The world's smallest country is located in the centre of Rome and is called Vatican City. It is home to the Pope, who is the head of state, Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church. In the world's smallest country, you can see famous sights such as Michelangelo's ceiling painting, the Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica. This microstate is located unnecessarily the city of Rome, which explains how small the country actually is!
Read more
Visiting the Colosseum in Rome is powerful! This impressive amphitheatre was completed in 80 AD and was originally called the Flavian Amphitheatre (Amphiteatrum Flavium). You should also visit the Roman Forum, the large Roman square that feels like a whole neighbourhood. Today we're sharing smart tips for visiting the Colosseum in Rome and the Roman Forum... without spending all day in a queue.
Read more
Our Mediterranean cruise with Freedom of the Seas started in Barcelona and continued with stops in Marseille and Nice. The next stop on the cruise was the Italian port city of La Spezia. From here you can travel on to Florence or Pisa, but we chose to slow down a bit and take a day in La Spezia.
Read more
Italian food culture is known all over the world and Italian cuisine is full of goodies like mozzarella, olive oil and Parma ham. But Italian cuisine also stands out because people eat, and look at meals, in a completely different way to the rest of the world. So it's not surprising that as a tourist, it's a bit difficult to know what to do in a restaurant.
Read more
Giazza is a small mountain village in northern Italy that we had the chance to visit. The best thing about meeting locals when travelling abroad is that you get to see places you would never have come to otherwise. Leif and Patrizia live in a small village just outside Verona in Italy, but Leif also has a house in the mountain village of Giazza. We travelled here the day before yesterday on winding roads among the mountains in northern Italy.
Read more
Yesterday we took a tour of the vineyards in Valpolicella, the wine district just north of Verona and just east of Lake Garda. The famous Amarone and Valpolicella wines are made here, but also Ripasso and sweet red Recioto wines. We were lucky enough to be invited to an Italian dinner and to get a personal guided tour of the vineyards.
Read more
Last night we took the Italy - Greece ferry, from Brindisi in southern Italy to Igoumenitsa in northern Greece. The original plan was to follow the Italian east coast northwards and then enter Croatia from the north. But now we've changed our minds! That's the great thing about motorhomes - you can change plans and directions whenever you want. So now we have made it to Igoumenitsa in Greece.
Read more
The Cathedral of Otranto in southern Italy is sometimes referred to as the Church of the Skulls of Otranto, and there's a very good reason for that. A total of 800 skulls adorn the walls of this church, and they are called the martyrs of Otranto. This area of Puglia offers beautiful beaches, azure sea and good food, but also a violent history.
Read more
Puglia, or Apulia as it is called in Italian, is the region in southern Italy that goes down in the 'heel'. Where the Adriatic and Ionian seas meet, you'll find everything from architecture and ancient culture to good food and long, beautiful beaches. Puglia is the Italians' own holiday paradise, and it's not hard to see why they love this part of Italy.
Read more
The last two days we have driven quite long distances here in southern Italy. The day before yesterday we drove from Sicily to Tropea on the east coast of Calabria and yesterday we continued north-east to Taranto. Sometimes we've ended up in the middle of towns and villages, and the fact that it's crowded to drive with a motorhome on the city streets is of course just the first name.
Read more
English (UK) 
Svenska 
Deutsch 
Suomi 
Polski