Italy25 September 2025Morning in Taranto with pasticciotto and cappuccinoIn Taranto ๐ฎ๐น, mornings begin just like in your dreams: a warm pasticciotto filled with cream and a fragrant cappuccino. ๐ฅงโ
Italy25 September 2025Taranto โ the Cherry on Top of Southern ItalyThe final stop on my Southern Italy tour: Taranto, an hour and a half by train from Bari. And yes, starting tomorrow, it's back to reality. ๐โโ๏ธ๐คฃ
Italy24 September 2025Trani โ Puglia's Pearl in Half a Day ๐ถJust thirty minutes by train from Bari, and it feels like stepping into another film โ white yachts, limestone streets, and a cathedral right by the sea. โ
Italy23 September 2025Monopoli โ Southern Italy Without FiltersA fortress wall, a 16th-century castle, and women making homemade pasta on their doorsteps. Monopoli is Southern Italy exactly as you imagine it. ๐๐คโค๏ธ
Italy22 September 2025Molfetta โ the little town near Bari nobody ever told me aboutIt's not in any guidebook, and there are no crowds of tourists โ yet Molfetta stole my heart from the very first winding street. ๐ค
Italy21 September 2025Polignano a Mare โ the town on the edge of the cliffPossibly the most photographed spot in all of Puglia. And having seen it with my own eyes, I completely get why. ๐ธ
Italy21 September 2025Ostuni โ the white city above the olive grovesThe other white city in Puglia, and my second stop of the day. I wandered into the alleys for five minutes, and came out... quite a bit later. ๐ช
Italy21 September 2025Locorotondo โ the white town in a circleMy third and final stop of the day in Puglia turned out to be a small white hilltop town, where the streets curve round in a circle and the houses compete over who has the most colorful flowers. ๐ช
Italy20 September 2025Barletta โ beaches and ancient stones an hour from BariI thought Puglia ended with Matera and Alberobello. Then I stepped off the train in Barletta and was left speechless. ๐โโ๏ธ
Italy19 September 2025Lecce โ the Baroque town that stole my heart on the spotAn hour and 45 minutes by train from Bari, and I ended up standing in the middle of Lecce with my jaw dropped. ๐ Baroque, baroque, and more baroque โ and hardly any tourists in sight. ๐
Italy18 September 2025Alberobello: the village of the trulli and a Bulgarian traceGreetings from Alberobello! ๐ A village in Puglia where the little houses wear conical roofs like hats, and according to historians, their shape traces back to... the yurts of the ancient Bulgars. ๐ฎ Is there anything more wonderful than Italy? No way! ๐๐คโค๏ธ
Italy18 September 2025Matera โ the city carved out of stoneI'd been itching to visit Matera for a long time ๐คทโโ๏ธ โ one of the oldest cities in the world, where people literally lived in caves. And today I finally set foot there! ๐โโ๏ธ
Italy17 September 2025Bari: the old town where getting lost is half the funHello from sunny, scorching Italy! ๐ I'm kicking off an 8-day tour of the South, and my first stop is Bari โ a city with Italy's longest seaside promenade and an old center built like a maze. โ๏ธ๐
Italy17 May 2025Ravenna โ the city where the walls shineI went to Ravenna without knowing who was who among the saints, and yet I stood there with my jaw dropped in front of the mosaics. ๐คฉ Sometimes beauty needs no explanation.
Italy15 May 2025Parma โ the city of Parmesan and frescoesSmall, romantic, and smelling of something delicious from the very first street. Parma is exactly the kind of city where you want to get lost on purpose. ๐ฎ๐น
Italy10 May 2025Milan in comfy shoes: the canals, the castle, and the DuomoMilan doesn't reveal itself from a tram seat โ you need comfortable shoes and a bit of a wandering spirit. I started at the canals and made my way to the Duomo, and along the way I fell in love with Italy all over again. ๐๐คโค๏ธ
Italy4 May 2025Bassano del Grappa โ the little town with the wooden bridge and the grappaA small town in Veneto, named after a Roman from the 2nd century BC, with a wooden bridge and its own signature spirit. How could you not fall in love? ๐๏ธโ๏ธ
Italy21 April 2025Modena โ the City of Pavarotti and a Cup of CoffeeA city of opera voices, beautiful streets, and balsamic vinegar โ and yet somehow tourists tend to pass it by. I didn't. โ
Italy16 April 2025Pisa: not just the tower (although, yes, the tower)Hear "Pisa" and the leaning tower instantly pops into your mind. ๐ But the city has plenty more to tell you โ best enjoyed with a glass of Tuscan wine in hand. ๐ท
Italy5 April 2025Ferrara โ Silence, a 900-Year-Old Cathedral, and GelatoThere are little towns where you plan to stay an hour and end up staying all day. Ferrara is exactly that kind of place โ silence, a 900-year-old cathedral, and, of course, gelato. ๐ฆ
Italy18 March 2025Rimini: Piadina, a 15 km Beach, and Loads of GelatoI set off for San Marino, but Rimini pulled me off course with piadina, a 15-kilometer beach, and gelato I just couldn't resist. ๐ฆ
Italy27 February 2025Florence: the city of the Medici and of great mindsFlorence is one of those cities where you set out for a coffee and come back with 300 photos and a slightly racing heart ๐๐คโค๏ธ
Italy21 February 2025Bologna โ the red city that tourists skip๐ฎ๐น Italy is magical, divine, otherworldly romantic... and Bologna is the part of it that most tourists zoom right past. A huge mistake! ๐ฆ
Italy23 January 2025The Colosseum in Rome: the arena of the gladiatorsYou step into the Colosseum and somehow the time machine just kicks in on its own โ ancient Rome is right there, beneath your feet.โ๏ธ