Ah, Matera. An Ancient Civilisation once known as ‘the shame of Italy,’ Matera is soaring in popularity thanks to its enchanting caves dwellings, mystical Sassi and, er, a James Bond film. I visited the city of Matera back in 2019,…
What Do Italians Eat for Breakfast? A Guide to the Typical Italian Breakfast
What do Italians eat for breakfast? Food is such an integral part of Italian culture that you’d be forgiven for thinking that a typical Italian breakfast is a lavish spread of a million and one dishes, crafted with love and…
Sicilian Travel – Everything You Need to Know Before Visiting Sicily!
Sicilian travel is not for the fainthearted. I have spent over 3 years travelling alone in places that most people would deem a lot more ‘exotic’ than Italy. I lived on a Cambodian island for a year that had no…
Palermo Sicily – 6 Reasons Why Sicily’s Capital is Italy’s Best Kept Secret
Before I visited Palermo Sicily, I hadn’t heard anything good. ‘It’s big, it’s ugly and it’s dirty,’ was all that people said to me. Great, I thought. I hate big cities and ugly architecture, and while a bit of trash…
Is Pisa Worth Visiting? 12 Reasons Why Pisa Should Be Your Next Italian City Break!
Whenever people visit Italy, they always seem to go to the main tourist hot spots. Rome, Venice and Florence are so saturated by tourism that in the summer months they are unbearable, both for locals and tourists alike, and it…
La Cantina del Vino Barga – A Charming Tuscan Winery
The moment I arrived at my aunt and uncle’s house in the tiny town of Barga, Italy, and they told me that there was a local Tuscan winery offering tastings, I knew I had to go. I mean, wine tasting…
