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Sports
Holidays
(Motoring and soccer - Mountaineering,
climbing, hiking, trekking - Ski and skating - Bicycle, mountain
bike and motorbike - Surf, divings - Sail, canoing, windsurf
and rafting -underwater activities - Riding tourism - Tennis,
volleyball, flying, golf)
The Sport in Italy is very popular.
There are three national daily papers that deal exclusively
with sport (the "Gazzetta dello Sport", the "Corriere
dello Sport-Stadio" and Tuttosport) and a lot of television
sections, daily sections or weekly magazines are dedicated
to sports people (the transmission more seen is La Domenica
Sportiva).
Besides soccer, more seen is the cycling, that has its most
famous manifestation in the Giro d'Italia ("Turn of Italy"),
a race by stages that crosses all the peninsula and that takes
place every year between the end of May and the first days
of June.
At this competition not only Italian athletes participate,
but also cyclists from all over the world. Another Italians'
passion is motoring, in fact quite seen, live , is the world-wide
championship of Formula 1 where the Ferrari run.
As popular as the cycling and motoring have become, recently,
ski, basketball, volleyball or tennis, that above all win
great favour among the young people. Less seen are such other
sports, as water-polo, fencing, track-and-field, riding, canoeing
and trapshooting, even if the Italian athletes, the Azzurri,
achieve remarkable results in international field just in
these disciplines, especially in occasion of the Olympic Games.
Useful References:
Football
The most practiced and followed sport in Italy is football,
that is played in eleven against eleven (ten players and a
goal-keeper). Italian football is divided in four categories:
the series A and B (formed by big companies that draw up professional
players) and the series C and D (where the players are amateurs,
namely have another job besides being football players).
The football season of the series A and B lasts nine months,
from September to June, and finishes with the conquest of
the "badge", a tricolour symbol of shield shape,
that the players of the champion team of Italy will carry
on the football jersey in the successive season. Many Italians
love to pass the afternoon of Sunday in the stadium to see
the match and to support the favourite team or to follow the
match on television, at times also live. The teams of series
A that finish a season in the first positions are only engaged
in the championship in the successive season: they participate
also to European competitions, like the Cup of the Champions,
the Uefa Cup etc.
The most important and oldest football teams of series A are:
in Milan, Inter and Milan; in Turin, Juventus and Turin; in
Rome, Lazio and Rome; in Genoa, Sampdoria and Genoa.
The teams of series A are often called with nicknames that
derive from the colours of their jerseys. As an example, the
players of Fiorentina are called also "Viola", those
of Milan "the Rossoneri", those of Inter "the
Nerazzurri" and those of Rome "the Giallorossi".
Besides the football teams of every city, Italy has a national
team (the Azzurri) that is one of the best in the world. It
is formed by the best players of the city teams obligatorily
of Italian nationality, while the city teams often engage
also foreign football players.
Useful References:
- Italian football: http://www.calcioitaliano.it/
Italian football World.
- Italy football: http://calcioitalia.34x.com/
The compass of Italian football. Collection of sites and
directories relating to football in Italy.
- Soccer Crew: http://www.soccercrew.com/italian/seriea/
Italian football but not just it.
- On Line Football: http://calcion.supereva.it/
All on Italian and European football. News on Italian, foreign
championships, and the European cups.
- Italia del Calcio (Italy of football):
http://www.italiadelcalcio.it
All on Italian football.
- Calcio (Football): http://www.calcio.it/
All on football organized in categories: Trainers, Associations
of category, Companies, football players, Club of fans,
Agencies and Federations, Fantacalcio, Newspapers and Magazines,
National matches of football.
- Calciatori (Football players): http://www.calciatori.com/
Information on football, football players and sports events.
- Link football: http://www.calciolinks.com/main.asp
Site with links to the official sites of more than 1000
football teams of all the world.
- The portal of football: http://www.ilportaledelcalcio.it/
Site dedicated to the fans of the Italian football championship.
- Summer Green: http://www.summergreen.it
The village has been realized by Antonio Cabrini one of
the greatest players of the national Italian football team
of some years ago. It organizes sports courses and in particular
of football (Juventus camp) for boys and girls, sponsored
by Juventus F.C.
- Goal Club School of football of Jose' Altafini:
http://www.goalclub.it
It organizes stage of football for boys and sports holidays
under the expert guide of Josè Altafini.
Mountain sport
Mountaineering, climb, hiking, trekking
The mountain tourist activity in Italy doesn't trace back
to more than a century ago, and it has been transformed from
elite phenomenon into mass phenomenon, from the second post-war
period onwards. The alpine area is surely the most famous
thanks to its centrality in Europe and to the historical destinations
which have become as years go by centres of international
mountainous tourism. The most famous centres in the alpine
area are: Courmayeur, Livigno Cervinia, Cortina d'Ampezzo,
Canazei, la val Gardena, Tarvisio. Along the Apennine ridge,
the mountainous tourism centres are less because the meteorological
conditions do not permit a very long winter season, however
one cannot fail to mention the Abetone, the zones of the emilian
area, the Terminillo, very famous thanks to its vicinity with
Rome, Abruzzo with all the area of the Gran Sasso, the Sila
mounts in Calabria.
- Italian Alpine club: http://www.cai.it
via S. Pellico 6 - 20121 Milano - tel. +3902/86463516 -
+3902/36515702 fax: +3902/8056971
E-mail: info@caimilano.it
The site presents the activities and the structure of the
CAI, the scopes of the Association, the list of the shelters
with a lot of photos and maps. The links to the sites of
all the local sections of the Club are a true mine of information
at local level.
Through the site http://www.racine.ra.it/cailugo/altro/cainet/cainet.htm
it is possible to have the list of CAI sites in Internet
and the e-mail addresses of all the sections.
Useful References:
- The Western Alps: http://www.alpioccidentali.it/
Excursions on the tops of the north-west, from Liguria Apennine
to the Lepontine Alps. Description of the main centres of
Nordic ski from the Cuneo area to Ossola.
- Sports climb Federation: http://www.federclimb.bo.it/
Site rich of information on free climbing and outskirts.
- Inalto: http://www.inalto.it
History, culture, information on mountain.
- Handbook of the technique of climb on ice: http://www.grivel.com/
Bible of the climb on ice hosted in the site of the Grivel.
- Monte mondo (Mount world): http://www.montemondo.com/
Splendid site dedicated to the mountaineering. It proposes
useful and interesting contents in an wonderful way.
- L'arrampicata sportiva (The sports climb): http://www.istrice.it/
The sports climb is a new and spectacular discipline that
is founded on rigorous sports criteria differing from the
alpine climb for the protection of the athlete.
- Alta quota (High quota): http://www.altaquota.it/index.asp
A portal for people keen on mountain: routes, news, trekking,
ski mountaineering, excursions.
- Planet mountain: http://www.planetmountain.com/
Mountaineering, climb, trekking and hiking. A search engine
so as to look for the paths and the routes.
- Adagio: http://www.adagio.it/italian/default.htm
Trekking online, Routes on the reliefs of all Italy and
excursions in hilly venues searcheable through a clickable
map.
- Dolomites: http://www.dolomiti.it/ita/itinerari/dx.htm
Routes on the dolomites massives, sports activities and
well-being paths, nature and culture.
- Trekker: http://www.trekker.it/
Escursionismo e trekking sulle Alpi Occidentali
- Magic Veneto: http://www.magicoveneto.it/
Routes on the Veneto preAlps, the Dolomiti of the Belluno
area and the Euganei hills.
- Trekking: http://www.trekkingitalia.it
- http://www.adagio.it/italian/Links/trekking.htm
Through a internal database it is possible to look for a
lot of routes of trekking with
a small descriptive card.
- Mountaineering: http://www.cybermountain.it/
Where to go to climb: a list subdivided by zone, for technical
and environmental characteristics.
Ski and skating on ice
Useful references:
- Alpinia: http://www.alpinia.net/
Portal on the mountain.
- Winter Sport: http://www.wintersports.org
The site is an inexhaustible resource for the lovers of
the winter sports and for those who want to know them more
closely.
- Skimaps: http://www.skimaps.com
Site for winter sports passionates where to find descriptions,
information and maps of beautiful and well known ski venues
in the world. Cervinia, Courmayeur, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Sestriere.
They are the only examples of the alpine venues in Italy
available in this site and of which one can immediately
visualize the map of the ski systems.
- Ski: http://www.ski.it
White Weeks on the Dolomites, prices of the ski pass, map
of the ski systems and link in order to reserve on line
every type of receptive structure.
- Skinet: http://www.skinet.com
Other site dedicated to ski: agonistic competitions, information
in order to organize a white holiday.
- Ski info: http://www.skiinfo.it/
Ski stations, snow bulletin, information on the ski in Italy.
- Etnastel: http://www.etnastel.com
Climb Ski Systems on the north slope of the Etna.
- SLF Info neve e valanghe (Info snow and avalanches):
http://www.slf.ch/avalanche/avalanche-it.html
- Bollettini Niveo Meteorologici (Meteorological Niveo
Bulletins): http://www.aineva.it/
Bicycles, mountain bikes and motor bikes
Useful References:
- Biking in Italy: http://www.ibikeitaly.com/
The site proposes tours by bicycle and walks of one or more
days in the Tuscany Region in contact with the nature having
local meal and bilingual tourist guides.
- Adagio: http://www.adagio.it/italian/default.htm
The site proposes easy travels on foot and on bicycle, in
Italy and Europe, alone or with the best guides.
- Mondobici: http://www.mondobici.it
It proposes journeys along the wine and oil road, between
Liguria and Piedmont with climb lessons and trekking, oenogastronomic
routes.
- Bikelandia: http://www.bikelandia.com
The site proposes excursions and holidays by bicycle, practical
lessons of approaching to mountainbike and the techniques
of guide on different lands, group routes, for families
and expert cyclists, adventure and last minute holidays.
- Wfbike: http://www.wfbike.it
Wine & Food Bike, routes adapted to all the seasons,
from the one of cheeses to that of the mushrooms and truffles.
- Cycling in the peninsula: http://viaggi.virgilio.it/extra/033/italia.html
Routes from the Alto Adige to the Sardinia and the map of
the Ciclopista del Sole, that from the Passo del Brennero
catches up Naples following the Appennine ridge.
- Bike: http://www.sitobici.it
Site that provides indications on how to cycle in the hinterland
of Liguria.
- Fiab Onlus: http://www.fiab-onlus.it
The site proposes tours, gatherings, weekend and true and
own holidays by bicycle among the Italian islands, Corsica
and the various Regions.
- Classicadventures: http://www.classicadventures.com/
It offers holidays and routes for cyclists and for those
who are keen on Tours by bicycle.
- Cycling & Trekking: http://www.travelsource.com
The first interactive tourist guide with numerous references
to sports and alternative holidays.
- Classic Cycling: http://www.ciclismoclassico.com
It proposes holidays by bicycle or making long walks through
the Italian itineraries made up by the association cycling
classic.
- Cicloweb: http://www.cicloweb.net/
In the site are present 609 routes to cycle in beyond 60
localities of the Alps and the Italian PreAlps; one window
and one presentation of approximately sixty venues of the
North Italy; details of our visitors' big climbs and travel
stories.
- Italy by bicycle: http://www.italiainbici.it/
Travels by bicycle in Italy of one or more days with overnight
stay in hotel, accompanied and assisted.
- Bikesutra: http://www.bikesutra.com/italianlinks.html
In the section you find references to Italian sites on holidays
by bicycle.
- Cicloturismo: http://www.cicloturismo-mtb.com
Collection of routes for the average cyclist without exasperated
pretensions and titanic enterprises in which the landscape
aspect and the sparsity of car traffic would have to be
basic.
- Hik Bik: http://www.hikbik.com/
The site of the cycle-holidays: mountain bike, trekking,
walks and much more in order to spend excellent days.
- Bicycletour Passion: http://www.bicycletourpassion.com/
(in English)
Thousands of opportunities in order to spend a sports holidays
moving and in contact with nature.
- Bicycletour: http://www.bicycletour.com/
(in English)
More than 5000 routes and events in one of the widest and
updated portals of cycle-tourism all over the world.
- Bici & Dintorni: http://www.biciedintorni.org/
The Association promotes the use of the bicycle as a means
of transport and the tourism by bicycle, also combined with
the train.
- Bike in the archaeological
sites: http://www.tarquinia.on-web.it/archeobike
It proposes excursions by bike in the archaeological sites
of Tarquinia and Tuscia, up to the Termal baths of Saturnia.
- Due ruote nel Vento (Two wheels in the Wind):
http://www.dueruotenelvento.com
Site of the organization of Turin specialized in routes
and travels by bicycle, routes adapted to everybody in natural
landscapes and historical-artistic routes, school trips.
- Tourism by motor bike: http://www.univ.trieste.it/~diciotto/moto/mototuri.htm
First site dedicated to the tourism by motor bike, with
photos, stories, routes.
- Motocyclists: http://www.motocicliste.net
A site about motor bikes and the travels by motor bikes
from an exclusively feminine point of view, the one of the
female motorcyclists.
- Dolomites Superbike: http://www.dolomitisuperbike.com/
The Dolomites Superbike is by now a truth in European MTB
sport. From experiment to asserted manifestation. An occasion
to be confronted with bikers coming from all over Italy
and abroad.
Sport in water
Surf, immersions
Useful references:
- Surf: http://www.surf.it
Site that indicates all the sports available on the Tirrenic
coast.
- Surfnews: http://www.surfnews.com
Italian surf magazine where you can find a detailed guide
of the beautiful sports, subdivided by region.
The filling in of a form on line gives the possibility to
receive free of charge the magazine directly at home.
- Surfcorner: http://www.surfcorner.it
Site dedicated to surf, it contains a section travels and
"surfcamps".
- Surfisti: http://www.surfisti.it/
Photos, philosophy of the surf, places where to practice
surf, video, holidays on surf.
- Surf Italia: http://www.surf-italia.it
Aquatic sports , weather, webcam, links.
- Risky Point: http://www.riskypoint.com
Site that offers a complete panorama on current time and
supplies information on all what is around the surf: books,
photographies, link, news and much more.
Sailing, canoe, windsurf and rafting
Useful references:
- Geas Sea Sail School: http://www.geasvela.it
It organizes beginner courses, advanced and specialized
courses for those who want to learn to go on boat, for those
who have already an idea of the fundamental maneuvers, and
for those who want to become expert yachtsmen.
- Velanet: http://www.velanet.it
The site proposes many last minute occasions for cruises
on sailing boat.
- Open sea: http://www.mareaperto.org/
The association promotes the sea as a life, as a possibility
of expression and not as a challenge. It organizes sailing
course sarticulated in several levels and accessible to
nearly all the types of handicap, excluding the serious
forms of cardiopathy and epilepsy.
- Walk about planet: http://www.walkaboutplanet.com/
Travel stories all over the world on a sailing boat. Advices,
suggestions, photos and useful links for the potential traveller.
- Sail Adventures: http://www.sailadventures.com/
Boats hiring, boat tours planning and school of sailing.
- Acquaterra Adventure Club: http://www.acquaterra.it
It proposes numerous activities such as rafting, canyoning,
torrentism, trekking, kayak, mountain bike, hydrospeed,
free climbing. It is active in Sicily in Catania, in Trentino
Alto Adige in Merano.
- Wetway - Canyoning: http://www.wetway.it/index.html
The Canyoning is one of most modern adventure sports that
allows us to discover the unkown and uncontaminated nature
of the most beautiful canyon of Europe and Italy.
- Sail Lastminute: http://www.sail-lastminute.com/lang-it/index.php
Last minute sail travels proposals.
- Velanet: http://www.velanet.it/indici/scuole.php3
On this web page you find the main schools of sailing in
Italy.
Underwater activity
Useful references:
- MA.RE.2: http://www.mare2.it/
Boat for hiring and lease by underwater men and fishermen.
- Nosytour: http://www.nosytour.it/
Presentation of stays, special cruises, last minute and
offerings.
- Bloob: http://www.bloob.it/
Underwater tourist portal: immersions, diving centre in
Italy, marine Biology...
For every venue, it offers a guide to the marine fauna with
route and description of the main immersions, information,
photographies and prices on the best diving centres.
Nautical Ski:
- Federazione Italiana Sci Nautico (Italian Federation
Nautical Ski): http://www.scinautico.com
via Piranesi 44 - 20122 Milan - tel. +3902/76110172
Associations that organize sports courses
or holidays
- Acquaterra Rafting: http://www.acquaterra.it/
piazza Cavour 14 - 95125 Catania - tel. +39095/438954 -
336/611336
E-mail: info@acquaterra.it
Summer descents on the Alto Adige's rivers.
- AdHoc (Rafting):
http://cortina.dolomiti.org/adhoc
Via XXIX Maggio 24 - 32043 Cortina d'Ampezzo (BL) - tel.
+390436/868061 - fax: +390436/868063
E-mail:adhoc@dolomiti.org
- Casa di Vela Elba (Elba Sailing House): http://www.casadivela.it
via del mare, 74 - 57128 Livorno - tel. +390586/505562 fax:
+390586/589943
E-mail: info@casadivela.it
- Centro Canoa Rafting Val Di Sole (Canoe Rafting centre):
http://www.raftingcenter.it/rafting.html
via Gole 105 - 38025 Dimaro TN - tel. +390463/973278-974332
fax: +390463/973200
E-mail: rafting@tin.it
It organizes rafting descents and courses for groups of
passionates.
- Centro Rafting Le Marmore:
http://www.raftingmarmore.com
Via Carlo Neri - 05037 - Papigno (Terni) - Belvedere Inferiore
- Cascata delle Marmore - Terni - tel. 330/753420 - 337/729154
fax: +3906/86212249
E-mail: info@raftingmarmore.com
Descents on Nera Towards waterfalls of Marmore.
- Centro Velico Caprera (Sailing Caprera Centre):
http://www.centrovelicocaprera.it
Corso Italia 10 - 10122 Milan - tel. +3902/86452191 fax:
+3902/89010826
E-mail: cvc.mail@iol.it
It is the most important sailing school in Italy. Courses
are articulated on 3 levels (begining, improvement, cruise)
with selected instructors; theoretical lessons +6/8 hours
of every day navigation.
- Horca Misery Sailing Centre: http://www.horcamyseria.it/
via Pelitti 1 20126 Milano - tel. +3902/2552585 fax: +3902/27001313
E-mail: info@horcamyseria.it
It organizes sailing courses, holidays on sailing boat and,
for young people, weeks on cabin cruisers (nautical camping).
- Club Activ: http://www.rafting-club-activ.com/indexitaliano.htm
via Valle Aurina 22 - 39032 Campo Tures (BZ) - tel./fax:
+390474/678422
E-mail: rafting-club-activ@dnet.it
Descents on the Aurino.
- Compagnia della Natura (Company of the Nature):
http://www.compagniadellanatura.it
viale IV Novembre 10 - 41100 Modena - tel. +39059/212621
fax: +39059/239250 N. verde: 800/344467
E-mail: info@compagniadellanatura.it
- Viaggi sull'acqua in Italia (Travels on the water in
Italy): http://www.federcanoa.it
Federazione Italiana Canoa Kayak e Canottaggio.
Viale Tiziano, 70 - 00196 Roma - tel. +3906/36858418
- Hidronica Base nautica: http://www.hidronica.com
Loc. Mantegna - 13019 Varallo (VC) - tel. +390163/735301
fax: +390163/732770
E-mail: info@hidronica.com
Descents on the Sesia river.
- Macedonia Tour: http://www.macedoniaadventures.com/
viale VIII Marzo 8 - 05100 Terni - tel. +390744/277197 fax:
+390744/277384
E-mail: info@macedoniaadventures.com
Sailing courses, windsurf, canoe, rafting. It proposes also
courses of paragliding, free-climbing, trekking, mountain-bike
trek, horse riding.
- Dimaro Rafting Centre: http://www.raftingcenter.it
val Di Sole via Gole 105 - 38025 Dimaro (TN) - tel. +390463/973278
fax: +390463/973200
E-mail: rafting@tin.it
Descents on the Walnut river, courses of canoeing.
- School Kayak and Rafting of Courmayeur: http://www.rafting.it
Sede in Valsesia - 13020 Isola di Vocca (VC) - tel. +390163/560957
Sede di Courmayeur - 11017 Morgex (AO) - tel. +390165/800088
fax: +390165/809977
E-mail: rafting@rafting.it
It organizes rafting descents and courses of canoeing and
hydrospeed.
- Sport in Open Space: http://www.sportsinopenspace.com/
via della Trebbia - 29020 Marsaglia (PC) - tel. +390523/934300
fax: +390523/934311
E-mail: info@sportsinopenspace.com
It proposes to boys beyond 14 years and to adults sport
activity periods from March to November. The proposed activities
regard kayak, rafting, hotdog, torrentism. It proposes also
mountain bike, shooting with the arc and free-climbing.
- Vivere la Vela (Living the Sailing): http://www.viverelavela.com
via Signorelli 3 - 20154 Milano - tel. +3902/33600180 -
fax: +3902/3313770 - Cell. 349/6190487
E-mail: viverelavela@viverelavela.com
Sailing School on the sea and lakes. Summer cruises in Spain,
Greece,Holland, Istria. Possibility of coupling with underwater
activity.
Horse Riding
- F.I.S.E.: http://www.fise.it
via Piranesi 44/b Milano - tel. +3902/7384615 - fax: +3902/7491374
Official site which contains useful information to those
who wish to dedicate themselves to horse riding with possibility
to consult in a dynamic way database containing the curricula
of the knights and the horses.
Useful References:
- Equiturismo (horse riding tourism): http://space.tin.it/io/elbotto
The endurance: one of the less known equestrian disciplines
is brought to everybody's knowledge by less expert people
in this amatorial site on the world of the horse, that deals
also with horse riding tourism, horsemanship and with whatever
can interest those who love these intrepid animals.
- Holidays on horseback: http://cavalloweb.monrif.net/vacancav.htm
In this site you can find numerous addresses for a holiday
on horseback all over Italy.
- Equinet: http://www.equinet.it/
The portal of holidays on horseback, fast and complete.
- Vacanze Equestri (Equestrian holidays):
http://www.vacanzequestri.com/index_hj.html
Equestrian proposals of travel and holidays.
Tennis, flying, golf and volleyball
- Tennisvacanze (tennis holidays): http://www.tennisvacanze.it/
San Valentino di Brentonico (TN) - +3906/66156400
Opportunity of sports holidays for young people in Italy
and abroad.
- Italian Tennis Federation: http://www.centrifederalitennis.it
via Flaminia 362 - 00196 Roma - tel. +3906/3233647-3233649
fax: +3906/3202963
The summer Tennis federal centres are just a structure where
to learn or to improve their tennis skills . Every year,
from June to September they receive more than 7.000 boys
from 7 to 15 years that, during courses of two weeks, practice
a sport in a glad and amusing atmosphere.
- Club Aerostatique Mont Blanc: http://www.mongolfiere.it/voli.asp
Via F.Chabod 16 - 11100 Aosta - tel. +390165/765525-40205
- cell 335/207196
Flights on fire balloons.
- Italian Federation Free Flight: http://www.fivl.it
via Salbertrand 50 - 10146 Torino - tel. +39011/744991 -
fax: +39011/752846
Useful References:
- Go tennis: http://www.gotennis.it/index.html
Holidays practising tennis for those who are keen on this
sport.
- Golfonline: http://www.golfing.it/
They are specialized in informations about the golf in Europe.
It includes some tours.
- Federvolley: http://www.federvolley.it
Official site of the Italian Volleyball Federation. It supplies
information and news on the national and international tornaments.
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