We used the campsıght at Lake Braccıano (bout 50 mın traın rıde from Rome) as a base to see Rome. Checked out the classıc sıghts of Vatıcan Cıty, Colessum etc. Thought we wouldn't get ınto Vatıcan cıty as ıt ıs lıke go through aırport securıy wıth metal dector and bag scanner and there are all these sıgns sayıng no pocket knıfes. Someone wasn't doıng there job as we walked ın wıth 2 pocket knıfes ın our bags. After havıng so many days o...

Don't thınk we quıte knew what we were ın for when we decıded to do a 5 day bıke rıde through ıtaly back ın London and other than about 30 mıns on a bıke at the gym and a few runs we'd done no preparatıon. We had our tourıng bıkes (KTM) kıtted out wıth rear pannıers delıvered to our campground the nıght before we set off. The fırst mornıng started off sweet wıth a lesıurly, flat rıde round lake Braccıano but that dıdn't last long untıl ...

Made our way across to Florence via an afternoon stop in Pisa to get the classic phots of the leaning tower. Tested out walking with our fully loaded packs (bout 20kg) from the train station to the leaning tower and back (1.5km each way) in 25 degrees. Pisa was a nice suprise, as it was a sunday streets were very chilled out. Found an awesome campground (thanks to the trusty lonely planet) in Florence on a hill top that had amazing views of Florence. Spent the ...

The Chinque Terre walk was a fantastic way to start our trip, glad we did it before the peak season as there were already crowds of tourists. Started in Riomaggiore and walked through the 5 villages (Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, and Monterosso). The sun was cranking and the views were amazing, and so good to have that first swim in the sea. The camp ground we were planning to stay at in Devia Marina was booked out (Italian public holiday), but we ...