Giovanna Fletcher is one of the UK’s most successful women’s fiction authors. She's the host of Happy Mum, Happy Baby, the chart-topping podcast which sees her interview celeb guests about the highs and lows of parenting. She and her husband Tom Fletcher, from the band McFly have a huge YouTube presence where they perform together; and she’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’s reigning champion, the Queen of the Castle. To say Giovanna is multi-talented, is quite the understatement.

Giovanna has been travelling since a very young age as her dad is Italian, so she tells us about her annual trips to visit her family in Italy, she and Tom are a kind of obsessed with Disney and she brings to life the magic and joy of holidays at the Disney parks, and much of her new book is inspired by travel, by the country of Peru. We also chat about her love of trekking; her advice about travelling with three young kids; and what is was like to interview Kate Middleton and the whirlwind of press that came after. 

Giovanna’s Destination Recap:

• Valva, Campania, Italy
• Paris, France
• Disneyland Paris, France
• Peru
• Walt Disney World, Florida, USA
• Jade Mountain, St Lucia
• Watergate Bay Hotel, Cornwall, England
• Three Mile Beach, Cornwall, England
• Tenerife, Spain
• Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
• Madagascar
• Appalachian Trail, USA

Holly’s Destination Recap:

• Belmond British Pullman train

Giovanna’s new novel, Walking on Sunshine, is out now in hardback, priced £14.99

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