Palermo: Sat Sept 10 – Wed Sept 14 Accommodation link. Sunday 11th September. The weather on our trip has, with the exception of one Lecce morning, been nothing but consistent: sunshine, clear blue skies and very hot. Our first morning in Palermo was no different. Our apartment was located in Palermo old town and… More
Palermo: Sat Sept 10 – Wed Sept 14 Accommodation link. Saturday 10th September. The cycle tour finished up this morning and we were dropped back at Bari train station to make our way to the airport for our flight to Palermo. The view as you fly into Palermo is rather spectacular; there was a narrow… More
Lecce: Fri Sept 9 – Sat Sept 10. It was a cloudy start to our last day in Otranto and, even at 6 am, there was a warm wind blowing and my phone’s weather app showed a ‘feel like’ temperature of 32 degrees. I found out later that that the wind pattern is known as… More
Otranto: Wed Sept 7 – Fri Sept 9 Thursday 8th September It was a joy to rise early this morning and get out to walk Otranto old town without all the tourists. It’s really the best time of day to take in the beauty and grandeur of this fortified city, to see the full scale… More
Otranto: Wed Sept 7 – Fri Sept 9 Wednesday 7th September: Visit to Gallipoli There was no early walk today as I was concerned about making too much noise trying to get out of this large historic hotel building. So it was a relatively peaceful morning as we prepared for the next move, back over… More
Nardo: Tue Sept 6 – Wed Sept 7 It was a foggy morning for my last 6am walk around Locorotondo so I was extra careful watching for traffic. I didn’t want to end up back in the thorns! Our next stop on the cycling tour was Nardo and this was around a 2 hour drive… More
Locorotondo: Sat Sept 3 – Tue Sept 6 Sunday 4th September: Day 3 of A’qto cycle tour: Cooking Class Day It was a beautiful morning that greeted us for our first morning in Locorotondo. I headed out at 6am for a walk and managed to get out the gate this time. The area around our accommodation… More
Locorotondo: Sat Sept 3 – Tue Sept 6 Saturday 3rd September: day 2 of A’qto cycle tour My first full day of the A’qto section of our holiday started with a sunrise walk back along the beachfront before meeting up with the group at 8 am for breakfast. The cyclists set off for their… More
Polignano a Mare: Fri Set 2 – Sat Set 3 Friday 2nd September Our Bari checkout today wasn’t until 10:30 am and so we went for a final walk along the Lungomare. Our cycle tour hosts, Nancy and Damian, picked our group up from Bari train station at 11 am and it seemed we were the… More
Bari: Wed Aug 31 – Fri Sept 2 Accommodation link. Wednesday 31st August. It may well be the last day of summer in this part of the world but the daily temperatures don’t seem to register that fact. It was another glorious sunny day with not a cloud in the sky and the temperature… More