Bolivia is not only La Paz, Potosi, altiplane and "gringo trail". So far away, in the middle of the eastern plane there is an area called Chiquitania, that is part of UNESCO World Heritage. It's consist in seven villages roughly at 70 km of distance between them. They are old jesuit missions, it's a story of 300 years ago: a swiss Jesuit father Martin Schmidt was leading a journey to evangelize the inhabitants of this area. Instead to impose by force the catholic religion they interact with them, discovering their attitude for the music and the craftwork of wood. Thanks to this pacific encounter they exchange experiences and know how, they build the churches in an original style, they create local Baroque music. The story tell us that all de jesuits was kicked out from Spanish Empire approximately in 1767. The missions still forbidden for more than 200 years until their rediscover by another swiss people. Architect Hans Roth than start, during the seventies, a big work to restoration. Nowadays the missions have retake their ancient splendor and all the villages have their own baroque chorus and orchestra and also many laboratories of wood craftwork generally especialized in restoration of churches etc...

A few years ago in Pisa people complained that tourism was too concentrated around the universally known leaning tower. Especially the organized tours were a sort of hit and run: visit to the Piazza dei Miracoli, photo of the tower, selfie and souvenir photo miming holding it and then running away towards Florence, sixty kilometers away. Terre di Pisa, the local tourist promotion company, has made many efforts in recent years to extend the visitor's range of action, starting with the reactivation of the walkways along the ancient city walls, a way to see the tower and Piazza dei Miracoli from a higher point of view, but also to discover lesser-known corners of the city. But above all, living a city to be discovered on foot and in a relatively short time, even in just 36 hours, living it like the locals, "getting lost" among the alleys of the medieval centre, secret squares, historical monuments, important museums and local flavours, from street food to the restaurant where you can taste authentic Tuscan cuisine.

In Gorizia the state border is in the city center, for 57 years it was a real border, since the end of the Second World War also a border between two worlds, on one side Italy and on the other Yugoslavia, where Nova was born Gorica in the immediate post-war period. A "wall" much softer than the one in Berlin but still a wall, even if in reality it was a fence with barbed wire... Then everything became Europe and nowadays you cross the border as if you were going from one neighborhood to another of the two cities. Although outwardly very different, with a very different history, Nova Gorica and Gorizia are one place thanks to a secularized multi-ethnic culture. Even if the official title of Capital of Culture 2025 goes to Nova Gorica, the initiatives involve both cities and are based on the keyword "Borderless". A very full program of cultural events, including avant-garde ones, based on the culture of non-borders.

Living Bahia is plunging into something more of typical Brazilian happiness and joy of living, here is the african soul of Brazil, a centuries-old bond, since the ancestors of the present inhabitants were slaves, sailors, indigenous people, traders and poor people seeking their fortune in the new world. Cultural identity is markedly african, music, dance and religion as the main points in a magnificent setting of palaces and colonial churches which have earned Salvador de Bahia the status of UNESCO heritage of Humanity.

Albania. Berat with Gjirokaster and Butrint is part of the Unesco cultural heritage in Albania. It has earned this title for its three districts of the historic center which demonstrate the peaceful coexistence of religions over the centuries. In Albania of the twenty-first century, this city is among the top of national and international tourism, especially for the historic districts with urban planning in which the windows dominate, the city is in fact called of a thousand windows. In the photo a morning view of the Mangalem district.

Cuzco, the city core in South American history, ancient capital of the Inca Empire, now the colonial city's Old Town more beautiful on the continent, in June celebrates a number of festivals not to be missed, from the catholic celebration of Corpus Christi, to the scenic representation of world Inca called Inti Raymi. The city, but especially the Plaza Mayor, became a succession of processions, costumes, dancing and parades. A good opportunity to discover this city hall of Macchu Picchu and Peruvian pride for excellence

The Viareggio Carnival is one of the oldest in the world and holds the record of having created the parade of allegorical floats depicting characters and current issues treated with irony and unscrupulousness. It is the fixed appointment of the Tuscan coast in winter and it is a real show moving along the seafront of the Tuscan city. Carnival is the virtual place where specialized craftsmanship and technology come together to create works of the highest quality and spectacle. The Viareggio Carnival has above all the uniqueness of being a full-time job and not a hobby for a few dozen artisans belonging not only to historical carter families but new professionals trained in specific schools or more properly grown in the Carnival factory

After more than twenty years from the fall of Berlin Wall, the traces of it still to be visible , it's a choiche of German stat for to preserve the memory and for an archietctonic reintegration for the needs of modern Berlin. Like the pre-nazist era and also like the last three decadas of past century, the city still to be one of the bests "avant-gard" places in the world.

After years of neglect, the Liberty complex of the Terme del Corallo, also known as Acque della Salute, is slowly being reborn in Livorno. Despite the definitive closure, a collapse, decay and a garden that has become a forest over the decades, the structure retained the charm of the place of other times, markedly Belle Epoque, hidden and mysterious. Now with the Next Generation Eu it ​​seems that there are the economic resources for that energetic restructuring that would insert them in a major tourist and cultural revitalization plan of the city. But above all it seems that there is a desire to include the whole area in the Uffizi diffusi project. The very famous Florentine museum would make the Terme del Corallo rise to the role of "Uffizi al mare" making it an exhibition venue for works of art from the Art Nouveau period until now kept in the museum's warehouses, inaccessible to the public. The times are not yet definable but teams of volunteers are working on the cleaning and maintenance of the Terme del Corallo, which has in fact become an asset of the city of Livorno.

Small guide to the discovery of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire, places to visit, museums, archaeological sites but also traditional handicrafts, traditional and international cuisine, relax and enjoy

Lima is neither the prettiest nor the ugliest among Latin American capitals, founded as a port city was the capital of the enormous colony of the Kingdom of Spain in the Americas, its historical center preserves precious vestiges of ancient splendor. In recent years, the country is experiencing an unprecedented economic growt and the city is turning into a dynamic international metropolis. This is reflected in the splendor of the residential areas along the sea, between modernity, creativity, traditions and cuisine so delicious as to give the primacy of Lima gastronomic capital of South America. A city to discover, in short, before going inside the country towards those goals that make Peru one of the most sought after tourist destinations in South America.

Barranco is the smaller and the nicest district of Lima. A pleasantjourmey between historical and modern houses, art collections and galleries,romantic spots, artists, typical creole food, nightlife and music

An energetic and friendly capital, with an old town with an ancient taste but from the look youthful enough underground, but above all with interesting museums. A modern and dynamic city, with pedestrian zones, cultural, interesting outdoor markets and shopping centers, bike paths and plenty of restaurants, bars and places to have fun dancing.

Buenos Aires is known as the most European city in South America. much of the architecture of the old town, in fact, reminiscent of the Mediterranean cities. The vast majority of its inhabitants have European roots and as in all of Argentina, still a strong bond with their origins. Buenos Aires is in fact a town halfway between the languor of the continent and the dynamism of the new world, an elegant and functional, where it is very easy to mingle with the locals and attend cuturali centers, theater and music events, not only tango.

Pasto, in the South of Columbia, is the town where a popular Carnival takes place beetwen the last days of December and the Epiphany. Its origin dates back to several decades. The celebration starts with a parade of floats whose allegory is a clear reference to events and people of the year. The parades of children (el carnivalito) and colonies (dedicated to local traditions) follow. Pasto Carnival is made of pure creativity. Its a collective party where different kinds of parades come one after another such as the Calderon family's one (inspired by a weird event happened in the twenties) or the coreographic parade. The main events of the Carnival are sided by a collective and peaceful battle with spray soaps (the carioca), talcum powder, flour and black cosmetics. One of the Carnival days is dedicated to black people (in memory of the ancient colony) and all the participants paint their face black; another day is for white people, so all the participants throw each other flour and talcum powder. Carnival public turns itself into a masquer too and participates to the "Desfile Magno", a very long parade of floats and walks-on that ends the party

In the coming year the famous capital of Sicily will become the Italian Capital of Culture, a year when public and private activity in town will be centered on cultural events, one on all will be Manifesta12, one of the main contemporary biennials of contemporary art world-wide. The city has radically changed since the Mafia wartime of a quarter of a century ago. We could say that it is reborn and holds a lot to celebrate the concept of "culture" at three hundred and sixty degrees. From the museums and libraries centre that will host the 2018 events to a popular culture of traditional markets, street food and widespread hospitality.

The feast of the patron saint of Tarija, San Roque, in southern Bolivia is in their unique style on the national scene. In addition to the total absence of alcohol this party has no pre-Columbian roots. The "redskin", the main character of the party, does not have a face and represents the old leper who dress so as to recognize the signs of his illness was walking around town asking for charity. There is no character more appropriate than this to honor a saint who dedicated his life to healing the lepers. "The redskins" are many and give the party a touch of color and lightness indelible. This commemoration is lived so intensely and so recognized in Bolivia that has been proclaimed religious and cultural heritage of the whole nation.