attention to your preparation.

Bad training could cause damages, especially for legs and articulations.

So let’s go learning how to build and prepare our body to enjoy the next ski season…
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What are the adventure travel activities and who is the adventure traveller?

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Adventurer at the New York City Comic ConLast day I’ve found a great PDF [#] about a Marketing analysis of the Adventure tourism market.

I’ve read a good Psychographic profile of what an Adventure traveller is.

I was too curious because there are a lot of websites, tour operators, magazine that refer their business about “Adventure Travel”

But what exactly is Adventure travel and who is the Adventurous people who travels?

It was a good question, because when I’ve started this blog I didn’t know exactly what were all the Adventure travel activities.

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