Excelsior Grand Hotel Catania

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I nostri servizi: Parcheggio e prima colazione
le nostre stanze Ampie, spaziose, dai colori caldi
e gradevoli, parquet ...

... in the 1669 eruption in which nearly 12 000 people lost their lives. It is not a brilliant black it kind of gives the city a dirty look.

Our early morning tour of Catania started with 'La Pescheria' (fish market), followed by the chaos of the produce market were we brought fresh fruit and some amazing panini, bread stuffed with tomato, mozzarella and a spicy olive paste. From there we headed up to the Castello Ursino and some Roman ruins (something ...

... songs in English that sound awesome that we just don't have at home. The water was crystal clear mediterranean blue and the perfect temperature. There were no waves. It was really just lovely and I think we both really enjoyed ourselves. We lasted a little over 2 hours and then we took a tender back to our ship, grabbed a quick lunch, and headed back out again on the free shuttle to town provided by the ship. 

Taormina, Sicily, Italy brianandjulie

... angeführt wurde und es hiess (auch im lonely-planet-reiseführer), dass man mit einem solchen guide in gebiete des ätnas eingelassen werde, zu welchem man sonst keinen zutritt habe…dies liessen wir uns eine stange geld kosten.

Dieser vulkanologe, welcher nur gebrochen englisch sprechen konnte, nahm uns in seinem prähistorischen rangerover mit quer durch die holprigen strassen von catania und befahl uns, in dem quartier wo unser hostal lag, die ...

A lovely quaint very old area. Stayed in a lovely hotel with great attentive staff would recommend it to any couple looking for a romantic break or second honeymoon. Just off the main shopping street of Corso Umberto but found that the shopping was over priced so don't go expecting any bargains.

The people from Florence are described as "changeable and moody".

Mt. Etna is much the same.

Evolution of the volcano is described as:

“destructive periods, collapses, landslides and subsidences alternate with constructive periods (explosive, pyroclastic activity & emission of lava).”

Much like us people. J

Italians ...

The beauty of this town was breathtaking. My wife, sons, sisters and brother-in-law strolled around town, ate with the locals and admired the Greek Roman Theater. We got a peek of the town from the cruise ship on our way back from Crete to Rome. It was just as stunning from afar as it was within the town.

... if we spoke Italiano. Naturally I said yes, fluently (that wasn't really my response). We talked understanding very little of what each other was saying, but ultimately she was telling me she had rooms for 30 euros a person just around the corner. I wanted 25 a person and we eventually settled on 80 total. She walked us to our quarters and then said a number of things to me in Italian and I understood very little but nodded and said that I understood, frequently. We ...

Today was taken up solely by travelling from Amalfi down to Catania in Sicily. We weren't planning on making an entry for today but a couple of cool things happened. We had to get up at about 6:30am to catch the bus to Salerno which is about 25km's from Amalfi. It was really good to wake up this early cause we got to see a wonderful sunrise from the deck of our hotel. As you can see from the pictures it was pretty ...