In this article I share three videos full of tips, advice and recommendations on Venice Italy. They include 9 things you need to know before going to Venice on how to survive the crowds,...
The residents of Venice mostly use their legs and boats to get around, those in Ho Chi MInh City have motorbikes and in Ferrara it is the bicycle. There are around 130,000 people living...
Every Thursday the one kilometre Corso del Popolo thoroughfare running through the centre of Chioggia hosts a sprawling and eclectic market. Fresh fruit and plants jostle for the attention of the crowds alongside women’s...
Pride of place in a vast glass cabinet in the circular room behind the altar in Padua’s Saint Anthony’s Basilica are some grisly artefacts. The Saint’s lower jawbone, complete with a row of remarkably...
In an earlier article I wrote about “Visiting Venice. Exploring Unexpected Floods and Hidden Secrets“. As I toured this magical watery city I was so entranced by the frantic movement of crafts on the...
Every day while in Venice I stood watching St Mark’s Square awash with an unrelenting tide. I saw it sweeping through its wide-open spaces and submerging every inch of the Piazza, filling every available...
You ever visited the Vatican City? I last went in the early 1980s and so was pleased that we visited it during the afternoon of my Rome city tour. I got a chance to...
What do you think of Rome? Like or loath it? I had been to Rome often in last 15 years, but it was always for work and so I not seen much of the...
Ever since I was a boy and read the startling story of how Mount Vesuvius erupted and drowned the city of Pompeii in ash I have been intrigued and eager to visit the town....
In episode 99 of the Tips for Travellers Podcast, I share my tips for travellers about visiting, and getting the most, out of a visit to the town of Taormina in Sicily, Italy. A...
Island of Capri Italy. A stunning island worth braving the rough ferry for! This is a my video tour and review of the beautiful Mediterranean island of Capri. Located about a 45 minute ferry...
