Two hundred twenty-four pages to discover Italy. Of its environmental and artistic beauties, of its culture and its gastronomy, of its landscapes and its stories, but also of its hidden villages, of famous and less famous places. The Virgil of the situation is neither a guide nor a historian of Italian beauties, but a nice mouse-reporter who takes readers on a fascinating journey through Italy. From Rome to Venice, from the Alps to Sicily, accompanied by his mouse-family. Who doesn't know Geronimo Stilton? If not for knowledge we say "direct", he is certainly known for having read the adventures with his children and grandchildren because Geronimo Stilton, journalist and editor of l'Eco del Roditore, was "born" in the early nineties and since then, as he is also passionate about writing, he has written books that have been a worldwide success. His stories have sold 37 million copies in Italy alone, 175 million worldwide where they have been translated into 51 languages.
And it is precisely to the mouse journalist and writer Geronimo Stilton, born from the imagination of Elisabetta Dami, whom the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has decided to entrust with the creation of a special guide to Italy, A Thousand Wonders. Journey to discover Italy. Original treasure hunt for what is most beautiful in Italy, which also had the support of the Italian National Commission for Unesco. In fact, many of the sites indicated in the book are included in the Unesco World Heritage List.
From the Alps to Sicily admiring the environmental and artistic beauties of our country
A few pills of these wonders. Here is Stilton in Val d'Aosta to discover the Gran Paradiso natural park. In Padua our mouse-writer goes in search of Giotto and makes a stop at the Scrovegni Chapel. A stop also in Emilia Romagna… it could not be otherwise for a mouse who loves to collect ancient cheese crusts of the eighteenth century in his spare time! It is no coincidence that in Bologna, in addition to admiring the famous arcades, you also talk about Parmesan cheese. Panoramic view of Rome from the top of the terrace of a comfortable B&B. And then a stop in Viterbo and the historic center of Naples, but also at the park of Pollino. And what incredible views "… Squiiit!" which can be admired from Etna in Sicily.
A must stop in Basilicata to admire the Sassi of Matera but also in Puglia for a tour in the Umbra Forest without forgetting to taste the famous Silano caciocavallo in Calabria. By train from Sulmona to Isernia admiring splendid landscapes. By bicycle (first passing through the Gran Sasso National Laboratories) towards Castelluccio di Norcia. In Perugia it is a must to buy a bag of chocolates, in Fabriano visit the famous Paper Museum. A Geronimo Stilton "whisk their mustaches" in front of the Florentine Santa Maria del Fiore. And what about the scent of myrtle in Sardinia? In Genoa with the Recco cheese focaccia. But how beautiful are the Langhe in Piedmont! Stop in Milan to admire Leonardo's Last Supper in Santa Maria delle Grazie. Stop in Trentino Alto Adige to browse, at the archaeological museum of Bolzano, the mummy of Otzi, the man who came from the ice who is estimated to be over 5000 years old. In Venice for a boat ride and in Trieste for the Barcolana regatta.
"Dear rodent friends, fasten your seat belts ... an incredible journey awaits us!"
A Thousand Wonders. Journey to discover Italy (published by Edizioni Piemme-Mondadori Libri) is a real one adventure imagined as a treasure hunt full of games, curiosities, surprises. A promotional tool for our country, published exclusively for the cultural network (Embassies, Consulates, Italian Cultural Institutes, Schools abroad) of Foreign Ministry. Four languages available: Italian, French, Spanish, English, in collaboration with Atlantyca Entertainment for international editions. An original way of bringing girls and boys from all over the world closer to the environmental, artistic and cultural wonders of Italy. “Dear rodent friends, fasten your seat belts and get ready: an incredible journey awaits us! Come with me, or rather with us, let's go ... " Have a good trip to Italy to Geronimo Stilton and to all his little / big readers who want to participate. Discovering places, as Stilton himself adds at the beginning of the book, truly unique in the world.
(ph credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)
