Anyone travelling to Italy this year?
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:57 am
We are spending a week in Naples/Amalfi area in late June. Anyone else heading over this year?
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It's a pleasure, and helps remind me of visits gone by. I don't think I noted down the places we ate in Puglia, excepting the one we stayed at - Masseria Narducci. The accommodation was ok, but into the start of November wasn't an ideal time, as it felt a little cold. The food was good rustic agriturismo fayre - great value for lots of food and great insight into the local food. We absolutely lucked on an aged Primitivo there for very little money that was right in our style slot (a bit of brett, a little tertiary influence, yet also with decent fruit, and at ~13% alc. avoided the heat that can be found in those pursuing the Zinfandel model). It's between Fasono and Ostuni, so in range for sure.PaulV wrote: ↑Sun May 28, 2023 8:54 pm Hi Ian
Thank you for all your recommendations. Always been impressed how helpful you have been in freely providing advice, information on wineries, restaurants etc. to all of us who due to distance have limited opportunities to travel often in Europe. We are staying a bit further north than you in Puglia , in the hills between Monopoli on the coast ( where we have stayed before) and Castellana Grotte. No need to be near the beaches given we live at Manly beach in Sydney . We have a few favourite osterias in Ostuni, but if you found some nice eating places anywhere in Puglia happy to look them up.
Yes much prefer Turin to Milan, but haven’t been there for over a decade so your recommendations will be very useful. Will be training down to Alba and Bra ( have stayed near La Morra before with a car) so any ideas for eating or sightseeing that’s a bit different would be appreciated. Any day train trips west towards the mountains from Turin would be helpful too. ( Someone we know mentioned Bardonecchia would give us a taste of a small town in the mountains.
Cheers
Paul
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Hi Jimjimv wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:39 pm Hi allan,
Not sure if San Quircio D'Orcia is in the area but it is a wonderful town, not so touristy. We stayed here and loved it. Great restaurants around too.
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I'm with you to some degree, Ian. My partner (the delightful Rita) is the opposite, and so in practice it ends up being a balance between 'acquired local knowledge', and 'serendipity' We will see what the balance is in next month's trip.Ian S wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:49 pm FWIW I hold by the premise there is *never* way too research
Once we've settled on location(s), flights, accommodation, I tend to go into overdrive, scouting out places to eat, specialist food shops & markets, enoteche (both wine shops and wine bars), quirky local sites, walks, events, other shops and local / nearby places of interest and so on.
This is my antidote to that feeling I recall on prior holidays, of feeling somewhat lost / not knowing which direction to head when hungry etc. and ending up in some rubbish places because that's where we stumbled across. The prep helps me ensure that we find the things that interest us, have options to choose from when hungry, don't miss out on interesting local events etc. but in addition, poring over the map / google map to see where things are, starts to build up a knowledge of the road layouts in that location, such that when arriving, it already has a degree of familiarity. It also builds up the excitement.