Street art – Chilli&Chocolate

THE BEST OF SICILY

October 22nd, 2023Sylva0 Comments

Sicily will get under your skin! It’s highly addictive and now I know that one visit will never be enough for you like me. I guarantee it! Besides the famous monuments from the times of the Greeks and Romans or the amazing buildings of the later Baroque era, Sicily will offer you a beautiful landscape. If you’re a beach lounger, you’ll be in for a treat too. The sea here is a beautiful turquoise blue. The island has always been an important strategic point, inhabited by various conquerors such as the Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, French and Spanish. Maybe I’m …

FUNCHAL – LITTLE LISABON IN MADEIRA

October 7th, 2023Sylva0 Comments

Funchal is a very nice city that will amaze you with its size and get you with its colonial atmosphere. Tourists have named it Little Lisbon because the steep streets with cat heads really remind you of this Portuguese capital. The city is located in the south-east of Madeira and is quite large. It occupies about 10 kilometres of Atlantic coastline, while rising into the inland hills. Funchal is made up of 4 basic units: the historic center in the middle, the Old Town (Zona Velha) to the east, the tourist area with hotels (where we stayed) to the west, …