Sorrento (the home of Limoncello) is a beautiful place, 40km south of Naples situated at the end of the peninusla. The sea was a gorgeous blue that was completely clear. This was helped by it being a rock beach rather than sand, great to jump off of on a hot day. The town was small but vibrant, during the day it was a great place to shop and at night the perfect place for eating, drinking and taking a walk along with the thousands of locals and tourists. In sorrento we found what we have decided to be the best pizza in the whole of Italy! Jhonnys pizza was delicious as were his other pizza dough creations known as sfizi. Very cheap at less than £3 a pizza. In short we loved Sorrento.
Also while in Sorrento we visted Vesuvius and Pompeii. Amazing sites. You will see from the pics.
Sorrento = 9.5/10
Saturday 31 July 2010
Thursday 22 July 2010
Rome, pt2 (proper write up)
The first thing we would like to say about Rome and the most important thing is that it is absolutely fantastic!!! It is the perfect city, old mixed with the new. Every corner you turn in Rome you come across a new fantastic sight. Our favourite sights were the colosseum, the trevi fountain, the pantheon and St. Peters Basilica. Although these are the more obvious attractions in Rome all of the other less well known attractions were well worth seeing. Another highlight about boiling hot Rome was the ice cold free water the came from fountains all over the city.
Rome = 10/10
Rome = 10/10
Rome, pt1.
Rome is brilliant. a picture is worth a thousand words, here's a few. Proper write up to come later.
Tarquinia.
After spending too much time loafing by the lake we decided we should head towards Rome, we found a campsite on the coast about 90 kms above and thought it would be easy to get a train into the centre of rome from there, it wasn't. After much deliberation about how we would get to Rome we decided that we would just stay in Tarquinia as it was nice and our campsite was right on the beach. The Town of Tarquinia was a typical italian smallish town with lovely gelato and great food.
TARQUINIA = 7/10.
TARQUINIA = 7/10.
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Perugia & Asissi
Perugia is a busy university town. We had a great time here, it was vibrant, lively and still had original charm. The town was one of our favourites so far, especially at night.
Asissi was also a stunning town. For those who dont know it was home of St. Francis of Asissi. It had an absolutely amazing church where St. Francis is also burried. His tomb was extremely atmospheric. As soon as you walk in there is a definate vibe. Asissi also had a huge castle which was on top of a hill and had stunning panoramas of the surrounding countryside.
Asissi was also a stunning town. For those who dont know it was home of St. Francis of Asissi. It had an absolutely amazing church where St. Francis is also burried. His tomb was extremely atmospheric. As soon as you walk in there is a definate vibe. Asissi also had a huge castle which was on top of a hill and had stunning panoramas of the surrounding countryside.
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