Learning the word “Pignolo”
[July 2026] We spent this summer holiday in Lecce, an old city in the Puglia region of Italy. We chose this location because an intensive Tai Chi workshop—a passion of my husband’s—was being held there….
Apulia
Birthday party
[ Nov.2013 ] We stayed two nights in Martina Franca in Puglia, southern Italy. The hotel was Park Hotel San Michele. Although this is a small town, it was very very crowded when we arrived,…
Lovely B&B
[ Apr.2013 ] During our family holiday in south Italy, we went to a pretty seaside town of Otranto.We stayed in a B&B called Palazzo De Mori.Actually I stayed here three and a half years…
About the spa in the hotel
[ Mar.2013 ] We stayed in a hotel called Ostuni Palace in Ostuni in Italy.The first thing we noticed was this sign.'Oh, they have got a spa' we said and asked the receptionist what kind…
Stay in a Trullo house
[Mar.2013] In Alberobello in southern Italy, we stayed in a hotel called Le Alcove, which was a real Trulli hotel. It was wonderful. The structure was very interesting, location was very good and the service…
The hotel which used to be a powder magazine
[May, 2011] The old town of Monopoli, south Italy is surrounded by the wall with a lot of cannons on top of it.I stayed a hotel just inside the wall called Hotel Don Ferrante.It opened…
The hotel which used to be a convent
[May, 2011] In Trani in south Italy, I stayed in a hotel which used to be a convent. The name is San Paolo al Convento. It stands in the best location facing the port and…
The three star hotel in Tremiti
[May, 2011] There are three main islands in Isole Toremiti and the one with a lot of hotels is called San Domino.I stayed at a tree star hotel called Eden there.The room was simple, but…
