Hotel Romano Palace Luxury Catania

... images section on their homepage. I'm stoked!<br><br>But here's the thing I think is coolest. (See photo to the left.) I assumed most of these countries were highlighted because I've been meeting fellow travelers, but then I realized there are some countries here where I haven't met people from. Which means random people in random parts of the ...

... making myself quite at home. My laundry is hanging in the hallway, I have completely taken over the 4-person bedroom and bathroom. And in the morning I was able to wave and say ciao to my friendly bakery neighbors. La vita dolce?<br><br>Today I had plans to go see Mt. Etna (the most active volcano in Europe). But planner-Josie took over and when that happens usually cheapskate-Josie gets involved which leaves real-Josie planless with money in her pocket. In other words I had intended to ...

... artistic and cultural places <br>Typical of fun and excitement of the nightlife of Catania suit stays <br>pleasure, <br>places of economic interest but also suitable for business travelers. <br>Alba Hotel overlooks the beautiful and bustling Via Etnea, center <br>undisputed of Catania, extending for 3 km from the Duomo to the park <br>Tondo Gioeni, <br>and finally it shows the background the imposing and ...

... condizionata, tutte le comodità per<br>trascorrere durante la permanenza gradevoli e rilassanti momenti,<br>all'interno del cuore di Catania, le nostre stanze, curate nei minimi<br>particolari, rendono perfettamente il nostro concetto di ospitalità,<br>dove pulizia e accuratezza permettono una piacevole permanenza, ed è<br>questo a renderci tra i migliori B&amp;B di questa stupenda città.

With our bus leaving at 11.30 to Catania we decided to get one more arancini and do one last sweeping tour of the market, that move nearly cost us our seat, OK we were the last ones to get a seat but we didn't get to sit together, mind you we didn't have to stand for the 3 hour journey, so things could have been a lot worse. <br><br>Catania is a laid back city, much of it is constructed from the black lava which poured down the mountain and engulfed the ...

... 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&#8230;dies liessen wir uns eine stange geld kosten.<br><br>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".<br><br>Mt. Etna is much the same.<br><br>Evolution of the volcano is described as:<br><br>&#8220;destructive periods, collapses, landslides and subsidences alternate with constructive periods (explosive, pyroclastic activity &amp; emission of lava).&#8221;<br><br>Much like us people. J<br><br>Italians ...

... melting the ice around it; which kinda sucked.             The whole group met back at the ski-hut-thingy and then we took the lifts back down to the bottom of the snow where our bus was parked and had lunch at a restaurant there.  We left Mt. Etna after lunch and drove back to Naxos where we were having dinner at Café O'neill again because it was our last night, and Phillipa had arranged with the owners, who really liked us, to have a big group dinner.  We had some ...

... we passed a pod of dolphins, including about 3 or 4 baby dolphins jumping around the boat. At each island we stopped off the crew would show me around. I ended up staying in a little town called Lena on the island of Salina. I stayed with the nonna of the ferry captain, §nonna Carmella§, an amazing 90 year old lady! She didnàt look a day over 70, and her mind was sharp as a tack. She was very excited that I am from ...