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HOLIDAYS IN FARM ACCOMMODATIONS IN ITALIAN PARKS
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All
the useful informations for a trip inside one of
the innumerable wonders of our country
Dolomiti National Park
A little shorter and a little
less majestic than their more fomous neighbors, those
ones of Trentino and those ones of Alto Adige, The
"Dolomiti Bellunesi" remained in the margin of history
and then, fortunately in the margin of the invasion
of sky runs, hotels and skylift that have ruined a
lot of places in the more known Dolomiti.The Bellunesi
Dolomites National Park was created to protect a territory
of extrordinary naturalistic value. The park extends
on the right bank of the river Piave, between Feltre
and Belluno and it is formed by three principal mountains:
the " Vette Feltrine", the mounts "del Sole" and the
mountains of "Schiara". The presense of rare species
and an exceptional variety of natural surroundings
is largely due to the local geography. The Park is
,in fact, situated on the edge of the southwestern
Alps in an very inaccessible area. . |
 The
Stelvio National Park
The Stelvio National Park
is the largest among the oldest Italian parks. It
was born in 1935 to care for and improve plant life,
increase wildlife, preserve the special geological
formations and also to promote the development of
tourism in some of the loveliest valleys in the
Alps. The park stretches on the heart of the Central
Alps and comprehends characteristics valleys shaped
by ices, majestic ridges, luxuriant forests and
green prairies at high altitudes...pratically all
natural ambients of Alps! Many rare animal and plant
species live in the territory of the park. Chamois,
deer, marmots and, amog the plants, conifer and
pine are also some exaples of the 30 species of
mammals and the 12000 species of plants you can
fin in the park. But i also 131 species of birds
live here, including the eagle, which is become
the symbol of the park . |
Val
Grande National park 
Val Grande, the vastest wild
area in Italy, is situated behind lago Maggiore and
it is about 100 km to Milan and Turin. Officially
instituted in 1992, the Park covers a territory large
about 10000 hectars....a place where nature is the
owner! The richness of the vegetation and the variety
of the blossoming are one of the major attractions
of the Park. In the lower Val Grande predominates
the mixed woods prevailing the chestnut trees. The
beech is the most widespread arboreal species in the
high Val Grande. To the beech woods we can add a limited
quantity of coniferous woods. A lot of animals live
in the park such as the chamois,the roe-deer,the fox,
the badger,the marten, the dormouse and the squirrel.
It is important to note the presence of the black
grouse, dipper and the golden eagle. There are also
amphibians like the common frog and the salamander,
and among the reptiles the frightening vipers. Val
Grande is a pefect example of what the expert call
"wilderness" a word that means an unihabited territory
where animals and plants are the boss. The Val Grande
has not only wild aspects, but it also has features
of the alpine civilization that bears witness of the
past, that of the summer alpine pasture and of the
wood cutting as leading activities. . |
 Gran
Paradiso National park
The National Park of Gran
Paradiso is the oldest National Park of Italy.Its
story istied with the story of an animal: the steinbock.
In fact It was found in 1922 to protect this beautiful
animal that risked to died out. The park includes
a large territory of high mountains between 800
meters of the valley bottom and 4,061 meters of
the Gran Paradiso peak. Woods, alpine prairies,
rocks and glacials are elements that characterize
this park and make up the ideal scenery for the
life of a rich and various fauna and for a visit
to discover the wonderful world of high mountains.
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Tuscan
Archipelago National Park
Tuscan Archipelago national
park is formed by seven isles: Elba, Capraia, Gorgona,
Pianosa, Montecristo, Giglio and Giannutri...... seven
isles that are seven different worlds! They are different
for their geological origins, but especially for their
destiny, moulded by historical events. The isle of
Elba is the largest and has, as well as Giglio, a
granitic geological formation. Elba is the only isle
of Tuscan Archipelago that still preserves autentic
forests even if its forests have had a trasformation
because the wood has fed, for centuries, the fournaces
of iron mines. Capraria has a volcanic geological
formation. The natural heritage of Capraia and Gorgona
is due to the fact that the two isles have been (and
the second one still is) penal colonys. Also the little
and flat Pianosa is a prison-isle. Giannutri, hollidays
paradise since Roman's days, is surronded by an unpolluted
sea. Montecristo, the furthest isle from the coast,
is sauvage and uninhabited. . |
 Archipelago
of Maddalena
The archipelago of Maddalena
National park is a geomarine park and it is, surely,
one of the most beautiful corner of Mediterranean
sea. It is placed near the north-est coast of Sardegna
where the sea separetes Italy from Corse. The archipelago
comprends a series of isles, islets and reef of
granite, which total surface is shorter than 50
square kilometres : it's what remains of old lands
that united Italy and Corse. The most important
isle of the archipelago is Caprera which is a natural
reserve since 1892. The typical vegetation of the
archipelago is caracterized by junipers, myrtles
and the famous "macchia mediterranea". In the past
the archipelago of Maddalena could be bigger than
now, just to include at west the long peninsula
of Stintino that maybe was an isle. In fact on this
edge of land you can find a lot of endemic plants
that mark the archipelago . |
Asinara
National Park
In Europe there are few places where, for kilometres
and kilometres, tou can't find cities, villages or
roads. Only one in Italy: The national park Asinara!
Asinara is the second isle of Sardinia after Sant'Antioco
and is caracterized by a very varid territory. The
park represent the most sauvage and remote Sardinia,
a Sardinia makes of mountains, gorges and almost anaccessible
tablelands. The park presents some uncontaminated
zones characterized by forests of holms and oaks.
In a different word the park could be considered one
of the more intact natural compressing in the Mediterranean
sea. . |
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