Slow Inspiration
our favourite slow holiday hacks, better for us and our environment
Welcome to Dolcevia.com. We started this website in 2008 in Dutch for people who love Italy, however since then our interests have developed and our tastes have diversified. I guess we also needed a change and a chance to explore more of the world. This part of Dolcevia.com is therefore dedicated to slow travelling the world, the same travel principles just a larger scope!
March 08, 2021
Ready to go on vacation? What will the future of holidays and travel look like? Some measures may be temporary, but other improvements will be permanent, such as Health passports or insurance providing adequate coverage. New policies for aviation, shipping and vacation home rentals are only a few examples. The recovery of tourism will require a lot of creativity...and technology is doing its part in preparing the terrain.
December 24, 2020
When I asked our Italian trainee, Arriana, to tell me about Christmas dinner at her house, how her mother prepares it and what dishes she puts on the table, she wrote me this little essay, which I thought was too nice not to share with everyone. Enjoy, and a merry Christmas to all!
January 06, 2021
When people think of Umbria, they usually think of Assisi or tiny Todi as a destination, but there is actually much much more to see and do than meets the eye. To first get your bearings, it's good to know about Umbria's famed (and some lesser known) hill towns. All accessible by train, but some less so...
April 19, 2021
Tropea recently garnered the well-deserved award as the most Beautiful Borgo (Hamlet) in Italy by the Borgo piu’ bello dell’Italia committee, winning first place out of 260 equally charming towns across the peninsula. As someone who has been frequenting this tidy seaside town in Italy’s southern province of Calabria, I can attest that it definitely wins a whole lot of hearts. Often called the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian, with its stunning promontory and well-perched stark white church juxtaposed with the crystal clear sea below, it’s a photographer’s paradise.
