Travel Blogs Italy

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)...

Catanzaro is located in the southern Italian region of Calabria and build on a rock looking down into the Fiumarella Valley. The city is famous for its Catanzaro Bridge which connects the different parts of the region and is one of the tallest bridges in Europe.

Driving over the Catanzaro Bridge can be quite an experience as traffic often gets stuck and people get out of their vehicle's...