Our environmental awareness has it that every bit of industrialism is an obstacle to Earth's survival. Central Italy, instead, has a coastal stretch that challenges these groundings. The Tarquinian Saltpans, wedged between popular marine resorts roughly 100km north of Rome, are a rare example of ecosystem where a side effect of industrial activity ...

Staying on the islands longer than a regular holidaymaker let me work out a bunch of frugal hacks and spent twice as little I would have otherwise. The way out of the pricey online claims, however, had to go beyond the usual sacrifices: camping is forbidden, cruises are the only way to see the islands and the list of prohibited products is rather i...

"Do you regret coming here?" Gunnar asks me with a glitter of guilt, likely because it was him to dig out the settlement in an outdated travel guide. "No, of course not," I reassure him, and I mean it. "Travelling to a place you've read about doesn't make sense if you expect the same experience as the author. That's tourism, not travel."​ Akhzivlan...