Academia Hotel

... is a wonderful – we visited for three hours. Don't forget to book in advance. If you have problems, you can ask your hotel to book for you. We did this and they were only able to get both galleries on the same day. Lots of famous paintings in a ...

... a lot of time shopping and browsing.  Later on we met the entire group for a nice dinner.  Afterwards, we went back to the hotel, and many of us took a bus to a disco.  It was fun, but not as fun as Rome...there was this gentleman who was ...

Na die effense oponhoud op die lughawe met die verlore items, het ons uiteindelik almal veilig by Hotel Academia, ons tuiste vir die volgende twee aande, aangekom Wene...die stad van Musiek verwelkom die Affie-koor. Vanaand woon ons 'n konsert van die ...

... five or six waves of people with reservations were allowed in before Kit and I could barely make our way inside the Academia.  Lesson learned?  Make a reservation whenever possible for museums in Europe because there is always a line and your ...

... too little sleep.  Our hotel was Hotel Galeria - which is right on the Grand Canal - by the Academia bridge. A beautiful tiny hotel (only have 10 rooms) and the rooms are small, but clean, cute and functional. Venice of ...

... nbsp; It's much taller than I had expected and it's quite an experience to stand at its feet and admire it.  After the Academia, we walked past San Lorenzo market and over to the Duomo.  My husband had been ill in Rome, and was still recovering ...

... ; Well...it's still there but I wouldn't be surprised if it winked at me when I turned my back.  So stunning. After the Academia, we walked around a grabbed some food.  I am in love with their quickie, to go panini's.  They are tasty, ...

... push in on us. Oh and by the way they had spare tix to the Uffizi if we wanted them. The Galley Del Academia Houses Michelangelos "David" and a heap of other art that pails in comparison and the Uffizi is an enormous gallery with a Botticelli section, ...

... Heath were given the choice earlier to either go to the Academia or go shopping, they had chosen the Academia. Of course after getting back to the hotel they decided that they wanted a little more shopping. It was after they left that Danny had ...

... Our itinerary only allowed a short overnight stay, so we figured out two things that we wanted to do in Florence: visit the Academia and join Contiki’s guided walking tour.  Since we weren’t sure if we had enough time to visit the ...

... a window onto David's left arm, breaking it into 7 pieces. After that they glued it back together and moved it to the Academia Gallery. After that, everyone was exhausted and went back to the hotel for a fun afternoon of homework. (ugh. Lame.) Next day a ...

... into the Duomo and marvelled at both the architecture and the beauty of the church. The highlights though were nestled inside the Academia and the Uffizi. The statue of David was magnificent - and it boggles the mind that he was single piece of marble. ...

... . We made it here by accident. We had taken a wrong turn while attempting to navigate back toward St Marks square from the academia area. Imagine that! But being lost wasn't a total punishment. We found there were few people on the end of the island. It ...

... nbsp; OK, I'm calm....for a minute.  In order to get to the Guggenheim, we have to FIRST walk over to the Academia Bridge, then cross the bridge and walk over to the Guggenheim.  This takes about an hour - considering we're shopping and stopping ...

... see as much of Florence as possible, starting with the Historic District.  We pass the Plaza San Marco and the Galleria del Academia where Michelangelo’s David statue is the main draw.  But the line to get in is huge.   We then ...

... in Venice on Sunday night, and were very happy to make it to our hotel before dark. We stayed in a hotel in southern Venice in between the Academia and the Guggenheim museums.   The area closed up at night, no nightlife, not even ...

... as we got some awesome live music and met some other abroad students from the UK and South America. Sunday began at the academia to see Michelangelo's David and the other stuff by Michelangelo. It was a real experience to say the least. We were there ...

... to stay for the next two nights.  After walking around the town for about an hour or so, I stumbled across the 3 star Hotel Academia in the University area of town.  What I have figured out is that most hotels in Europe offer cheaper accommodation to ...

... we had a very pleasant conversation. Also at our table was an English speaking post-PhD igneous petrologist who is working in Taipei at the Academia Sinica IES. Ted sat next to him (he was across the table from me) and they seemed to have good dinner ...