Author: Jim Carter

Next stop is Zadar on the mainland after our two island visits. Our airbnb is nice, good size and well equipped. Lidl supermarket not far away and the old town, marina and city beaches all within walking distance. Day one we went to check out one of the city beaches, it was ok but not…

It took one and a half hours on the ferry from Krk to reach Lopar on the island of Rab. No sign of a taxi anywhere to take us down to the town of Rab where we’re staying so found that there is a local bus, but no bus for 90 minutes, so grabbed a…

The journey from Rijeka to where we are staying on the island of Krk took just over an hour, and instead of the bus we were expecting a taxi picked us up from the bus station, which was a bit strange as I booked it on Omio, which we’ve used to book trains and buses…

Had a nice comfortable and scenic trip here on a bus and arrived ahead of time. Got a 3 night stay here, first impressions is that it’s quite a large city, in actual fact it’s the 3rd biggest in Croatia. Principally it’s a sea port. Found our airbnb which has a great view over the…

We’ve arrived in Pula, our first stop of six in Croatia. Pula is one of the largest towns in the Istrian region of Croatia. It offers great history, home to some of the best preserved Roman architecture in the world, beautiful beach coves, mainly rocks to lay on or pebbled beaches, and the water is…

Arrived in Verona after a reasonably stress free journey from Lake Maggiore, trains mainly on time and no disruptions. Found our Airbnb hadn’t been cleaned when we arrived which was a bit annoying. To be fair the owner got things sorted out quite quickly so our inconvenience was limited. The accommodation is ok, nice balcony…

This is a town on the shores of Lake Maggiore. After being to Como and Garda previously this has a very much more tranquil, quieter feel to it. Laveno is a sleepy little place but pleasing on the eye, with a good selection of bars and restaurants, a little marina, good supermarket and home to…

So next stop Cattolica is on the Adriatic coast not far from Rimini. Very much a more modern beach resort, very different to everywhere else we’ve been in Italy. Train journey here was again disrupted as one of our trains was cancelled meaning that we missed one of our connections, but only arrived about 1…

Next stop another beautiful city in the region of Umbria. Our airbnb is tucked away in a quiet lane very close to the centre of everything, which is great. Went and had a little explore in the afternoon and did a bit of shopping. It is a really pretty city, with tons of history and…

Train journey to Orvieto was a bit of an ordeal, mainly due to a rail replacement bus service that we hadn’t expected, which meant we reached Rome Termini for our connection later than expected, and then had trouble finding the correct platform for the connecting train to Orvieto. Got there with about 2 minutes to…