Ella Balagula

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South of Italy 2021

South of Italy 2021
- Oct 17, 2021, 10:44am · ⛅ 17 °C Altitude: 52 m
  Naples Miano Museo Cappella Sansevero 40.849878, 14.25406240°50'60" N 14°15'15" E
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Napoli
October 17, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
In the morning we drove 1.5 hrs to Napoli where we took a great Airbnb experience tour and then went to Napoli Roman Archeological museum with the best collection of Roman statues and mosaics, mostly from the Pompei excavations. We listened to Rick Steve’s tour of the museum and then did 1.5 hrs walk by Rick Steve’s as well. I fell in love with Napoli - you can definitely feel the grit, and it’s famous Memento Vivi zest for life. We then had amazing pizza in the Pizzeria Da Michelle, made famous by the movie Eat Pray Love.Read more
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South of Italy 2021
- Oct 16, 2021, 10:03am · ☀️ 14 °C Altitude: 55 m
  Positano Palazzo Murat 40.629425, 14.48684240°37'46" N 14°29'13" E
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Day8
Walk of the Gods
October 16, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Today we hiked one of the worlds most famous hikes - Path of the Gods. We took a bus to Amalfi, from there a bus to Bomerano and then walked about 6 km back to Positano. This hike has some of the best views that I have ever seen and no pictures can do them justice.Read more
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South of Italy 2021
- Oct 15, 2021, 5:27pm · ⛅ 16 °C Altitude: 26 m
  Positano Palazzo Murat 40.628363, 14.486540°37'42" N 14°29'11" E
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Day7
Evening in Positano
October 15, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We came back to Positano, watched glorious sunset from our balcony and had dinner at Da Vincenzo. We loved it so much that we had dinner at the same place all 3 nights that we were at Positano! Incredible home cooking and they knew us, greeting me “Ella!” every time.Read more
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South of Italy 2021
- Oct 15, 2021, 1:25pm · ⛅ 17 °C Altitude: 5 m
  Capri Capri Ferry Port 40.556563, 14.23820340°33'24" N 14°14'18" E
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Day7
Capri
October 15, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We took a ferry to Capri, admiring amazing views at every corner of the ride. Capri is known as a glamorous island but it also had beautiful landscape. We took a bus to Anacapri, another small town higher up on the island and then took a chairlift up to Mont Solaro for the most incredible views.Read more
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South of Italy 2021
- Oct 14, 2021, 5:26pm · ⛅ 13 °C Altitude: 380 m
  Ravello Monastero Di S. Chiara 40.645797, 14.61075340°38'45" N 14°36'39" E
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Day6
Positano
October 14, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Today we had delicious breakfast at Casa Bottega and then walked down to Positano pier and beach, to take a ferry to Capri. The weather was a bit cold and windy, unusually so for October, but the wind started to calm down.Read more
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- Oct 14, 2021, 4:25pm · ⛅ 13 °C Altitude: 351 m
  Ravello Villa Rufolo 40.6484, 14.612940°38'54" N 14°36'46" E
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Day6
Ravello
October 14, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We drove to Ravello and visited beautiful Villa Rufulo where there are music concerts and festivals in the summer. We then went to villa Cimbrone which is actually a hotel where many celebrities used to stay, Greta Garbo and the likes. But the gardens are open to the public and are stunning, especially the famous Infinity Terrace.Read more
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- Oct 14, 2021, 12:16pm · ⛅ 17 °C Altitude: 77 m
  Positano Arienzo 40.623917, 14.50205540°37'26" N 14°30'7" E
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Day6
Positano and Amalfi
October 14, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We drove from Lecce to Positano, breaking the 6 hrs drive with an overnight stop. In the morning, we drove 1.5 hrs and arrived to Positano. After a quick cappuccino and admiring a stunning view from our balcony in Villa Nettuno, we met our driver for the day. Parking and driving along Amalfi coast is quite an affair, so we had a driver take us around the major sights. We stopped by at the Emerald Grotto and took a quick boat tour in the grotto fo see incredible light that sun shines through the underwater tunnel. Then we drove to Amalfi where we visited the cathedral and museum of paper in the medieval paper mill. We even tried our hand at making paper!Read more
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- Oct 13, 2021, 6:04am · 🌙 12 °C Altitude: 65 m
  Lecce Museo Faggiano 40.350558, 18.17159740°21'2" N 18°10'18" E
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Day5
Lecce
October 13, 2021 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Lecce is a beautiful Baroque town and we took a 2 hr tour in the morning where we saw many baroque churches with incredible rich detail. As with most Italian places, there are layers of history in Lecce and there is a Roman amphitheater underneath the city, partially excavated. We then took a good of Jewish quarter and Jewish museum, which opened only a few years ago, showing rich and forgotten history of the once flourishing Jewish population in Lecce. We then had delicious lunch at Coccina Mamma Elvira - fish and pasta with porcini mushrooms. And we also had local pastries filled with custard - super rich and yummy!Read more
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- Oct 12, 2021, 10:31am · ⛅ 16 °C Altitude: 220 m
  Ostuni Cathedral of Ostuni 40.73433, 17.5787340°44'4" N 17°34'43" E
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Day4
Ostuni
October 12, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We then continued our drive further south and stopped quickly at Ostuni, another sparkling white city, before driving to the heart of Puglia to Lecce.
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- Oct 12, 2021, 8:07am · ⛅ 11 °C Altitude: 417 m
  Locorotondo 40.752997, 17.32899740°45'11" N 17°19'44" E
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Day4
Locorotondo
October 12, 2021 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We drove to nearby Locorotondo which is a sparkling white town on a hill. We walked around and had delicious lunch of steak tartar with burrata and another rendition of oriacheta
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