Our recent trip to Alice Springs was created around visiting the Kangaroo Sanctuary to meet Brolga and his rescue kangaroos, but we had an afternoon beforehand and the next morning…
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Category Archives: Destination Guide
This is a story about Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands off the coast of Sicily. But it’s also a story about slowing down and learning to enjoy ‘being’ in…
Puglia (the bit of Italy that looks like the heel of the boot) is big. And when I was researching our trip there I had a lot of trouble trying…
I could say it was the promise of magnificent baroque architecture that drew me to Ragusa. Ragusa is one of the towns in Sicily’s south-eastern corner flattened by an earthquake…
I really love Italian ceramics. Every trip to Italy I bring back a little something as a momento. I generally dislike spending time shopping when I’m on holidays, but I…
I have a confession to make. I’ve been to Sicily three times but I’ve never made it to the top of Mount Etna. I’ve seen her from Taormina and from…
I don’t know about you, but sometimes it takes me a ridiculous amount of time and effort to find a good place to stay. Finding the right town, the right…
Alberobello is a place worth going out of your way for. It’s famous for the trulli – round houses with conical roofs that when seen en masse, look just like…
Why I think Trani is perfect It’s a little seafront town on the Pulglian coast in Southern Italy. In my eyes it’s a perfect place – situated right on the…
This is the photo that lured me to Polignano a Mare. Tucked into those cliffs is a restaurant called Grotta Palazzese (you can just see it towards the right hand…
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