Unique Chefchaouen Chefchaouen is one of the most unusual cities I have ever visited. I have read that Chefchaouen is regularly listed as one of the top 10 must see cities in the world and I agree. The streets, the houses, public buildings, lampposts and garbage bins are washed in powder blue paint with a splash of turquoise highlighting windows …
The Pantheon – intriguing and incomprehensible
Pantheon – my favorite building on the plant I have no idea why, but the Pantheon is my favorite building on the planet. Perhaps it is because the architecture is visually mesmerizing and it shear genius of the construction is incomprehensible. As if that wasn’t enough, the Pantheon sits in beautiful Piazza Della Rotonda that is full of Italian restaurants, …
Morocco – Marrakesh Madness
Marrakesh was the last stop on our Intrepid tour and it didn’t disappoint. Marrakesh is an assault on the senses. The city is almost 1000 years old and is home to some of the most amazing minarets, sandstone buildings, high red walls circling the city and of course the famous souks (the markets) which is where I spent most of …
Moulay Idriss a deeply religious town
A peaceful holy town The Adventure of Arriving Our Intrepid tour experience included traveling by taxi (old old old diesel Mercedes cars) to Moulay Idriss Zerhoune. I love this type of experience and is one of the reasons why I enjoy tours like this Intrepid tour. There is no way I would have hopped into an old beat up Mercedes …
Morocco – Amazing Fes
Fes was everything I read about and more. Fes is an ancient city that seems to come right out of a movie, it has a palace that no one has seen inside of, a medina with over 9400 streets and dead-ends, 350 mosques, souks (markets) selling everything and anything, owners of donkeys steering products through the markets (Mulak Mulak – …
G Adventures Amalfi Coast – small group tour
I am so glad I signed up for the G Adventures small group tour to the Amalfi Coast. The tour lasted 7 days and was based in Furore for 5 nights after kicking off in Naples and finishing in Naples. There were just 10 people on the tour which was small enough for us to get to know each other …
Morocco – Casablanca
Casablanca will be where to kick your journey Casablanca is where our Intrepid tour kicked off. A natural starting point for people coming in from all over the world but a rather aesthetically unappealing city to start a tour which was in no way a reflection on the rest of a brilliant tour experience! Moroccan drivers…blah! Casablanca is, in my …
Venice. Intriguing, mysterious, romantic. Perfect.
ahh…Venice Venice is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. There is no other like it. A city of intrigue, mystery, class and romance. It is also a city where divorce may occur if you don’t have a navigation strategy! See my navigation strategy below! The Grand Canal The Grand Canal is the main canal of Venice where you …
Italy – Rapallo on the Italian Riviera
Beautiful Rapallo Ah the Riviera di Levante. Rapallo on the Italian Riviera is where the rich and famous go for their summer holidays and where I go in winter because it is affordable! Camogli, Recco, Santa Margherita and Portofino are Rapallo’s glamorous cousins and they make up a string of old-fashioned seaside resorts. I picked Rapallo as my base to …
Italy – The Amalfi Coast – sunsets and a rugged coastline
The Beautiful Amalfi Coast As part of the G Adventures small group tour, we spent a lot of time exploring the beauty of the Amalfi coastline and it’s various villages including Sorrento, Amalfi, Fuore and Positano. As we made our way around the coastline we stopped to look at some incredible views that you would be unlikely to see anywhere …
The Vatican
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums, The Raphael Rooms, Tapestries and more.. The Vatican intimidated me Everyone needs to visit The Vatican to see it’s display of power, 70,000 works of art, 1400 rooms, 17,000 visitors a day, 7km of halls and it’s opulence, it’s maze of museums, gardens. And then St Peters Basilica did my head in and the most …
Travel Itinerary – Morocco
North Morocco Adventure with Intrepid Travel [wpgmza id=”2″] This is the tour I took with Intrepid Just a note that I traveled independently on this tour. Intrepid were unaware that I would write a review of the tip. I thoroughly recommend it! North Morocco Adventure.
Itinerary for Italy
Travel Slowly I have traveled to Italy three times now and I want to go back for more. Travel slowly. Absorb the theatre of the Italians as they get on with their daily lives. Enjoy the history in the cities that reach to many levels below the surface and the emerald green land of Tuscany and Umbria. Take time …
Portugal – Endless tiles…
Azelujos (tile art) is an integral part of Portuguese society and culture. Azelujos decorate buildings, park sets, street signs, important monuments, fountains and anything with a flat surface across Portugal. Mosaics tell stories, record history and celebrate events throughout the country. If you want to get a taste for how tiles are made visit here: Loja dos Descobrimentos – This shop is a …
Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera
Cinque Terre – Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Mararola and Riomaggiore Within the high rugged seaside cliffs of the Italian Riviera are five villages of Cinque Terre, Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Mararola and Riomaggiore nestle like fairy tale villages. The homes of their citizens cling to the steep landscape together with their vegetable gardens and olive groves, merge naturally into the uneven terrain. …