From our first visit in 1986, up to the most recent this summer, I think ( only think) we’ve visited Italy 15 times. We’d eight family camping holidays that took in the ‘big’ Italian names – Rome, Florence, Venice, Siena, Pisa, Sorrento, etc. as well as lakes, mountains beaches, pasta…… We’d two self drive trips […]
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It’s hard to put your finger on it – you know you’re in Italy but it’s not quite like her other cities. Italian is spoken in the streets but not by everyone. Goulash or strudel is as likely to pop up on your menu as is gnocchi or pizza. And then there is the architecture […]
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It does’t have to be a week of course – you’d see a lot over a long weekend – or come and stay forever! You can visit many tourist highlights as daytrips from Ljubliana but it’s always nice to have a sleepover isn’t it. The distances on this itinerary aren’t huge and it’s all on […]
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So – are you one of the lucky ones?…… ……living in a European country with direct flights to Slovenia? Well, if so, I truly hope you’ve already made that trip…. and, if you have, that you stopped over for a while at least in its capital city. For us Irish, the need for connected flights, […]
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Sweden’s third largest city is, I’m happy to say, developing nicely into a minibreak destination in its own right, rather than forever being included as a mere appendage to a Copenhagen break. Yes – you can still cross over as a day tripper but there’s enough to occupy a visitor for a few days at […]
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