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Gallipoli is a beautiful fishermans town on the western coast of the region Apulia with a stunning seaside. Driving through the south of Italy you could easily combine a trip to Gallipoli with a visit to the city of Lecce or on a road trip further south.

Gallipoli is located in the province of Lecce and faces the Ionian Sea on the left side of the Salentina Peninsula. The town itself can be divided in two parts, a modern Gallipoli and the older city constructed on a limestone island which looks out over the harbour.

The older city of Gallipoli is popular with tourists and especcially...

After exploring Rome, the capital of Italy, I wanted to visit Sicily and visit the sights of Messina, Taormina, Catania, Agrigento and other places. After arriving in Messina, more about that in my future blogs, I rented a car to get around the island to eventually reach my final destination: Palermo.

My initial plan was to spend several days in Palermo too and see some of this southern...

Catania is located in the east of Sicily and has one of the most beautiful and characteristic city centres. Piazza Del Duomo is known as Catania's central meeting point, close to the fish market of Piazza Pardo and the tasty pasticcerie and bars. During the day Catania has a lot to offer and you can spend your days looking for souvenirs on the markets, shopping in the beautiful shopping lanes or by...

Almost every year we visited the home country of my husband who is born on the lovely island Sardinia. Sardinia is famous for her great white sand beaches and blue sea! Every year we visit his parents who still live there and we plan a trip around the island. This year we booked a B&B which I would like to recommend everyone who wants to visited this nice part of the island. At only 15km from Cagliari,...

Today at school many people asked the teacher if Rome was a country or a city. I know that's shocking! Of course Rome is a city! And a beautiful city!

I was there last year and I had a great time. I loved visiting the Colosseum, such a beautiful Roman construction (more than 2000 years old).

Other than the Colosseum I really liked Piazza Venezia, Via del corso (great for shopping)...