• Italy

    Burano

    Well, nearly 30 days in Italy and we've escaped almost unscathed. Venice was our last stop on, what at times, felt like a journey bigger than Ben Hur.

  • Italy

    Venice

    To make the islands of the Venetian lagoon fit for habitation, Venice’s early settlers needed to drain areas of the lagoon, dig canals and shore up the banks to prepare them for building on. They began by digging canals and lining them by driving closely spaced wooden stakes – many of them made from water-resistant alder wood – through the sand and mud to rest on the harder clay beneath. On top of these stakes, they placed wooden platforms and then stone, and this is what the buildings of Venice are built on. Source: www.venezialines.com

  • Italy,  San Marino

    Cesenatico & San Marino

    Cesenatico is a port town with about 26,000 inhabitants on the Adriatic coast of Italy and our home for 3 nights. San Marino is about 61 square km in size and it is the third smallest country in Europe, after Vatican City and Monaco.

  • Italy

    Matera

    Matera is a city on a rocky outcrop in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It includes the Sassi area, a complex of cave dwellings carved into the mountainside.

  • Italy

    Amalfi, Alberobello & Apoplexy

    The Amalfi Coast is a 50-kilometer stretch of coastline along the southern edge of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula. It’s a popular holiday destination, with sheer cliffs and a rugged shoreline dotted with small beaches and pastel-colored fishing villages.

  • Italy

    Herculaneum

    Herculaneum, ancient city of 4,000–5,000 inhabitants in Campania, Italy. It lay 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Naples, at the western base of Mount Vesuvius, and was destroyed - together with Pompeii and 2 other cities -by the Vesuvius eruption of 79AD WARNING: Contains pics not for the squeamish or faint-hearted.

  • Italy

    San Gimignano & Montepulciano

    San Gimignano has managed to preserve its Medieval architecture and its charm and today is with no doubt one of Tuscany's greatest small treasures. The "city of the beautiful towers", as it is often called, has been a recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.

  • Italy

    Florence Museums

    The Galleria dell'Accademia displays Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The Uffizi Gallery exhibits Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and Caravaggio's Medusa, amongst other masterpieces.