Leaving Granada, we continue west toward the small town of Ronda. Ronda is a mountaintop city in Spain’s Malaga province that’s set dramatically above a deep gorge. This gorge (El Tajo) separates the city’s circa-15th-century
Southern Spain
We’re decided to travel down to Andalusia in southern Spain so we’ve made a beeline toward Valencia. On our way south along the coast, we stopped at the town of Peñiscola. It’s a beautiful town– built
Barcelona
We travelled from Avignon via the motorway, crossing into Spain and getting off at the top of Costa Brava, the coastal area north of Barcelona. Costa Brava means rugged coast in Spanish and stretches approx
South France
Au revoir to Provence, we so enjoyed our time here! We’re continuing our journey south toward Barcelona, but stopped at the small towns of Aigues-Mortensen and Sete. Aigues-Mortes is a walled town siting on the
Provence
We left Sestri Levante heading for France. We decided to fast track things and took the motorway to Ventimiglia and cross over the border into France from there. Sin decided it was time to treat
Cinque Terre
We start off from Pisa, heading up the coast toward Massa, and then inland through the mountains on SP331/SP1 passing Padivarma, Bonapignione, Borghetto Di Vara, the Passo de Bracco and Mattarana, before reaching Sestri Levante
Tuscany
We left Rome heading inland toward Siena, in the middle of Tuscany. We’re ‘citied out’ so have decided to avoid big cities for a little while. The scenery is wonderful, the countryside filled with rows
Roma
Rome, Italy’s capital, is a sprawling, cosmopolitan city with a population of 4.4 million in its metropolitan area (as of 2015; 2.9 million within city limits) and is Italy’s largest city. As the story goes… the
Pompeii
Pompeii has long been on my list of places to visit and finally we had the opportunity. We missed the shuttle bus from the campsite which goes 2x/week so we ventured out, deciding to use
Napoli
We left Camp Fusina, heading south down the Adriatic coast. I must say I was a bit disappointed. It made me think we were on the ‘Gold Coast’ of Italy. Lots of resorts along the