Life Beyond Tourism Blog

On 14th December, we celebrated a new connection between Provincial Government of Florence and Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco® – Life Beyond Tourism®! The cerimony began in “Sala Luca Giordano” (Palazzo Medici Riccardi), with greetings and presentations of the authorities and the official signatures of the Memorandum. In the afternoon, at the Auditorium al Duomo, there was the [...]

  We have just returned from Mediterranean Exchange of Archaeological Tourism, appointment that promotes situated and archaeological destinations creating integration between various cultures. It took place in Paestum (Italy) from November 17th to November 20th. In the occasion of the Exchange, we were there with a stand. We presented Life Beyond Tourism® (LBT) No-Profit Portal, our [...]

Hi everybody, this is a letter we received a few days ago:  I write in fact not as a president of an association that deals with the social hardships of human beings and animals, but as a citizen who does not like injustice in general. Injustice, especially to those who have difficulty defending their own [...]

Have you ever heard about the WTE_World Tourism Expo? It is a tourism and travel event especially dedicated to those heritage sites that are listed under the UNESCO World Heritage List. It took place in Assisi (Italy) from September 16th to September 18th, 2011. — In the occasion of the expo, we were there with: . a stand [...]

Following the June leg of the 2011 Travel Festival in Florence, the September one is landing today at 5.00pm at the Museo di Antropologia e Etnologia in Via del Proconsolo. This section includes several itinerant initiatives that will leave the city on Saturday the 10th; and that will be “dedicated to Emilio Salgari, to the A1 motorway, to Madeira, to [...]

In 2005, the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco® together with the Vivahotels ART IN OUR HEART supported the restoration of the furnitures and of the documentation which were originally displayed in the Museo Casa di Dante in Florence, and which had been almost destroyed in a fire.  At that time, we involved the Vivahotels’ guests in purchasing at [...]

The wait is over for A Roof with a View, the event of Florence’s 2011 summer season: seventeen panoramic terraces, a photography contest and fun prizes courtesy of Più Firenze for all participants. From June 15th to June 30th, September 2011, seventeen rooftop terraces  along the Arno River,  Florence’s hills, and in the city centre [...]

Dal 27 al 30 aprile 2011 si svolge a Firenze  il workshop del “Festival del Viaggio” dedicato a scrittura e fotografia e che vedrà la presenza di scrittori, studiosi e viaggiatori. Le iscrizioni sono aperte dal 9 marzo al 15 aprile 2011 sul sito www.festivaldelviaggio.it, dove si possono trovare tutte le informazioni e la modulistica per [...]

Hi bloggers, If you like cinema, if you like discovering a new culture, if you like  Corean culture in particular, and  if you are around Florence… don’t miss the Florence Korea Film Fest and its related events from March 25th to April 2nd 2011! Read more here in our news!  

Hi bloggers, let’s go back to discover your own travel stories!! Today, we have Hannah Ring from Chicago, USA telling us about her experience, suggestions, and pictures of a Chicagoan living in Florence, Italy for four months: “Becoming a local visitor is truly the only way to see the world and experience first hand the [...]