Having settled into the camper site at Pompei we had lunch in their restaurant and decided we would wait until tomorrow morning to visit Pompei, when it would be cooler and hopefully less crowded. For the afternoon, we would take the opportunity to visit Sorrento on the Sorrentine Coast. Sorrento Being such an iconic destination…
On leaving Sermoneta we noticed this incredible building. We had no idea what it was – it would certainly have great views although not sure whether there was any “step free” access?! We soon joined the Strada Statale 7 (SS7) heading for Gaeta. This road broadly follows the path of the ancient Roman Appian Way,…
We aimed to go as far south as Pompei and the Amalfi coast, before crossing to the east coast, so we set our sites on our next stop being a campsite near Gaeta, a coastal town about half way between Latina and Pompei. En route we would head inland to the village of Sermoneta, a…
Italy / Latina / Ostia Antica
We started Friday morning with a quick swim before saying goodbye to Orbetello and setting Google Maps for Ostia Antica, a vast archaelogical site on the outskirts of Rome. We were heading further south but would make this a stop-off along the way. Ostia Antica Although on the outskirts of Rome this site benefits from…
The Promentario dell’Argentario is described as a “rugged island-like peninsular, popular in summer with quaint port towns, secluded coves and golf”. We could see the quaint orange houses of the small village of Porto Santo Stefano from our campsite beach and it looked like an interesting place to explore. Google maps showed a road running…
After Cinque Terre, Lucca and Pisa we’d run out of plans other than the idea that we would head south and, given it was so hot, try and stay near beaches Punta Ala Park4Night came up with a few beachside options around 2 hours south of Viareggio and we chose a site called Punta Ala…
Having survived a night dodging the mozzies we had breakfast, with coffee in our “Roadsurfer” branded cups. The camper rental company doesn’t take any chances that you may forget who you rented from so splashes their brand on the van and almost everything else, including the picnic set! We had booked an additional night at…
After doing all the “housework” that is needed when living in a camper, we said goodbye to Levanto and set off further south. We wanted to stay close to the beach and had found a few campsites on the Park4Night app in Viareggio that looked suitable. The annual subscription to Park4Night is 9.99 Euro and …
Today started very much the same as the previous 2 days, blue sky, calm but a little warmer. Corniglia was the only village that we hadn’t visited and today we took the train there to start the walk from Corniglia to Vernazza on the 592-3 Path Corniglia to Vernazza Unlike the other 4 villages the…
Our second day in Cinque Terre was another blue bird one. The plan was to catch the train to Riomaggiore and walk between Riomaggiore and Manarola. However, due to neither of us paying attention, we missed the stop and ended up in La Spezia! La Spezia Diversion It turned out that it wasn’t such a…
