While staying in Levanto, we spent an afternoon exploring Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare, two of the five villages that comprise Cinque Terre. While typically packed with tourists, we purposefully went later in the evening to avoid the crowds, and subsequently got to enjoy a stunning sunset and dinner in Monterosso. At our first stop, […]
Read more "Cinque Terre – Vernazza & Monterosso al Mare"Whilst scrolling through Instagram (as one does), I happened upon a photo of a beautiful beach dotted with colorful umbrellas and filled with surfers with a geo-tag of Levanto, Italy. I had no idea there was surf anywhere in Italy! Intrigued, I did some research and found that Levanto is the doorway to the Cinque […]
Read more "Levanto"Italian fishing village. Celebrity haven. Super douche super yachts. Tourist attraction. Glorious holiday resort. Portofino is all these things. Tucked into the Italian Riviera coastline, just southeast of Genoa, lies Portofino. A slowly winding passage of narrow cliffside roads took us past villas as colorful as a gelato stand, designer boutiques featuring tiny bikinis and […]
Read more "Perfecto(ish) Portofino"On our last full day in Como, we carved out a morning and better part of the afternoon to catch the ferry to Bellagio for some exploring. Bellagio is the pearl of Lake Como – a stunning village situated on a promontory jutting into the center of the lake. Because of it’s location, there are […]
Read more "Bougie in Bellagio"After a few days in a bustling city, we were ready for some relaxation and lake life! We hopped into our tiny Fiat rental and cruised north to the tiny town of Laglio. Because I am unoriginal and American and was overwhelmed by the number of amazing AirBNB and hotel options on Lake Como, I […]
Read more "Cruising to Como"Ryan and I scored amazingly cheap flights to Italy using DealRay– $425 flying from Charleston to Milan, and then Rome to Charleston on the return. We decided to start in Milan, drive to Lake Como for the weekend, and then down the coast to Rome, stopping in Cinque Terre along the way. We bought the […]
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