Travel Agent/Tour Operator and travel photographer with german background living in Italy. I have first worked in Hamburg at one of the biggest tour operators of the area. In 1998 I moved to Italy, the country where I always wanted to live. I stayed some years in Florence, where I worked for a local incoming tour operator in the position of person in charge for the German market creating tours and itineraries for individuals and groups. In 2001 with my partner Eugenio Bordoni I opened my own tour operator specialising in cultural experiences, gourmet and wine tours, hiking and nature tours and meetings and incentives in Italy. Our office in Manarola (Cinque Terre) employs more than 15 multilingual staff members.Arbaspàa has several brands as: Arbaspàa (www.arbaspaa.com) - services, accommodations, boat rental in the Cinque Terre and surroundingsItaliafantastica (www.italiafantastica.com) - taylor made group itineraries, meetings, incentives throughout northern-central Italy. Wandern & Wein (www.wein-wandern.it) - guided hiking tours in the most beautiful wine growing areas of Italy - fixed dates for the german speaking marketExplora - our trekking shop in Manarola. Our area is one of the finest hiking areas of Italy and in our shop we offer the best tecnical equipment for hiking tours. Catherina Unger Photography - as professional travel photographer I work for travel magazines such as National Geographic but also guide books and magazines. Every year I offer a handful of selected photographic workshops to the most interesting locations in Italy and Africa.