Europe reviews
Europe reviews (outside UK)
Paris gluten free
As a young Melbourne school girl studying French, I always dreamed of going to Paris and indulging in an authentic pain au chocolate and my all time favourite food, crêpes :-). Fast forward many years and I have been lucky enough to visit Paris quite a few times, but my coeliac disease diagnosis has made […]
Rome gluten free – Buon appetito!
Are you looking forward to your trip to Rome, but worried about how you will eat gluten free? Even though it is the home of pizza and pasta, Italy is surprisingly gluten free friendly. As a coeliac in Rome you will not miss out on any traditional Italian food if you know where to look. […]
Berlin – a gluten free weekend
I recently had a whirlwind trip to Berlin for a weekend. Many years ago (pre diagnosis), we did a driving trip through Germany and I remember many of our lunches being sausages in bread while wandering around. You don’t automatically think that Germany will be a country with gluten free options, but fear not, you […]
Bruges Christmas markets – tricky for a coeliac
Bruges / Brugge is a lovely medieval town, one hour from Brussels by train. There are two smallish Christmas markets there – one primarily food & drink, and one primarily gifts and clothes. The atmosphere is lovely, particularly at night, with the lights on the beautiful buildings and the ice skating in Grote Markt (market […]
Amsterdam gluten free
Amsterdam is a lovely European city to visit and I found it quite gluten free friendly, and was pleased to find a couple of restaurant gems! I think my favourite meal was at PIQNIQ, a little cafe in the Jordaan area. I was glad to have had a heads up about it, as I don’t […]
Russia – gluten free not so easy…
In May 2013 we took a week long tour to Moscow and St Petersburg – mainly due to my husband’s desire to visit St Petersburg (a bucket list place for him!) The tour itself was great, but it did mean less choice for meals and made my gluten free experience harder than it would have […]
Reykjavik – amazing trip with easy gluten free eating
I’ve just returned from Easter in Reykjavik, Iceland. Easter might not be the best time to visit (see tips at the end!), but we still had an action packed few days and found Reykjavik was relatively easy for gluten free – largely helped by the perfect English spoken by everyone we came across. The Icelandic […]
Stockholm – gluten fri so easy!
I had the pleasure of visiting some friends in Stockholm at end of July and had some fantastic gluten free treats. I did a lot of research on places to eat beforehand, but as they weren’t near where we ended up going, my friends had phoned ahead at a couple of places that came up […]
Chateau Villars – amazing gluten free in France
** This post is now out of date – the owners sold the business at the end of 2019 and it is now a bed and breakfast only. I can’t see any mention of gluten free on the website (but is in French with no English option) ** We planned our holiday in France around […]
Santorini – naturally gluten free
We visited this lovely Greek Island in June and the sun was glorious – perfect blue skies and amazing blue sea surrounded by volcanic rock (the beaches have black sand!) I have to admit I was worried about eating gluten free in Santorini as my usual pre-travel search came up with ZERO restaurants (this […]
