Tag: italy
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Ischia, Italy

It was in Edinburgh that we learnt my Nonna was flying from Australia to her home island of Ischia in Italy so we decided to change our route. Our original plan involved spending more time in Eastern Europe followed by a 3 night stopover in Dubai on the way home. We hadn’t booked accommodation in…
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Cinque Terre, Italy

We were dropped at a place that appeared to be the middle of nowhere. I feel most people were confused at this particular spot known as La Spezia and without prior research, some opted to stay in the town for ease to the Busabout bus. However the real highlight for this region is the Cinque…
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Tuscany, Italy

What a beautiful region Tuscany is. Italy really has it all and it’s jam-packed into one little country. We were travelling around the southern loop with Busabout from Rome to Nice, passing through Umbria where Busabout had an included photo stop… Orvieto Orvieto Walls Duomon di Orvieto Continuing on, we made it to the capital of…
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The Amalfi Coast, Italy

Driving from Rome towards the coast of Napoli was fun as we sung along to ‘That’s Amore’ and other cliché Italian songs. It was great seeing and hearing stories of the region from a tourist point of view. My family are from the island of Ischia, off the coast of Napoli in which I visited for…
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A guide to Rome

Rome is crazy. It’s a bustling city rich in culture and history and there is so much to see, do and take in from this city. Like most major cities, it would take weeks to scratch the surface on all the sites but as always, not everyone has time to spend weeks in just one…
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The islands of Venice, Murano & Burano

A flight from Paris had us landing in Munich, the German city where we started our hop-on hop-off adventure with Busabout – a tour company that operates transport between 3 different loops, allowing you to ‘hop-on’ and ‘hop-off’ at the destinations you choose. The 3 loops covered the North (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria), the…