We have the little Smart car again for the next two days so we drove down to
Casamicciola (the little houses) as Andrew had not been there yet. Strolled
around the shore and the shops and watched the little fountain in the square.
Ate at a fantastic pizzeria down a side street, home made bread etc. everything
was delicious and we can't remember it's name!
We spent the afternoon wandering around La Mortella Gardens, William Walton the
composer's home. The garden they say was "wrested from a
gigantic stone quarry of volcanic origin and was designed by Russell Page to
grant solace to the composer from his exacting creative work."
It is now home to over 800 rare and exotic plants and is a truly stunning
garden. There is a sweet little tea room with Victorian parasols to shade you,
where they serve English afternoons teas complete with Earl Grey, with a lovely
view over the gardens. We loved this garden and spent hours wandering around it,
loads of photo's and video of this gorgeous place. The noisiest frogs I've ever
heard live by the lily and lotus pond. A hot house is full of exotic plants and
wonderful orchids. The Victoria Amazonica, largest water lily in existence has
it's own huge hot house. I could describe this place for hours.
We went back to Casamicciola later and stopped at a little trattoria where I was
served wine in a truly gruesome chicken jug. Put off by this and the menu in
general we walked on and found an amazing restaurant behind the topless bar.
Again we seem to have lost the receipt and have no name, but the loveliest meal
and wine here, a really wonderful day today.
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Laura at Mortella Gardens
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Victoria's House
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Sunset at Casamicciola
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