Those Phoenicians were a clever bunch. One of their inventions was an ingenious way to fish on a large-ish scale from land, no matter what the weather, thereby avoiding hours…
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Category Archives: Italy
I’ve been dreaming of Sicily a lot lately so today we’re taking a trip to one of my favourite places – the pretty town of Marzamemi in south-eastern Sicily. If…
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…
Hands up who remembers Pythagorus? Pythagorus and his theorem are one of the only things I remember from high school maths, apart from Mrs Moffatt, the slightly terrifying woman who…
The pretty Gargano coast on the northern end of Puglia promised an abundance of secluded beaches, or so said the brochure for the boat trip we’d planned to take (but…
Sometime in the year 2000 I was sitting in a cinema with husband #1 (not Mr Travelling Pantaloni) watching ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ and two things struck me: 1) I’ll never…
I must be the only person alive who doesn’t love Positano. Call me a freak, but Postiano’s supposed charms have not revealed themselves to me, and I just don’t understand…
It took me a long time to get to the Amalfi Coast (I’d made five visits to Italy before I made it there), and what seems like an equal amount…
Ravello is a small village that sits high above the Amalfi coast, and if you’re staying in the vicinity, a daytrip there is an absolute must. We were staying in…
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