Roman Holidays – Rome part 2

We spent 2 and a half day in Rome and Rome was surprisingly walkable. Except for the trip from the train station and to the airport where we took taxi, we walked everywhere else.

Roman Holidays – Rome

From Sorrento to Rome and it rained 3/4 of the time we were there! Still we managed to visit the 2 most visited places in Italy – the Colosseum and Vatican City. We did not get a walking tour for the Colosseum but instead just bought tickets in advance. That supposingly allow us to sort…

Roman Holidays – Sorrento

After dull Naples, Sorrento was a sight for sore eyes. It was bright, clean and fun – all the things a tourist destination should be with the sun, the sea and beautiful view. In fact, Sorrento is 100% a tourist town and nothing else with everything obviously designed to attract tourists. Even the streets are…

Roman Holidays – Pompeii & Mt Vesuvius

Like all good tourists visiting Italy, we have to visit Pompeii. To get there, we decided that it was more practical to sign up for a guided tour rather than go there ourselves even though it was much more expensive. The place was packed with visitors even though it was supposed to be off peak.…

Roman Holidays – Naples

First holiday for 2024 and its a Roman holiday! It nearly didn’t turn out to be as the original destination was Greece but the cost of the air tickets there was terrible. So it was Italy in the end and we started with Italy, Naples or Napoli whichever way you call it. Before the trip,…