About Members’ Travel Experiences

About Members' Travel Experiences

Members may wish to share their travel experiences with other members who can view these in The Members’ Travel Experiences menu once they have logged in.

Of particular interest will be cities, towns, villages, hotels and other accommodation, tours, drives throughout a region or country, great views, sporting facilities (e.g. golf courses, tennis venues), bars, restaurants, beaches, entertainment venues and potential introductions to local friends.

Local knowledge and personal recommendations are what we invite members of The Local Know Community Club to share with each other.

Members can email good photos of places they recommend to admin@localknow.co.uk who, in due course, may upload these to this website.

In addition, members are encouraged to share photos once in touch with each other by email following their initial chatroom connection.

Examples of Members' Travel Experiences and Recommendations:

1. Tuscany Road Trip

A tour of Tuscany following a flight to Pisa and hiring a car at Pisa Airport is something I really recommend.

After collecting our car at Pisa airport, we drove to Montecatini and spent one night in a hotel there. The next day we drove up to Montecatini Alto where there is a great view of the surrounding valleys and Montecatini.

We then drove to our pre-booked Agriturismo (https://www.agriturismo.it) farmhouse, La Lalucciolaia (https://www.lalucciolaia.com) just 3Km below San Gimignano.

Based there we spent some evenings in San Gigimgnano but also drove around Tuscany and enjoyed its outstanding scenery. I particularly enjoyed the rolling hills near Volterra and also visiting Castelfalfi, where incidentally there is an excellent golf course.

A day trip to Siena is a must too. There is nothing quite like the atmosphere in its famous square.

We returned our car to Pisa airport and then took a train to Piombino and then the ferry to Elba where we hired a car locally in Portoferraio. We visited much of Elba and In particularl, I recommend visiting Porto Azzurro and Capoliveri.

2. Hotel in Portugal

A holiday In Southern Portugal in February/March is perfect: warm weather but not too hot, hotels bookable at a reasonable price and not overcrowded.

A hotel I strongly recommend is Hotel Portobay Falesia, not far from Albufeira and Vilamoura. I spent 2 great weeks there in February 2022.

Great facilities, nice walks down to the beach and for music lovers, live music on a purpose-built stage with a dance floor almost every night. Additionally, there are good inexpensive restaurants of many varieties a short walk away.

In early stages of planning is a group visit of Local Know Community Club Members who are music lovers and tennis and/or golf players as well as those who simply enjoy a comfortable hotel with a nice swimming pool, good views, good food and other facilities such as a gym, jacuzzi and spa.

3. South West Turkey

South West Turkey is superb. Do visit Bodrum, Bites, Kas and Kalkan amongst other coastal towns in this region. Inexpensive, great food, good views, excellent music played in the bars. It is hoped that members will post many more of their travel experiences in South West Turkey. It’s a holiday must!