Visiting Sirmione

Sirmione is a quaint and beautiful little resort town on the southern side of Lake Garda. It's the perfect spot to visit for a day, arriving by one of Lake Garda's famous ferries, and wandering around enjoying the beautiful scenery…

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How to Spend a Day in Verona

Verona is known around the world for being the setting of Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, one of his most famous works and one of the most oft-performed and oft-referred to. So, for anyone who's a fan of this classic work,…

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Visiting the Santuario Madonna della Corona

My six weeks across Northern Italy had seen me traveling by train, car, ferry and bus across countless cities and towns of the top half of Italy and fully made me fall in love with this country, having only ever…

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24 Hours in Bergamo

After a week spent at Lake Como, I was headed east to continue my six-week trip around Northern Italy. I was on my way to Lake Garda, the other large famous lake of the north. Along the way to Lake…

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A Complete Guide to Lake Como

I spent six weeks exploring northern Italy by train, car, ferry and bus, visiting countless cities, towns and beautiful spots. One of my favourite weeks was the one spent lakeside at Lake Como. I based myself in Como, the biggest town…

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How to Spend a Day in Varenna

As part of my mega six-week trip traveling all throughout northern Italy, I spent almost a week based in Como, right on the shores of Lake Como. This gorgeous lake attracts tourists from all over the world and, being so…

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How to Visit the Ponte dei Salti

I spent five nights based in Como, on the shores of the iconic Lake Como in northern Italy. One of the day trips we did was to drive up into southern Switzerland, the Italian-Swiss border being just minutes away from…

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Visiting the Balcon d’Italia

I spent five nights based in Como, on the shores of the iconic Lake Como in northern Italy. One of the day trips we did was to drive up into southern Switzerland, the Italian-Swiss border being just minutes away from…

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An Afternoon at Baia dei Saraceni

With Portofino in the rear view mirror, we drove north along the coast to Genoa. The sun shone down as we drove the winding coastal road, pretty pastel towns intermixed with the tunnels through the mountains. Genoa proved to be…

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A Complete Guide to Portofino

Oh Portofino, the place where that song famously croons you can find love. Once a little fishing village tucked down the far end of the Ligurian coast, Portofino is now considered one of the most bougie places to vacation in…

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