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Share or save this post Pinterest Twitter Facebook Lake Como is without a doubt one of the most beautiful regions in Italy. Popular with travellers, it offers fresh air, pristine waters, spectacular mountain views, delicious food, and one of the richest and most interesting history in Italy. But, there are a tonne of different towns in Lake Como and not all of them will appeal to all types of travellers. Budget Backpackers will look for something different than families on vacation – which is exactly why we put together this epic guide for where to stay in Lake Como. Written exclusively for The Broke Backpacker by our expert travel crew, this article looks at the...

“I am loyal and constant in my love for travel, as I have not always been loyal and constant to my other loves. I feel about travel the way a happy new mother feels about her impossible, colicky, restless newborn baby – I just don’t care  what it puts me through. Because I adore it.” I think every woman should read at least once in her life Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love”. I have first read it somewhere in 2008-2009 and it has conquered me from the first page. Recently, since I am a special case, I have decided it is time I should come back to its pages, read it once again, being almost certain that I will see it with whole new eyes (since I’ve grown  a little bit since then). I am only at the beginning, reading page by page, taking everything in, enjoying her jokes and even more than that, visualizing Rome and Italy in my mind. When I first read the book I could identify only with the heartache, the continuous search of oneself, ...

Some years ago I stayed for work in Rome for about 2 months, which were very special times. You can never get bored in Rome and not even 2 months (ok, only the weekends out of which some I’ve spent in other beautiful Italian cities) are enough to see and experience everything in the città eterna. But even though you can always find a lot of things to do in Rome, it never hurts taking a trip outside of town and my favorite one was my Rome to Tivoli day trip ! And if you don’t just believe me, take Sanne’s word as well! When weekends came, we tried to make the best out of the two free full days ahead and see as much as possible, eat as much as possible, drink as much as possible (yes, coffee, what else?). With this in mind, one early Sunday morning, I took two of my colleagues and went for a day trip, on the outskirts of Rome. I don’t remember exactly how we found this place, but I am definitely happy we did find it and were lucky to enjoy a warm autumn day,...