Mamma-Mia, Bellissimo! We had a rich and colourful month in Italy in June-July, driving through six very different regions from Milano down to Rapallo on the Ligurian sea, across to Florence in Tuscany, around Bologna and Cesena in Emilio-Romagna down the Adriatic coast to Sirolo in the Marche region and Trani, Monopoli, Ostruni and Alborabella in the Apulia, then back up to Baveno on Lake Maggiore and Lake Garda and […]
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 […]