Links

Outdoor Recreation

GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Pages | English
Probably the best site on outdoor recreation. It covers all outdoor activities including hiking, camping, rafting, canoeying, climbing and cycling.

The Mountain Zone | English
Huge site on moutaineering with special areas dedicated to hiking, climbing, biking, winter sports and photography.

Planet Mountain | Italian & English
One of the best Italian portals on mountaineering: climbing, alpine skiing, trekking, gear reviews and articles on main destinations both in Italy and abroad.

thebackpacker.com | English
A reference on the Net for backpacking. It covers basic and advanced topics and contains a wealth of information presented with a clean and professional design.

Travelling around the World

Crazy Dog Travel Guide | English
An incredibly complete travel guide for the budget backpacker covering every possible topic: planning, gear, money, visas, airlines, accomodation, maps, food, photography, etc.

Lonely Planet | English
Plenty of resources for the world traveller: excellent reviews, up to date tourist information, travel guides, websites directory, and lots of user-submitted content. It even features a unified messaging service to be used on the go.

Viaggiare Sicuri | Italiano
A service by the “Automobil Club Italiano” with complete travel info and up-to-date warnings on all world destinations. Absolutely key for any kind of travel.

GPS Navigation and Mapping

gpsinformation.net | English
Probably the most complete website on GPS navigation.

GPS TrackMaker | English
Home of a great Windows free software for GPS units.

GPScomefare.com | Italiano
Currently the best Italian website on GPS navigation.

Digital Photography

Digital Photography Review | English
The reference site for digital photograhy. Latest news, in-depth camera reviews, galleries, tutorials and a very large and lively forum.

Norman Koren Photography | English
Very interesting site with excellent tutorials and photo galleries. Don’t miss the panoramic photos.

Digital Light & Color | English
Home of PictureWindow, in my opinion the most powerful, professional and quality-oriented Windows photo editing tool around. Be sure to visit the articles section for some excellent photo editing white papers.

photools.com | English
Home of IMatch, an extremely powerful Windows image management tool for professional photographers.

Freeware & Open Source Software