Italy

[July 2024] After a dip in the sea at Fumarole Beach on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, we took a boat to the nearest town, Sant’Angelo. Like the Aragonese Castle we visited a…

[July 2024] The Airbnb host in Forio, the second town on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, recommended us to visit Sant’Angelo and Fumarole Beach as the places to go to on this island….

[July 2024] Ischia, an island in southern Italy, is actually a hot spring resort. Apparently, there are at least 103 hot springs. It is a volcanic island, as it is said that in the 14th…

[July 2024] The Aragonese Castle, located across the causeway from Ischia Ponte, an old town on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, was built in 474 BC. I think it’s amazing that such an…

[July 2024] Ischia Island, located a little west of the Bay of Naples in southern Italy, is a resort island where you can enjoy the sea, so there aren’t many places for sightseeing. The only…

[June 2024] In Mantua, Northern Italy, we also took a sightseeing boat. We made a reservation in advance for a boat that goes around the three lakes surrounding the city. We had made a reservation…

[June 2024] After enjoying Palazzo Te in the historic city of Mantua in northern Italy, we stopped by the remains of a church called Tempio Leon Battista Alberti on the way back to the old…

[June 2024] In addition to Teatro Bibiena, our other purpose in visiting Mantua in northern Italy this time was to visit Palazzo Te. Mantua was the stronghold of the powerful Gonzaga family, and while the…

[June 2024] In Mantua, a historic town in Lombardy, northern Italy, we parked our car in the same large car park, Campo Canoa, as we did last time. This car park faces Lago Inferiore, one…