A trip to the south of Tunisia to visit the desert. We based ourselves in the town of Tozeur for two days from where we could visit an oasis, ride camels and drive over the sand in a 4WD
Timeline
Three days in Tunis - visiting the Bardo museum, Carthage and Sidi Bou Said and roaming the medina
Three Days in Tunis
Day trips from Monastir to El Djem, Mahdia, Kairouan and Sousse
Day Trips From Monastir
Our first week in Monastir was spent exploring the local area - the medina, market, ribat and the mausoleum of Tunisia's first president. We also tried the local food with it's welcome blend of tasty spices.
Week One in Monastir
Our arrival in Marina di Ragusa last October unfortunately coincided with our favourite pizza maker being closed for a family event. We’d been dreaming of our first Amala pizza all the way along the Sicilian coast and on the evening of our arrival eagerly waited for the opening hour only […]
A Tempestuous Trip to Tunisia
It’s been a while coming, but here is the summary of our sailing adventures for 2018. It even includes a pie chart! Where and How Far Full details of our journey can be found by scrolling through the 2018 routes and blogs here. We departed Roccella Ionica in Calabria, Italy on […]
Summary of our Sailing Adventures For 2018
Sailing west Sardinia introduced us to the donkeys of Asinara, a visit to prison, 654 steps and a lot of wind
Sail West Sardinia – Prisons, Donkeys, and Wind
If sailing north Corsica had been amazing, to sail west Corsica was even better. Given that I’m writing this several months later from our winter berth, I can confidently say it was my favourite area of this year’s summer cruise. It had clear, electric blue water, abundant sea life, walks […]
Sail West Corsica – Fish, Mountains, and a Mistral
We crossed from Portoferraio to sail north Corsica. We left on a flat calm day, the sky washed clean by the previous days’ rain. As a result we really could see for miles and miles. In one direction we could see way up the Italian coast. Then as soon as […]
Sail North Corsica – Wonderfully Wild With a Soupçon of ...
Run Away From the Wind 20th August: With a strong mistral forecast in a few days time we were running away from our furthest point north on Italy’s mainland, back to Elba. It wasn’t really what I wanted to be doing, preferably we’d be doing an overnight to north Corsica […]
Running Away to Elba
12th August 2018 – It was another motor north from Pisa to Le Grazie. The previous day’s wind had left a swell at the entrance to the river Arno, but we still had plenty of water under us. Heading out to deeper water, the swell dropped down and eased throughout […]
Liguria – The Coast of Pastel Houses
With some southerly winds forecast, it seemed the ideal opportunity to head on up the Italian mainland for a spot of touristing in Pisa. Baratti We didn’t fancy an overnighter to get to Pisa, so chose to do a couple of day hops. In hindsight, the overnight would have been […]