There are day trips from further away cities in Italy to see Cinque Terre, but to do it all in one day or over a few days, it's most convenient to stay closer by or within Cinque Terre. Seeing all the towns will easily fill up one day, so to optimize your time, you have to stay close by. The first option would be to stay within one of the 5 towns that make up Cinque Terre. Staying in one of th[...]
Cinque Terre is an absolutely breathtaking National Park region in the Northwest of Italy. The region is made up of 5 picturesque seaside towns on the Ligurian Coast. From North to South, these towns are Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. Visiting Cinque Terre by train is the absolute best way to see it, so keep on reading to find out why and how! Map of Cinque[...]
During my recent trip to Rome, I had the absolute pleasure to do two amazing tours with The Tour Guy. The Tour Guy is a tour company comprised of passionate local experts around Europe. The company started as The Roman Guy, so their expertise is Italy! I couldn't imagine a better tour company to have toured around Rome's famous sites with. Take the journey with me on my Colosseum, Roman Forum, an[...]
Anybody who knows me knows I'm a killer for a good flight deal. A large majority of my travel patterns are based on where I've found a cheap flight. Stockholm is somewhere that I'd seen popping up on flight alerts for a while due to the emergence of Norwegian Air. Due to some trickery with currencies and the GBP crashing in the aftermath of Brexit, I was able to snag a non-stop flight to Sweden fr[...]
A few months ago, I got an alert about a really widespread sale on United for flights to Europe and Northern Africa. I immediately texted my friend Henah and she was down to go with me. Both of us are pretty well traveled, so it was hard to pick a place we both hadn’t been to and would work with our schedules. After a little bit of searching, we landed on Lisbon. ALFAMA AIRBNB I flew to Lisbon o[...]