I have a confession to make. I am in love with Italy. Almost as much as with Asia. This time I am sharing a few photos from a trip to one of my favourite places in northern Italy – Lake Garda. This is a beautiful town of Sirmione, which is home to a UNESCO heritage site. And if running around ancient Roman ruins and beautiful olive gardens is not enough, there is also a real life floating castle, hot springs…
Another in the series of posts about the 5 towns of Cinque Terre I visited last year. Although famous for being the most beautiful of the Cinque Terre towns, in 2011 a massive landslide tore through the main street and the marina of this mountain-side town. When I visited, the entire ground floor ground and first floors were gutted, with locals carrying out mud and plaster by the bucket load. The town is recovering, but it’s still incredibly beautiful. It…
Last year I went on a short trip to the absolutely incredible Cinque Terre. This is one of the first of a UNESCO World Heritage sites I have planned to visit, and all of the 5 Cinque Terre town as well as the surrounding mountains are UNESCO recognised for their natural beauty. Although Manarola was not the first Cinque Terre town I visited, nor was it the one I stayed it, but it was definitely the most beautiful. The tiny…
This was the town I spent most of my time in, staying in a hotel perched high up on the side of the cliff. I spent the evenings watching the sunset over the water, eating fresh local produce from the fruit stalls and little pizza places and walking down the cobble-stoned main street. It was amazing how friendly the locals were. But the best part of the experience was the Easter celebration. I was exhausted from a day of walking, taking pictures…
