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Sorrento is one of the jewels in Campania’s tourism crown. It is not a cheap destination by any stretch of the imagination, so finding a good value hotel is not easy. Finding a good value hotel with an absolute knock out view? It was a miracle. Was it all about the view? With a name… Continue reading A Bed in Sorrento – Hotel La Vue D’Or Review
For travel bloggers and travel addicts alike, the day the UK government announced its list of Covid-19 quarantine exempt countries was like a starting gun. Vague travel plans were immediately fixed and flights hurriedly booked. Just five days later, Mr Fluskey and I donned our face masks and backpacks ready for an Italian escape. Of… Continue reading The New Normal in Air Travel – Flying British Airways from London Heathrow to Rome Fiumicino
Are you a dark tourist? What is dark tourism? Here at Flying Fluskey we most certainly are dark tourists! That is why we are sharing (what we think are) the best dark tourism places around the world. But first:
Have you ever been on a cruise? I am going to be honest, we haven’t.That is, unless you count a two day boat trip around Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, and the odd boaty border crossing. It has just never appealed. I can see the joys of travelling the Nile in Egypt or the Norwegian… Continue reading Beyond the Port – Five Top Cruise Ports To Explore (By Land)
To catch up on the first part of our visit, read Rome, Italy Part 1 – Popes, Paintings and Parents . Day two of our three day stop in Italy and we set out for some more Rome-based shenanigans. The Journey Into Rome Morning saw us waiting on a sun-drenched platform, waiting for the local train into… Continue reading Rome, Italy Part 2 – Coins, The Colosseum and Cutting Queues
You join us on our first day in Rome, Italy as part of our mini trip around Europe. Getting into Rome Ciampino is Rome’s second airport and it lies 7.5 miles South of the city. To reach the centre, jump aboard the E1 bus which takes you to a train station, from which you can… Continue reading Rome, Italy Part 1 – Popes, Paintings and Parents
The best thing about having a February birthday is the chance to run away and celebrate with a cheap, off-season holiday. Ryanair’s January sale usually throws up some good deals and for my 20th birthday, I snagged a return to Venice for £10. OK, so it was to the small Treviso Airport rather than the slightly… Continue reading Venice, Italy – Pigeons, Pasta and Pleasantly Striped Poles
My second trip to Italy, to the town of Viareggio, started less than fortuitously. The Flight We checked in at Stansted Airport, which I’d never heard of, onto a Ryanair plane, a small Irish airline that I’d never heard of; so far, so strange. We’d only ever flown out of Gatwick Airport but this time, we… Continue reading La Dolce Viareggio
First a quick disclaimer: Sorry that I have no photos for this Sorrento post. It was the olden days! The Tour At the age of twelve, and with a couple of family holidays to Spain under our belts, my family (minus one brother) headed off to Italy. The Parratts (my lovely Grandparents), the Duttons (my Mum… Continue reading Sorrento, Italy – Views, Volcanoes and Very Bad Sunburn
