Differences make a flight among the Italian mountains particularly fascinating: a route through the Alps from west to east starts with the glaciers on the roof of Europe, explores the oddities of limestone, ends among the woods on the borders with Austria and Slovenia; a route along the Apennines southwards aims instead at discovering the wild side of the mountain, a thousand unknown valleys leading to the sea, up to the highest and most imposing volcanos. Mountains have been a big resource for Italy. Looking down from the sky, in fact, signs of human work stand out above all. The history of Italy is written on the mountains and this book, suggesting flights over the most charming tops, as well as over valleys and the most interesting settled regions, offers itself as an extraordinary journey in search of the charm, of the complexity, and of the ancient beauty of Italian mountains. Colour throughout
