Sardinia Travel Guide
Escaping the Summer Crowds in Europe – How to Survive Peak Travel Season
Escaping the summer crowds in Europe is easy: avoid summer and travel off-season or if you must travel in summer, go off the beaten track. Too late? In Europe now or heading there? These are [...]
Summer in Italy is Best Spent Living Like Locals in Apartments and Holiday Rentals
Summer in Italy starts in August for most Italians. It’s when the kids are on school holidays and most Italians head to the beach – which is why living like locals in apartments in the cities [...]
Tips for a Successful Dinner Party Away
We’ve been doing a bit of entertaining the last few days at Lara’s uncle’s house in Bendigo culminating me cooking a five-course meal yesterday for some of our old friends. It got me thinking about [...]
In Praise of the Local Pizzeria and Trattoria
You know you’re in Italy when simple food combinations taste sublime and waiters welcome you like old friends. Sadly, those two experiences are often missed by many travellers who opt for fixed priced ‘tourist menus’ [...]
Winemaking Sardinian-style at Cantina di Santadi
The stunning sandy white beaches of southwest Sardinia are where most visitors to the area spend their days, but rain during our stay forced us to seek alternative things to do – like wine tasting [...]
The Feast of Saint Isidoro in Sardinia
Angels are said to have ploughed the fields of Saint Isadore, the patron saint of farmers, who could apparently work miracles when it came to the land, which explains why, on May 15, catholic farmers [...]