Apulia region We spent 10 days in the charming region of Apulia (Puglia) in early July (along with half the population of the world it seemed) exploring Trani, Bari, Ostuni, Monopoli, Alborabello and Polignano e Mare. The Puglia region stretches down the southeast coast of Italy and is fondly known as the ‘heel of the boot’. And boy does that heel pack a kick when it comes to picture-perfect towns, […]
The Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy, extends from the Apennine Mountains in the south to the Po River in the north. Like most of Italy, it has it’s fare share of medieval cities, rich regional gastronomy, seaside resorts and a big beautiful feature city – in this case, the capital, Bologna. It also contains the little Republic of San Marino (the smallest independent State in Europe) , which we could […]
We spent a week on the stunning, sparkling, Ligurian coast in June, based in Rapallo. We drove from Milano to Rapallo and we got our first taste of the ‘Crazy Ligurians’ we had heard about (feisty, hate tourists-yet-rely-on-them!) as they sped past us at 150 km/hr+ on the 2hour drive down to the coast. Our next taste of life in this hilly seaside town came soon after when we tried […]