A Complete Guide to Lake Garda, Italy

Somehow, my six-week trip around Northern Italy was drawing to a close, with my final destination of Lake Garda in sight. My six weeks had seen me traveling by train, car, ferry and bus across countless cities and towns of…

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Visiting Malcesine at Lake Garda, Italy

Malcesine is an idyllic little resort town on the northeastern side of Lake Garda. It's the perfect spot to visit for a day, arriving by bus or by ferry, and wandering around the sweet streets, shopping in the boutiques, indugling…

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Visiting Sirmione at Lake Garda, Italy

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, Italy

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 at Lake Garda, Italy

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, Italy

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. → Check out all my…

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A Complete Guide to Lake Como, Italy

I spent six weeks exploring northern Italy by train, car, ferry and bus, visiting countless cities, towns and beautiful spots. → Check out all my guides about Italy! One of my favourite weeks was the one spent lakeside at Lake Como.…

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How to Spend a Day in Varenna at Lake Como, Italy

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 in Lavertezzo, Switzerland

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 in Como, Italy

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 Baia dei Saraceni in Liguria, Italy

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, Italy

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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A Complete Guide to Cinque Terre, Italy

Cinque Terre, the five towns with the colourful pillbox houses built into the coastline of western Italy, is probably one of the most famous destinations in the country. The Ligurian coastline is seriously idyllic. After having been Instagram friends since…

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Hiking the Cinque Terre in Italy

I think the images of the five colourful little towns of Cinque Terre are some of the most well-known in all of Italy. The pillbox houses built into the cliffs along the Liguria coastline evoke daydreams of idyllic small town…

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