La cantina La Cantina de La Porta in Monticchiello, Italy is one of two restaurants owned by Daria Cappelli, the other being Osteria La Porta and you can find both within the medieval hilltop walled Tuscan village. There’s also accommodation so check out their website. I adore Italy and we’ve been many times. We were […]
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Trattoria La Grotta Della Rana, San Sano, Italy
Geoff and I were staying in the beautiful Chianti region of Tuscany which we have been to many times. We went in the middle of May for two reasons, one because it wouldn’t be too hot (we can’t do too hot) and the best reason of all, was because the Giro d’Italia was in town. […]
Allosteria, Lucca, Italy
Geoff and I have visited Lucca in Italy several times for day visits when in the area but never stayed over. This time we opted for two nights in Lucca just before returning home after a great holiday full of cycling, wine and food. Lucca is a charming old walled Tuscan town – we stayed outside the walls […]
This week’s sweet treats: 27.05.13
What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly roundup of the sweetest treats we’ve eaten this week. Here’s 5 of our favourites…. This week’s sweet treats (clockwise from top left): Deliciously creamy hot chocolate drink from Butler’s. Read our review here. Crunchy chocolate balls ‘Ciocko Krunch’ all the way from Rome, Italy. […]