Will crowds ruin Italy's famed wildflower bloom?
Will crowds ruin Italy’s famed wildflower bloom? ‘La fiorita,’ one of Europe’s most spectacular nature shows, is becoming too popular with petal-plucking tourists. Catholic nuns take a morning walk on a trail flanked by poppy fields, near the Italian village of Castellucio di Norcia. ByStefania D’Ignoti Email Once a year, the single gravel road that leads to the tiny Italian village of Castelluccio di Norcia becomes a front-row seat to one of Europe’s most stunning nature shows. Between mid-May and early July, wildflowers paint the Piana Grande plains below in shades of gold, crim...
Source: nationalgeographic.com