We stayed in the most gorgeous hotel called Borgo Tre Rose, which is situated just outside of the little village of Valiano. The settings were perfect and so picturesque - just what we had in mind! It actually confirmed what we had always imagined Italy to be like.
"Italy will always have the best food" - Diane Von Furstenberg.
Needless to say, the food was incredible. My boyfriend and I are both MASSIVE foodies and love to eat out whenever we can. It was so much fun trying new places and eating our favourite food everyday. In fact, the way in which Italians eat is just so ideal. They will often start off with some delicious home-baked bread, then a first course consisting of a small, simple pasta dish, followed by meat with a few vegetables or potatoes and then finished off with dessert and possibly a coffee. This may sound like a lot of food but because each course was slightly smaller in size, it was just the perfect amount and it was great to be able to taste so many diffierent flavours each night - ideal for foodies like us!
The hotel we stayed at had a lovely restaurant which served a set menu everyday. We only ate there once, but the food was incredible and we'd definitely recommend it to anybody staying there (they even cater for people suffering from a gluten intolerance/allergy - hallelujah!) We found a gorgeous little family-run Pizzeria in Pozzuolo which did amazingly authentic pizzas; this was probably our favourite find whilst we were out there! Just incredible!
There's so much I want to say about Italy and what we did there but it has left me pretty speechless and I'm just in awe of its beauty. I will do another blogpost soon of some of our favourite photographs so you get a feel for the area we visited as words just cannot describe how beautiful and amazing it was. Here's a little teaser... This was the Piazza Grande in in the beautifully picturesque town of Montepulciano.
(Photo taken by Jason Smith)
To be continued...
