Gourmet Walk with Inside Lisbon

Gourmet Walk with Inside Lisbon Share I only have praises for this Gourmet Walk that we had with Inside Lisbon.  For the price of €25 per person, we had an crash course on Portuguese food, history and culture in just one evening. Ok we got lucky. How? We signed up for the group walking tour and when we showed up [...]

Holiday Apartment in Lisbon with Friendly Rentals

Holiday Apartment in Lisbon: View from a small study Share After a pleasant experience in Barcelona with Friendly Rentals, we opted again to rent a holiday apartment in Lisbon through them.  This time around, arrangements were a bit different as a representative met us at the apartment instead of us going to an office to pick up the keys. For us, the apartment in [...]

Things To Do in Lisbon and more

Things to do in Lisbon: View of the city Share While planning our trip to Lisbon, I found out there were tons of things to do in Lisbon and trying to fit everything in 3 days was just impossible. After my trip to Lisbon, I would say that Lisbon is a hidden gem in Europe as the city has so much to offer and [...]

Palace of Caserta: The Palace

Palace of Caserta: Parallel Stairways Share While I know I have already covered a great deal on the Palace of Caserta, it wouldn’t feel complete if I didn’t share some information with you on the Palace itself. As I had mentioned in an earlier post, I was eager to visit the Park and on the way there, I was stopped [...]

Palace of Caserta: The Park

Palace of Caserta: Margherita Fountain Share If you think the Palace of Caserta looks grand from the outside, wait until you step inside.  It’s a whole different world. Initially, I wasn’t impressed when I first saw the palace from the outside as the grounds weren’t well kept.  However, don’t make the mistake of thinking that the outside garden is the [...]

A Day Trip From Rome: Palace of Caserta

A day trip from Rome: Palace of Caserta Share As we had a long weekend, we decided to take a day trip from Rome to visit the Palace of Caserta.  Caserta is not known as a tourist destination but the Palace, modeled after Versailles, is a hidden gem that I have heard about but never had the chance to visit. Caserta is known [...]

Ravello: Villa Rufolo

Ravello: View from Villa Rufolo Share The view you get from Villa Rufolo in Ravello makes you feel like you are on top of the world. Breathtaking is an understatement! Ravello, in general, gives you the sensation that you have stepped into another world, one that is beyond the hustle and bustle of our world. Here in Ravello, you just [...]

Senb Hotel in Senigallia

SenB Hotel in Senigallia Share While doing research on the Senb Hotel in Senigallia, we read the reviews on TripAdvisor and one reviewer mentioned how they liked the place because if they got lost in Senigallia, they could easily spot the hotel because of its colors. I didn’t know if they were serious and only when we got there, [...]

Fav Bites in Positano

DCIM100SPORT Share On the trip to Positano last weekend, there were a few things on my mind that I wanted to make sure I had.  They weren’t even dishes but more like bites and two out of three were for those who have a sweet tooth. Bites in and near Positano 1.  Pane Casatiello and Saltimbocca [...]

Festa del Pesce in Positano

DCIM100SPORT Share When we got to Positano last Thursday, there were posters everywhere about the Festa del Pesce which would take place that Saturday evening on Fornillo Beach. We didn’t come to Positano specifically for this and didn’t know about it at all.  From what I had heard, some did come to Positano that weekend just [...]