Wish to get lost in some romantic remote coastal village at the Mediterranean? Welcome to Cinque Terre. Not just one, you have 5 such villages to choose from. Italy is no short of rugged coastline, romantic villages and pretty towns on the Mediterranean but famous five villages of Cinque Terre have become iconic in Italy....Read More
Firenze (or Florence, as we know it in English) is a huge marker for art and culture in our known history. Consider the names: Dante, Petrarch, Galileo, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Giotto, Banco, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Lippi, Alberti, Toscanelli, Amerigo Vespucci, Machiavelli, Raphael and even Leonardo da vinci . The who’s who of art, science, culture, and politics came...Read More
Yes, our favorite place in Italy is not Florence but Siena. A medieval city in the Tuscany region surrounded by olive groves and vineyards of Chianti. Its romantic, it’s alluring and it’s captivating. Winding alleyways, tall stone colored country houses, cobblestone pathways and roadside restaurants with candle lights. Siena is indeed one of the most...Read More
Back from Sorrento, I landed up in Rome, and checked into of the best apartments I have ever stayed in. Beautiful, absolutely clean and what an amazing host. This apartment was in Vatican and very close to Cipro metro station (the subway station for your visit to Vatican) Metro Travel in Rome – Sightseeing The best...Read More
Now, this was an ambitious plan! Reaching Sorrento directly from Bangalore without any stopover at Rome, considering I was with one of the two little brats, and 2 suitcases plus 2 handbags. Reaching Sorrento I had started late night from Bangalore and was traveling via Mumbai. By the time I reached Rome next day, it...Read More
Sorrento, the bay of Naples is the gateway to Amalfi coast tourism and hence most people choose Sorrento as the base to visit the Southern Coastal Italy. How to reach Sorrento You can take a flight to Naples and then take a train from Naples to Sorrento (Circumvesuviana train). The other option is if you...Read More