To the Puglia Coast

From near Leuca, over the olive groves to the sea

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May 20th 2010
Italy2 - till 18 May La dolce vita is a lot more apt than I ever believed. I am prepared, after just a couple of weeks in Italy, to offer a preliminary conclusion that Italians have the work-life balance sorted out pretty well. Take the opening hours of shops as an example - and please don't take this as gospel because we haven't got it straight yet - shops close between 1300 and either 1500 o ... read more

Europe » Italy » Basilicata » Metaponto

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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