Comments on: Week 2 - A few questions for you!

By: Marco Pischedda

Marco Pischedda — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:54:45 +0000

I’m Marco Pischedda and i live in Viddalba, a town and commune in the province of Sassari situated on the Gulf of Asinara, near the mouth of the Coghinas river. The area where i live is characterized by a beautiful sea and very interesting place like Castelsardo and Isola Rossa. Near my place you can find some historic and touristic sites like the Elephant rock, the Doria castle, the Codaruina thermae, the Eni ‘Nuraghe’o also the Sedini ‘domus de Janas’. Tourist in my place can find relax and also they can discovered fantastic village and tradition…

By: leela_bonato

leela_bonato — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:33:55 +0000

I come from Trento, a city located in northern Italy, not far from Lake Garda. The territory has many forms of turism, both in cities and in neighboring valleys. The pull factors are the roman wall, “il Castello del Buonconsiglio” where did the “Concilio di Trento”. Nowaday this building is a place where are held the most important events and exhibitions. you can visit the Dom Cathedral,Palazzo delle Albere the seat of Mart, Torre Civica where there is Diocesan Museum. Other attraction are the frescoes on facade of two Case Rella,it call “moral book”. This frescoes rappresent the Virtue, Time and Luck. The push factors are organized by tourism promotion (APT). Very important are events on snow and sports. The traditional fairs, linked to the agricultural word,is rotated in the spring: that of Saint Joseph, of Scale, or Casolaro, dedicated to cheeses. The historical events, such as Vigiliane colorful festivals, which bring in an ancient battle scene with an outline of other events of the past, cosutmes, parades and races. Leela Bonato

By: federica_luise

federica_luise — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:56:30 +0000

I live in a small town in Padova called Montagnana. The pull factors of my city are the ancient walls of 1200-1300. They are very well-conserved and many people come to visit them. Other attractions are the big Cathedral in the central square and many palaces of 17th century.

The push factors of Montagnana are the “Aldo Moro Hotel”, a characteristic place where all tourists stay; there are a lot of festival, like the Festival of the Sweet Ham in May, the Animal’s Festival in October and the most important, the Palio, a medieval-dressed-festival. The day of the Palio there are the Horses’ race and the Burn of the Castle, which both attract so many people every year.

By: gianluca_tognarelli

gianluca_tognarelli — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:06:20 +0000

Good evening I’m from Massa, a little town in nordest Tuscany. There are a lot of resource for tourism by sea to mountain..there is also “Malaspina’s Castle” and a lot of place to see..In Summer there are a lot of tourist in hostel or hotel mostly in Partaccia..Massa isn’t big but offer everything for alls age..It’s also a hystorical place in which was played 2nd world warfare near Linea Gotica, and it’s recognized for Resistenza.

By: francesco_bondielli

francesco_bondielli — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:02:22 +0000

Hi, I’m Francesco Bondielli, I live in Massa a small town is in Touscany. The pull factors in my town are of course the sea and beaches that are very popular and funny. There are also the mountains where the tuourist can go to breathe fresh air. In the centre there are many things to visit, for example the castle “Malaspina”, there is a ” Palazzo Ducale”, and many other wonderful things to visit about the culture. The Tourist are more attracted by food of my town that is very very good.

By: sarah_salvetti

sarah_salvetti — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:12:22 +0000

I live in a small village called Porcari that is about fifteen kilometres far from Lucca. It is not a tourist village so there are not many hotels or restaurants or other type of accommodation. It is situated near bigger and more famous towns like Pisa, Firenze, Viareggio and other picturesque and medieval villages like Montecarlo, Altopascio. So it is a strategic place to be connected to different reality of the Tuscany: in one hand touristy towns for people that love seeing famouse centres of tourism, and in the other hand quiet and small villages in the countryside for people the love escaping routine. So the tourists that arrive to Porcari have only to choose where to go ,following their preferences.

By: martina_frangioni

martina_frangioni — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:30:03 +0000

I come from Lucca. There are many tourists there, from January to December. The main pull factors of my village are the medieval setting with The Walls, many churches, towers (like Torre Guinigi) and picturesque little and old streets. There are also many events that draw the attention of tourists like “Settembre Lucchese”, “Lucca Comic’s and Games”, “Summer Festival”, “Murabilia” and many others. Instead the push factors for the tourists who come to my city are the love of art, the love of good food and wine, the desire to be near to sea, mountain and hill. At the end also the desire to find accommodation to be close to the most famous sights in my region like Florence and Pisa.

By: martina_sandri

martina_sandri — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:29:58 +0000

I live in Sarzana a small village situated on the east side of the river Magra. It is in the centre of the territory called “ Lunigiana “ and therefore its natural capital city. It’s a modern craft, agricultural and touristic centre with a great artistic property, keeping almost intact its features of a sixteenth – century walled village. The main pull factor of my village is the medieval setting, indeed Sarzana is rounded by walls . Another pull factor of Sarzana is the “ Cittadella “ a typical medieval structure set over the village, besides in the Cittadella rise the beautiful Fortress of Firmafede. In this fortress in the summer have been organized the “ Calandriniana “ an exhibition of contemporary art ; that’s a very important pull factor because a lot of tourists come to Sarzana for visiting it. Always in the summer the village of Sarzana organized the “ soffitta nella strada “ a very interesting antique fair, for me and for the most of tourists that come for this occasion. The push factor are the love of art, of medieval structures, of exhibition and fairs. Or, not less important the love of good food! Sarzana has a lot of typical desserts as Buccellato and Spungata.

By: Laura Sacchetti

Laura Sacchetti — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:19:16 +0000

Hi teacher!I’m Laura, i live Massa, a little town in Tuscany. I think the pull factors are the sea and the beaches; the mountain where the tourist to go on lovely walk in the woods or have a walk beside the sea. In the centre there are Malaspinas’ castle, the place of residence of Malaspinas’. Also there is “Palazzo Ducale” the beautiful palace sixteenth-century. There are another structure that tourist can visits: fountains, marble’s statues, etc…So the tousist gives a wide range of options: this is a push factors, i think.In my little town the tourist relax itself between fun and culture. The tourist are usually attracted by traditional food as “tordelli” or sweet riso cakes.

By: anna_lumbroso

anna_lumbroso — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:56:15 +0000

I live in Pisa a little town between the sea and the hill.It’s push factors are the leaning tour (who give us millions of tourists every year!!), and all the “Piazza dei Miracoli”,the noumeros medieval buildings and streets, our natural park (S.Rossore), and all the traditional events like “la Luminara di S.Ranieri”, “la regata delle repubbliche marinare”, “il gioco del ponte”,”la festa delle matricole”.The push factors for tourists who come to my town are the love for the art, in particular for the medieval art,the wish to see and to live with us our traditional events and also the desire to have fun with us and with all the students who live in our city.