Verona walking tour notes
Please excuse any grammatical issues which have been included due to the translation from Italian to English.
Exploring Venice
After breakfast (continental with no hot options – not that either of us would have had cooked), we ambled to the meeting point (KFC near the railway station) for our tour of Murano and Burano. As we’d deliberately left early … Read more
Benvenuto in Italia! – welcome to Venice
Flying out of Stansted with Ryan Air at 6am, approx 2 hours later we arrived at Venice airport. Safely through passport control, we collected our bags and enquired where the riverboat taxi departed. Perplexed to be told we needed the … Read more
Last day in Gibraltar
All too soon our final day arrived, which was inevitable on a cheeky 4 day break. During our morning walk I collected a few photos together to give a flavour of the colony. The first thing to note is the … Read more
Ocean Marina
Ocean marina is a great place to stay, nestled in a new complex a short walk from the airport. I think its location is explained quite well by this aerial shot (zoom to see purple arrow). We are staying on … Read more
Exploring the upper rock and caves
Knowing the wind would be more of a gentle breeze today, we decided to explore the upper rock. After popping into Morrisons to grab a ready-made baguette for our lunch we headed to the cable car. The cable car provided … Read more
Eurpoa point lighthouse, 100-tonne gun and botanical gardens
Gibraltar has a number of bus routes, all of which can be abused for the sum of £2.50 per-person when you buy a ‘hoppa’ ticket. We took a bus (peasant wagon – Luke) to the lighthouse since we knew we’d … Read more
Arrived at Gibraltar International Airport
We arrived at Gibraltar international airport around 08:50hrs; 15 minutes ahead of schedule due to wind direction. After crossing the single runway we walked into the terminal building to await security checking. Not having any baggage to reclaim we were … Read more
Home today
We are at the airport having checked out and taken a warm coach ride from the hotel. Take off is approx 12:45pm with a 3 hour flight (minus time difference) should see us land about 1:45pm BST. Then after collecting … Read more