Alex P travels to Italy and beyond

12/01/2021

Stunning Sugar Beach resort in St Lucia 🏝🇱🇨

30/12/2020

Beautiful Perugia at Christmas time.

This stunning city is beautiful whether in winter or summer time.

When the time is right come and visit Umbria and I will be more than happy to help with any enquiry.

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29/12/2020

Rediscover the magic of travel 🧳
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19/12/2020

𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔-𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶.

𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛? 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘?

𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚠, 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜.

𝙼𝚢 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙵𝚎𝚋 𝚊𝚝 𝙾𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 🇲🇻

𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 📸📸

12/11/2020

Great travel 🧳 news: Iceland and Dubai are on the travel corridors which means you don’t have to self isolate when you return from one if these two countries.
So here you have it, some winter sun ☀️ and some winter ❄️ fun for you to take advantage of 👍

22/10/2020

How cool 😎 is the TWA hotel at terminal 5 in JFK airport?

22/10/2020

Great news if you are looking for some winter sunshine ☀️ the Maldives and the Canaries are added to the safe travel corridors list.
This means you don’t have to quarantine when you return but only if you use direct flights ( British Airways) otherwise if you fly via any other airport like Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi you still have to quarantine.

Start dreaming 🏝🏝😌🧳✈️💓

02/10/2020

If you are travelling to Italy 🇮🇹 be aware of the new outdoor mask 😷 protocol.
Also in Naples and in the region of Campania.

Authorities in Rome and the surrounding Lazio region have ordered that masks must be worn at all times when in public following a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases locally.

01/10/2020

Another two bite the dust 😳
Turkey and Poland addded to the quarantine list countries.

The transport secretary also announced tougher fines of up to £10,000 for those who fail to self-isolate.

28/09/2020

𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚊

The Bay of Naples’ smallest island is also its best-kept secret.

Off the mass-tourist radar, Procida is like the Portofino prototype and is refreshingly real.

August aside – when beach-bound mainlanders flock to its shores – its narrow, sun-bleached streets are the domain of the locals: kids clutch fishing rods, parents push prams and old seafolk swap yarns. Here, the hotels are smaller, fewer waiters speak broken German and the island’s welcome hasn't been changed by a tidal wave of visitors.

If you have the time, Procida is an ideal place to explore on foot. The most compelling areas (and where you will also find most of the hotels, bars and restaurants) are Marina Grande, Marina Corricella and Marina di Chiaiolella. Beaches are not plentiful here, apart from the Lido di Procida, where, aside from August, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding some towel space.

Also the best and most famous lemons in the whole of the Campania region can be found on this beautiful island. With these amazing lemons 🍋 you can make salads, pasta sauces and other delicious treats.

If you are planning one holiday for half term or spring time why not visit Naples for a couple of nights combined with 2 nights on Procida island?

24/09/2020

𝙸𝚜 𝚅𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚄𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚊.

In Doglio little village on the outskirts of Todi town you can find some fine vineyards like Cantena Zafferami canteen.

September is the month for vendemmia which in Italian means grape harvest.

The vendemmia is much more than a mere agricultural event: entire villages dedicate their whole energies to it, and life revolves around the grapes.

The pickers are old farmers, young students trying to make a buck, tourists who wish to share the experience, and relatives of the landowners.
The work is fairly hard (and very sticky!), and long days under the Mediterranean late summer sun take a toll on your energies, but when nighttime falls the workers collect around campfires or in the village square to chat, tell their stories, finish up the previous year's wine and have a jolly time before heading to bed where they will enjoy a good night's sleep.

The rites of the vendemmia have something ancestral about them. In Italy, people have been cultivating vines for the past three millennia, and collecting the grapes has always been the same work. It can't be done with machines, so the workers today do exactly what the inhabitants of the Greek colonies in southern Italy did when Rome was still just a small provincial town in Italy, centuries before turning into the greatest empire in human history.

Back then the wine was much stronger (it was unthinkable to drink undiluted wine: according to Homer, pure wine was the drink that helped Ulysses to get even the Cyclopes Polyphemus to sleep, allowing him to escape with his men), but the vendemmia is still the same.
So if you're planning a trip to Italy, this might well be the perfect time, as you'll enjoy the countryside immersed in its loveliest activity of the year.

20/09/2020

𝐇𝗼𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚: 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝

Few minutes in the car from Lago d’Iseo a beautiful 5 star renaissance property amongst the Franciacorta hills, L’Albereta Relais & Chateaux is a Dream&Charme Resort.
The property offers a Spa and also the chance to play golf in its beautiful surroundings. The family Bellavista’s canteen produces exclusively for the resort the “Vigna Leone” label, a pure Chardonnay produced straight from the grapes 🍇 surrounding the property.

19/09/2020

𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐁&𝐁

In Puglia in the heart of Ostuni, the white city, you can find this delightful B&B, excavated in the rocks and with a private pool all yours.

10/09/2020

𝐏𝗼𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐳𝗼𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞

Portugal is being added to England's quarantine list, meaning any travellers arriving from 4am on Saturday will have to isolate for two weeks.

10/09/2020

𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬

Portugal 🇵🇹 is on the quarantine list but not the islands of Madeira and Azores which are exempt.

09/09/2020

The perfect wine 🍷 to end the evening, Umbria by Conti Faina

03/09/2020

𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝: 𝐏𝗼𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝗼 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐏𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐚

A shining gem on the coast of the Valle d’Itria, perched atop a 20 metre-high limestone cliff above the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic, Polignano a Mare truly lives up to its name and literally could not be any more ‘at sea’!

The origins of this enchanting place date back to the 4th century BC when Greek settlers founded the city of Neapolis. It flourished under the Romans and was important enough for Emperor Trajan to direct his Via Traiana, built between 108-110 AD, through the town. Remains of this road include a bridge at Lama Monachile, just north of the historic centre.

Polignano offers all the right ingredients for a perfect day out. The tiny old town, reached through the Porta Vecchia gate, combines charming, white-washed streets with beautiful old churches such as the Chiesa Matrice. You may find yourself getting lost in the winding streets, but you won’t mind at all. Before you know it, you will have reached one of three panoramic terraces offering breathtaking views of the beautiful Adriatic Sea and coastline.

After a stroll through the town and a coffee in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, why not pop down to the Blue Flag beach, just a few minutes’ walk from the old centre? A firm favourite with the locals, the beach has crystal clear waters and is flanked on two sides by cliffs from which children and teenagers dive all through the day until sunset.

03/09/2020

In the heart of Puglia near the white city of Ostuni, the perfect property to rent for a big family celebration or a gathering of friends.

Simple and local furnishing, a strategic position, an incredible swimming pool, a fantastic history dating back to the 1600 century make of this masseria the perfect setting for your holidays in Puglia.

Masseria Mangiamuso is a historic manor farm with swimming pool for rent for luxury holidays in Ostuni. It accommodates up to 21 guests. Pets allowed.