Puglia (pronounced poo-li-ya) is the heel of the Italian ‘boot’. It is often overlooked for more popular tourist regions in the country, but it is gaining popularity quickly. And I can tell you it deserves the same or more attention than other Italian areas. Delicious traditional food, wine and oil production, iconic Middle Ages houses […]
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Côte d’Azur – French Riviera Road Trip Itinerary

For those who don’t know yet… “The Côte d’Azur (often known in English as the French Riviera, or in Spanish as “Costa Azul” ), is the Mediterranean coastline of the south-east corner of France, also including the sovereign state of Monaco. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend from the […]
Discover Cornwall by a short Road Trip from London

Let’s start with a quick intro: “Cornwall is a county on England’s southwestern tip. It forms a peninsula encompassing wild moorland and hundreds of sandy beaches, culminating at the promontory Land’s End. The south coast is home to picturesque harbour villages such as Fowey (see below). The north coast is lined with towering cliffs and […]
Electronic toll roads in Portugal

WARNING! Portugal roads have electronic tolls without human intervention and WITHOUT the possibility to pay it as you go. Yes, it works like that and if you do not pay accordingly (in advance) you will get fined. In most countries around the world, drivers are asked to pay to use a section of a road/highway. This money […]