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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Not the Gallipoli in Turkey, this one’s in southern Italy, right about here. It’s a picturesque fishing town, famous for gamberini rossi (red prawns). There’s no real attractions as such,…
When you go to Naples, the guidebooks tell you not to miss Via San Gregorio Armeno (also known as Presepe Street), a street in the old city full of little…
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