Cattedrale di San Martino | Lucca
The San Michele in Foro Basilica in the centre of Lucca is beautiful. It's surrounded by cafes for the people to use as a kind of external...
Italy
The 22:14 Allegro Tosca Sleeper Train From Florence To Vienna
We boarded the train in Florence station at just a little after 10:00pm with a rugged bunch of backpackers, ageing Austrian couples and young...
In Search Of Silence In Portofino
We arrived to Portofino by boat from Santa Margherita Ligure just a few miles down the Ligurian coastline. Passing by castles, resorts, super...
The Glass In The Oculus
This stunning work of art was made for the asp of the Cathedral of Siena but was replaced in 2004 by a copy to help preserve the near 800 year...
Florence In Monochrome
They call her the Cradle of the Renaissance. Topped with red brick and adorned with the works of the Italian masters of art, architecture and...
Tropical Animals
From the outside, the club scene in Florence can appear a stagnant mess of bad R&B and pop nights designed solely to yank in American...
The Story of Venice’s Gondoliers
The dark shadows of those emblematic Gondolas have moved through the canals of Venice for 1000 years, and for each of those dark crescent-shaped...
Piazza Del Limbo | Florence
Florence has a slight problem. It is overrun. Full to bursting. A maze of attractions that most people zip around as though visiting a theme...
Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli | Florence
If you take a short stroll down the Borgo Santi Apostoli, just moments from the River Arno and the Ponte Vecchio, you'll find my favourite piazza...
Florence Cocktail Week 2016
The first ever Florence Cocktail Week was a resounding success. We found the week long event to be a perfect excuse to sample and resample the...
