Tag: #solotravel


  • Giant tortoise beach, Oman’s top spot.

    The last anticipated event of the trip was the sight of the giant tortoise beach. It was not a given that we would be able to see them because it was not the best time of the year. The featured photo is not mine but from the beautiful pixabay site , the other photos are…

  • Visiting Crete in winter and Athens

    I decided to visit Crete in winter, with a double stopover in Athens around New Year’s Day 2020. I did it for one week and solo. To get around I used (in addition to two domestic flights) both rental cars and public transportation. This trip fits into the list of those to very touristy but…

  • The pedicure fish of the wadi, Oman

    The wadi and the pedicure fish. What I call pedicure fish were a surprise I enjoyed on that first day of the new year. Wadis are rivers, often running dry that in some cases have their beds carved into the rock, like small canyons. There are several, I chose to do only the Bani Khalid…

  • City of Trentino Alto Adige, robbed while traveling

    Bad weather forces me to change my schedule and I’m jumping on the cities of Trentino In my program was already the idea of visiting the cities of Trentino, but due to bad weather I devoted more time to it. As normally happens in the mountains, even in the Dolomites in summer, it rains often.…

  • Desert in Oman, tented camp and die Italians

    Nizwa The ‘time came for the alternative New Year’s Eve, which I celebrated in the desert in Oman. From Muscat airport I took the rental car booked at the time; good price with the addition that fuel costs exactly half as much as in Italy. For so long I was hesitant about renting cars on…

  • Dolomites in summer, the Swiss mountaineer

    A tour in the Dolomites in summer In 2021 I decided to return to the Dolomites in the summer as a child with my family, but this time alone and with a traveling trip. Also because the pandemic had not yet been resolved, so it was possible but risky to book planes. This was my…

  • I travel to Bulgaria, now I take the beating

    I made my trip to Bulgaria in June 2019, solo and using public transportation, it lasted 5 days. The stages were: This is the google itinerary; I went to Rila on a day tour from Sofia. It is a country that surprised me in a positive way, despite the fact that it is not very…

  • Visiting Dubai, reception in bed

    Many people go to visit Dubai just to see the world’s tallest skyscraper. I got there by a very comfortable bus from Abu Dhabi. The terminus was in the non-modern Bur Dubai area, with a nice reconstruction of old buildings in Al Fahidi). Spartan accommodation Nearby was the building where I had booked a bed,…

  • Visiting Malta, I can still entertain in English

    Why visit Malta and the context of an important choice I made the decision to visit Malta a few days before I left. It was 5 days in August 2013, solo and using public transportation. The beginning of that summer was agony, marked by the end of a love affair for which I had given…

  • The scent of the Mediterranean islands

    The islands of the Mediterranean, with their smells and tastes; in this set of short stories I will write about my adventures experienced in: Because in reality there will also be something experienced on the continent, particularly on the singles cruise. This experience deserves a separate chapter; it will touch several states and will be…