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Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Anna Heinrich and Tim Robards return to the scene of their luxe Italian nuptials for romantic child-free vacation
Anna Heinrich and Tim Robards have jetted off on an idyllic, child-free Italian vacation. Australia's original Bachelor couple are currently enjoying a loved-up holiday in Puglia in the country's southwest. The picture-perfect locale also provided the backdrop for the couple's lavish 2018 nuptials. Taking to Instagram this week, the couple shared a series of sweet photos documenting their getaway, proving that, after seven years of marriage, their love still burns bright. Anna, 38, shared a raft of images on Friday showing the couple's envy-inducing holiday spot at the Borgo Egnazia Hotel. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. One photo showed the happy couple beaming as they posed arm in arm. Anna cut a very stylish figure in a colourfully striped, form-fitting mini dress from The Significant Other. Tim, 42, cut a dapper figure in a long-sleeve burgundy shirt with the buttons undone to expose a hint of chiselled chest, and a pair of crisp, white chinos. Anna was back on Instagram on Saturday, sharing even more photos from the couple's romantic getaway. She wasn't afraid to put on an impromptu fashion parade, showing off her svelte frame in an eye catching black and green snakeskin-patterned jacket and matching pants from Muma World. Rocking a distinct Boho vibe, Anna went barefoot for the photo and wore the jacket over a skimpy teal bikini top, showing off her trim and taut torso. It wasn't all rest, relaxation and romance for Tim, however, with one shot showing him recovering on the floor post-workout. Lying on a hardwood floor with eyes closed and arms stretched out, a shirtless Tim showed off his ripped physique. 'Back to one of our favourite places in the world – where we got married and where Ruby was made,' Anna captioned the first crop of images. 'We might get old, but this place never will.' The post was met with much fawning from friends and followers with the comments like: 'You look absolutely stunning in that dress. Gorgeous couple.' Anna and Tim tied the knot at the Masseria Potenti hotel, among the olive groves and vineyards of the Puglian countryside, five years after falling in love on The Bachelor. The bride looked absolutely breathtaking in her couture Steven Khalil dress while being walked down the aisle by her father, Les Heinrich. Tim proposed to Anna with a '$173,000' ring in May 2017 while on holiday in the Kimberley, Western Australia. The lovebirds first met in 2013 during the first season of The Bachelor Australia. After saying 'I do', the couple welcomed their first child, daughter Elle, in November, 2020, and their second child, daughter Ruby, in March, 2024. Anna revealed in 2024 that she has no plans to have a third child after her life-threatening birth complications with baby daughter Ruby. After delivering her second child, she was rushed to emergency surgery when she faced sudden and severe postpartum bleeding. Anna told Daily Mail Australia she 'appreciates life more' since the harrowing experience, and has no plans to have a third child in the future. 'I'm lucky to have always wanted two children. So I definitely don't want any more children. I'm really done at two, but I definitely think it would scare people,' she said. 'Even when I was speaking with my obstetrician, he was like, "Okay, probably no more children for you, Anna."' 'It was quite traumatic at the time, but at the same time it puts life in perspective,' she continued.
Al Arabiya
3 days ago
- Business
- Al Arabiya
Italian Coop supermarkets to stop selling Israeli products in solidarity with Gaza
An Italian supermarket chain says it has stopped selling Israeli products in solidarity with Palestinians affected by war and hunger in the Gaza Strip. The decision, announced on Tuesday and the first for a major Italian food retailer, will mean that the Coop Alleanza 3.0 will remove Israeli peanuts, tahini sauce and SodaStream carbonated water makers from its shelves, a statement said. In an additional sign of support for people in Gaza, supermarkets have also started selling the pro-Palestinian Gaza Cola fizzy drink, the statement added. Coop Alleanza 3.0 is the largest cooperative in the Coop Italia network, comprising almost 350 stores in eight Italian regions from Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the north to Puglia in the south. The cooperative 'cannot remain indifferent to the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip and united in calling for the immediate cessation of military operations,' it said. Coop supermarket chains in Florence and the central regions of Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria are also no longer stocking Israeli products, spokespeople said, insisting, however, that this did not amount to a formal boycott of Israeli products. Israel's war in Gaza has triggered protests by some retailers and consumers internationally. On Tuesday British food retailer the Co-op Group, a separate entity to Italy's Coop, announced it would cease sourcing products from Israel and 16 other countries where it said there were human rights abuses and violations of international law. Israel has strongly denied accusations that it has committed war crimes and breaches of international law in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Telegraph
4 days ago
- Telegraph
The perfect holiday in Puglia, the quiet corner of Italy with Europe's best beaches
Puglia's 800km-long coastline (Italy 's longest) is brimming with endless olive groves, sun-bleached villages and elderly men shooting the breeze in village squares. Its heritage is a mix of Baroque churches, Norman castles, fishing harbours and cucina povera (humble dishes). Much of it feels like rewinding the clock – to a time when people tanned without concern and cash was the default currency. Most overseas visitors gravitate to the Valle d'Itria, an area of olives, orchards, trulli (pointed roof houses) and gleaming white towns, while Italians from the north come in their thousands to pack Puglia 's long beaches in summer. The Gargano juts into the Adriatic, with forested hills and fine beaches. South lies Salento, the heel proper, where cliffs drop into the Adriatic on one side, and powdery Ionian sands beckon on the other. For more Puglia inspiration, see our guides to the region's best hotels, restaurants, bars, things to do and beaches. Plan your 10-day trip with our ultimate itinerary. In this guide: How to spend the perfect day in Puglia How to spend the perfect week in Puglia When to go Where to stay How to get there and how to get around Know before you go How to spend the perfect day The perfect day: morning Arrive in the early morning. From the airport, stretch your legs on the streets of Bari's Old Town – seeing the nonne making Puglian speciality orecchiette pasta, with tables and drying racks set out on the narrow streets – before travelling on to your base, in Valle d'Itria, an area of olive groves and hilltop towns. Staying at one of Puglia's masserie (grand fortified farmhouses) turned rustic-chic hotels, such as Masseria le Torri. Its chalky façade gleams under the southern sun, with gardens shaded by fig, olive, mulberry and cherry trees.
Telegraph
4 days ago
- Telegraph
The 19 best things to do in Puglia
Puglia, the beach-fringed heel of Italy's boot, offers lazy sun-drenched days and long limoncello lunches, leading ineffably to an afternoon nap. Holidays here are punctuated by flavoursome fresh food and ancient olive trees, architecture left by waves of invaders, and boat trips along the coast. This is a place to wander through pine forests on the way to the beach, take a passeggiata around golden-stone piazzas, discover lime-white hilltop towns, or visit a fortified cathedral. Its sights are reminders of its richer past, when lamps were fuelled by olive oil and pirates roamed the coast. All our recommendations below have been hand selected and tested by our resident destination expert to help you discover the best things to do in Puglia. Find out more below, or for more Puglia inspiration, see our guides to the region's best hotels, restaurants, bars and beaches. Find things to do by type: Best for families Alberobello Wander a storybook town of trulli The best-known site in Puglia is this Unesco-listed, hobbit-like town. Puglia has distinctive cone-roofed trulli dotting its countryside – whitewashed limestone houses with witches-hat drystone roofs. Rolling off the tongue, and meaning 'beautiful tree', Alberobello is the only place there is an entire town of these. It's the most popular tourist spot in the entire region, with coachloads of visitors stopping by on whirlwind tours of Europe. Insider tip: Touristy it might be, but Alberobello is still a fantastical place, especially if you get off the main drag and into the backstreets. Get here early in the morning or stay overnight to see the town at its most atmospheric.
Telegraph
4 days ago
- Telegraph
The 21 best restaurants in Puglia
Puglia is a region that cooks from generations of collective memory. There's no shortage of fresh ingredients, with sun-ripened fruit and vegetables, an endless sea of olive trees, vineyards and 800km of coast. Restaurants run the gamut from masseria (farmhouse) gardens, where lunch stretches into evening, seafood shacks known only to locals, family set-ups with nonni mucking in, and chefs who forage samphire before breakfast. All but the fanciest are child-friendly, in that families are welcome, rather than because of special facilities and menus. All our recommendations below have been hand selected and tested by our resident destination expert to help you discover the best restaurants in Puglia. Find out more below, or for more Puglia inspiration, see our guides to the region's best hotels, bars, things to do and beaches. Find restaurants by type: Best all rounders Taverna del Porto You're almost at the heel's end here, and Taverna del Porto, in the town where Helen Mirren co-owns a bar, is all about the food and views. Its windows frame the panoramas over the blue Adriatic and along the coast. Don't be fooled by the interior's rustic Greek-taverna looks and scrubbed wooden tables, this is very much rustic-luxe, with breads made on the premises and exquisitely cooked fish fresh off the boat each day.
