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 our tips to...
View ArticleOur Home Away from Home in Alberobello, Puglia
A rustic two hundred year old trullo in the countryside outside of Alberobello, in the southern Italian region of Puglia or Apulia is our latest home away from home and it oozes atmosphere and romance....
View ArticleOrecchiette con Sugo al Pomodoro Recipe from Puglia in Southern Italy
In the rustic kitchen of our trullo in Alberobello in Puglia in southern Italy, our host Maria gives us a lesson in pasta making and teaches us how to make her orecchiette con sugo al pomodoro recipe...
View ArticleBees, Bugs and Buds — Our Pleasure Garden in Puglia
The garden at our trullo near Aborobello in Puglia in Southern Italy is our own personal pleasure garden with plenty to entertain. The scent of fresh rosemary, laurel and mint, followed up by the...
View ArticleLocal Knowledge: Anna from Alberobello
Effervescent Anna Rosato knew the meaning of hospitality well before the 23 year-old graduated with her tourism degree from the University of Bari last year. The daughter of chef-restaurateurs, Anna...
View ArticleHomemade Puglian Pizza from Our Own Woodfired Pizza Oven
Puglian pizza making is a two stage process over two days, we learn when I get lessons in making homemade pizzas in the wood-fired oven attached to our trullo just outside Alberobello in Italy's...
View ArticleLimoncello, Cherry Liqueur and other Earthly Delights in Puglia
In Alberobello, self-sufficiency extends to everything from olive oil and cherry tomatoes to limoncello and cherry liqueur – from filling the fridge to supplying the liquor cabinet, everything is...
View ArticleThe Trulli of Alberobello — Living like Locals In Puglia
Italians joke that in Italy tax evasion, not soccer (football), is the number one national sport – a quarter of the Italian economy apparently avoids paying taxes. So it wasn’t so surprising to find...
View ArticleTrain Travel and Taking Time Out for Reflection
Train travel. We’ve always loved it – as much for the opportunities it affords us to sit back and simply reflect, as for the chance to people-watch, as well as take in scenery you don’t get to see from...
View ArticleMy Best Foodie Travel Moments from our Grand Tour
We did a hell of a lot of food-related activities over the last 12 months for Grantourismo. And my best foodie travel moments of the year didn’t occur while seated at a voguish restaurant… 1. Tasting...
View ArticleOff The Beaten Track European Summer Destinations Just Beyond the Obvious
Off the beaten track European summer destinations are still possible to find. You need to look just beyond Europe’s obvious summer hotspots – the Cinque Terre, Côte d’Azur, Italian Lakes and so on – as...
View ArticleSummer in Italy is Best Spent Living Like Locals in Apartments and Holiday...
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 the...
View ArticleOrecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe Recipe – A Puglian Classic with a...
This orecchiette with sausage and broccoli rabe recipe is one I cook when I can't bring myself to make another carbonara or puttanesca, Lara's most requested pastas. Orecchiette with sausage and...
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