One of the best parts of any holiday – and especially a holiday in Italy – is the food! We try to book at least 80% of our restaurants in advance of our holiday so that we aren’t disappointed if a restaurant is fully booked. We usually keep most lunches…
Pantelleria is a Sicilian island, known as the ‘black pearl’ because of the blackness of its rocks, due to its volcanic origin. It’s a fabulous island and makes for a fantastic holiday. If you’re reading this post you’ve probably already booked your holiday so be sure to check out my…
Pantelleria and Lampedusa are both Italian islands off the mainland of Sicily. To visit either of them you need to fly or take a ferry. On a map, they don’t look that far from each other but you cannot travel directly between them – meaning that if you wanted to…
Updated in July 2025 after our second visit Pantelleria is a Sicilian island that can be reached by ferry or by plane. It is known as the ‘black pearl’ because of the blackness of its rocks, due to its volcanic origin. In fact, Specchio di Venere (Venus’s mirror), is a…
