My final day in San Lazzaro (Agerola), I decided not to get the bus anywhere but instead to spend the day exploring hikes around the local area. I started off with San Lazzaro towards Amalfi down the "ancient steps". The views were of course stunning, of course! It was early and misty and not too hot. Obviously I was expecting steps (clue is in the name) but not that the entire walk would be nothing but steps!! I persevered because the views were lovely and I did...

After 5 nights in Napoli, I travelled on to the Amalfi coast to spend three nights here. I was worried about the bus from Napoli to Amalfi but actually it was easy, comfortable, cheap and totally fine. I'm staying in B&B with fabulous sea view on the edge of a small town called San Lazzaro, the region of Agerola. This area is famous for its scenery and hiking trails and my accommodation really helpfully lent me a set of hiking trail maps- they were the most u...

Why does off exploring always put my pictures sideways? My first day in Naples, I really wasn’t sure. My flight had landed an hour late at Napoli airport then it took me an hour to navigate the bus and Metro system to get to my accommodation. I had rented an entire apartment for five nights, which turned out to be in one of those wonderful old Italian buildings with a small central courtyard open to the sky and flats all around the edges. It doesn’t sound an...

I learnt an important lesson to do with trains in Italy on Saturday. I was travelling from Como to Bologna, via Milano Centrale. I had booked a cheap (€10) ticket online departing Milano at 11:35am that didn't get into Bologna until nearly 2pm. But my time here is so limited, I decided to pay the extra for an earlier, fast train, to get to Bologna as quickly as possible. I didn't buy my ticket in advance and arrived in Milano Centrale stazione to find that the ...

I spent an absolutely lovely couple of days in Como - I think my time here has been the highlight of my trip so far. The lake is stunningly beautiful, breathtakingly so, I gasped when I first saw it, then found myself just sitting and looking, drinking it in. The town of Como itself is gorgeous - wide cobbled streets & squares with good restaurants, bistros and high quality shops. Lovely old buildings, two of the most beautiful churches I have been in in Ita...