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BASILICATA IS UNFORGETTABLE
4th November, 2017. The above view was taken from the balcony outside our bedroom BASILICATA – FOND FAREWELLS – AND YET MORE GIFTS Basilicata is unforgettable and remembered with love. We made our fond first farewell when standing in our hallway, ready for the off. Giuseppe came up the stairs to help with […]
OUR FAVOURITE FRENCH B&B
23rd November 2016 VILLELONGUE: AUDE Our favourite French B&B is hidden in Villelongue, a small village in Aude, France – Villelongue Coté Jardin, Location Chambre d’hôte dans l’Aude. It is a charming old farmhouse. You can hardly see it from the road as it is hidden in greenery. It has a good-sized rear […]
VIBO VALENTIA – DRIVING DOWN TO SICILY
4th November, 2017. DRIVING DOWN TO SICILY THROUGH SMALL TOWNS We were booked in at Vibo Valentia for our first night’s stop before crossing to Sicily. The main road, as we went further south, narrowed to pass through many tiny towns with small, colourful houses and shops. In each town our car […]
OUR TWO FAVOURITE ITALIAN B&B’s
We have TWO favourite Italian B&B’s, although we have stayed in many other very good places during our many car tours since we first explored Tuscany and Umbria in 2001. THE ‘PICK’ FROM BIELLA-VENICE-MATERA-OTRANTO-MESSINA-SICILY-ROME-FLORENCE & MORE Although we obviously have not ‘covered’ the whole of Italy, we have explored from Biella in […]
