Where to eat & drink in Gallipoli (in Italy!)

Many of my Australian followers, upon hearing I was traveling to Gallipoli, thought of the [...]

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The photos that show you another another side of Tuscany: Monte Argentario

Someone mentions Tuscany and what do you think ok? Renaissance and over crowded Florence. Rolling [...]

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The three things I’d go back to Lecce for

Ok, so truth is, of course there are more than three.  It’s a beautiful, baroque-style [...]

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A guide to Cefalù in Sicily

I’ve never met a part of Sicily I didn’t like!  Every city, region and country [...]

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5 years in Rome 

Last year I was interviewed by the lovely Enrica Barberis, an Italian journalism student at [...]

Under the Tuscan Sun, A quick guide to Siena

Well not really under the sun I have to say. On a mid-week break in [...]

A week at sea: Cruising the Mediterranean

Big cruises aren’t my thing. I wouldn’t generally choose one as my first choice for [...]

A guide to Rovinj: the turquoise jewel of Istria

Located a short two hours’ drive or ferry from Trieste in Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia, [...]

5 things to add to your Verona to-do-list

I’m lucky enough to say that I’ve been to Verona three times in my life. [...]

Putting Abruzzo on the map

As is the case around most of Abruzzo, the drive into the hamlets and towns [...]

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