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  • Pastel buildings and palms in Piazza Carita. We stopped for a gelato here a couple of times while we were exploring the old streets of Naples. Up on the blog is a new post with our starter kit for Naples, Italy - the sights, food, music 🏛🍕🎼 to catch on a first visit plus some don’t-miss day trips around the bay. It’s a complex city - beautiful and also surprising - be prepared to learn a completely new way to cross the road! I’d love to go back and explore some more. Link to the post is up there in the profile ⬆️ #familytravel #Ilikeitaly #visitnaples #campania . . . . .
  • That’ll do nicely.... This is the perch we found as we were scouting out a sunny spot to spend an afternoon in Sorrento last month. The town’s steep cliffs give breathtaking views but can also throw shadows on the sand at their feet. We’d originally planned to go to a beach out of town but a helpful tourist info lady sent us here instead. Tiny Marina Grande (I know!) is a few steep minutes walk from the centre of town and has a cluster of restaurants at the water’s edge. We hired beds and umbrella on this rocky little pier. We’d a view of the pretty harbour, nifty changing cubicles and steps down into the inky blue sea. Perfect for swimming and sunning and snacking ☀️🌊⛱ #familytravel #sorrento #campania #visitItaly . . . . .
  • While we were in Naples, we took a boat to the little island of Procida. It’s one of those places that you think will never quite live up to its photos. Except it really really did! Not only is it unspoilt, pretty and pastel-coloured but it was also peaceful on a September weekday - fishermen were mending nets and island life was going on. Plus we found a lovely beach with black sand, turquoise water and a fab place for lunch. We almost missed the boat home 😀. #familytravel #naplesitaly #campania #procida #visititaly . . . . .
  • Just back from Naples, Italy ☀️🍕🍦😀. Wow! It’s colourful, vibrant and culture-packed - a great city to explore and a brilliant base for day trips along the coast of Campania 🏖🍇🏛. It’s grittier than your classic Italian city break but I’d go back tomorrow! I really need a holiday to recover from my holiday now but we’ve in back-to-Uni week so I’m sorting eleventy million photos with one hand and ironing with the other. Just for starters here’s a pic of the bay of Naples - complete with volcano - from Vomero. I can’t resist an aerial view. #naplesitaly #campania #vesuvius #visitnaples . . . . .
  • Here are two of my favourite viewing platforms in London, nearly side by side though you might have to look quite hard to spot the older one. Can you see the Doric column to the left of the picture topped by a golden orb? That’s the Monument to the Great Fire of London, the highest point in the city at 62m when it was built in 1677. It still has a wonderful viewpoint at the top of its 311 stone stairs - and you get a certificate to say you made it to the top! To the right of the pic and easier to spot as it’s 160 metres tall is 20 Fenchurch Street. Otherwise known as the Walkie Talkie it’s home to the Sky Garden on Level 35. You can book ahead to visit the indoor garden, gallery and terrace for a free view of London. I love the mix of old and new around this part of the river - do you have a favourite place to visit near the Thames? Read more about our favourite views of London on the blog, link in profile ⬆️ @themonumentinfo @sg_skygarden #familytravel #visitlondon . . . . .
  • Twenty-first century skyscraper viewed from a 19th century bridge. Which do you prefer? Here’s The Shard on the south bank of the Thames in London seen through some tremendous Victorian ironwork on Tower Bridge. I wonder what the intrepid 432 workmen (and divers!) who constructed the bridge from steel, granite and Portland stone, long before ‘Health and Safety’, would have made of the recent high rise newcomers on London’s skyline? Check out our blog post, link in profile ⬆️, for out top picks of London’s viewpoints. And if you’re in London do pay a visit to Tower Bridge’s immersive exhibition, stellar river views and glass floor walkway! #familytravel @towerbridge #visitlondon #lovegreatbritain . . . . .
  • London really suits all the blue sky we’ve had this summer so it’s the perfect time to be checking out its best viewpoints. Up on the blog is a new Save or Splurge guide to the best sky high city views. Which is your favourite? Is it the London Eye, the bird’s eye view at The Shard or the free and leafy terrace in the Sky Garden? Or maybe it’s world famous Tower Bridge, with it’s Thames river views and aerial glass floor bonus? We’ve tried most of them over the years and - as you’ll see on the blog - in very variable weather ☀️☁️ 🙄. Read on for our top picks and don’t forget your trainers 👟 - a couple of London’s properly old viewpoints don’t have lifts. Link in profile ⬆️ #towerbridge #visitLondon #familytravel . . . . .

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