Hotel Claudia
Travel Blogs from Loano
To have and to have not !
... competition begins.
Imperia, like all the Riveria resorts, is populated by the haves and have nots. The public beaches are crowded (less so now), african pedlars meander between sun loungers plying their trade - cheap jewellery, sun glasses, umbrellas??. Late in the afternoon, we promenade over the headland to the marina where the rich ostentatiously lounge around their motor cruisers and ...
Italy on the Med
Fri 24 Aug Firenza - Ceriale
(via Lucca, Genova)
Another hot and sticky night, but by early morning it was cool and very pleasant. Packing up the van was easy and after emptying and filling the necessary we set off out of Firenza en route for Lucca, recommended by Paul, Cate's husband. Easy going on the autostrada and not so difficult to find a car space for the van just outside the city ramparts. We strolled round the city wall for a while then turned towards the ...
Ventimiglia
... vans tomorrow. We should have been camping for 5 nights and we have done 3! The campsite is grim- in fact it's worse than grim- the toilet is a whole in the ground-grim. We found a restaurant that overlooked the beach and plonked ourselves down there from 4-11pm! Italy won the soccer so it's very festive here at the ...
La dolce vita
... scrape (good word) that I had with our hire car when I reversed it uphill into a driveway when turning round at the vineyard – I cannot bear to go into the detail …..but 850 euros is a lot of money and I am the new expert on additional insurance for rental cars, so call me if you are planning to rent and don’t know about the cheap and easy solution to this problem!! Did you know that the Italian government has its own tax ...
Italian Riviera
... have the wrong country simcard in,I quickly answered yes...... in a very pleasant way!
Arriving back at the Hotel (alone),I thought I would ask the lady at reception to read the message on my phone from the telephone company,she replied that she doesnt know French,.................enough said (just between us, Wanda doesnt need to know).
Arrivederci
Don
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Location
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Free parking