Art Hotel Split

... artists and painters have tent shops in crowded back alleys. Petit Champlain - Located WAY below the Chateau Frontenac Hotel, this is a reminiscent French village that has several residences of former explorers, governors and royalty from France. Today ...

... through the town in the evening and took a look at the concert going on. Oh dear... think Eurovision mixed with the cheesiest hotel entertainment performance you've ever seen...and double it. But the guy seemed to have a drawn a huge crowd and there were ...

... the main town area, so it was a bit scary driving into the town, wedging yourself among pedestrians and bollards and buildings to the Hotel Tartini, where we dropped off our rental car, and such a relief to get rid of the thing and walk 10 mins ...

... 3 mas. La mejor onda, viajamos juntos porque el avion estaba semivacio, asi que los 55 minutos que nos separaban de Split, compartimos vivencias y sugerencias de viaje, mientras yo me pintaba las unias, como vivo a mil, no tengo tiempo para la beauty, ...

... the way through Diocletian's Palace. (She said if anyone asked she was our cousin since she's not a registered guide in Split.) Our hotel is the Art Hotel and about 5 blocks from the Palace. After we got there, it was time to tell Lada goodbye. Took a ...

... . Of course the hotel wouldn't do anything about it and wouldn't let me check in and enjoy the surprise of a 4 star very nice hotel until the tour leader showed up. I spent two hours uploading and labeling my photos for the blog and the computer kicked me ...

Split was a looooong bus ride away (7 hours!) and we were feeling pretty queasy when we arrived.  Stepping into the city felt like stepping into an ancient port; people selling you rooms and odds and ends crowding around busses, huge ships ...

... a lot of the shops are just as expensive as Dubrovnik, they do not have the same flair or style of presentation, but Split definitely has personality. I went to the main square for a coffee and the only other person brave enough to sit outside in the ...

... lobby, we met with this other girl who joined us.  We then just spent the night walking around Split. So the girl I was originally supposed to share my hotel room with name was Edith.  She is 21 and from Chicago and a complete twit.  She ...

... Only to find out the sculptor's most famous work of art is at Grant Park in Chicago!  But the guy is from Split and had built a magnificent house overlooking the Adriatic where he retired and built purposely to display his great works. We worked our ...

... of it and of Water Lilies by Manet.  Erin and I went across the street to the Alte Pinakotek for lunch.  We split an order of nurnburger sausages with potato wedges.  The highlights for me from this period were Hans Holbein, Joos van ...

... two to three hour visit. He wasn’t interested in that long of a tour. So, we agreed to split up and meet again around 4 P.M at the hotel. I headed off to the National Gallery. I’ve been lucky enough to have visited some top notch art museums, ...

... found them contentedly sitting in the sun at an outdoor café. Perhaps sensing my growing frustration, mum diplomatically tabled a proposal for us to split up, do our own things for the day, and meet up later back at the hotel. They were quite happy to ...

... the luggage shop was closed.   We stopped at a little restaurant (a nice one) called Haiti Café. Melanie and I split a ham and cheese sandwich and fries. I had fresh squeezed strawberry juice! It was wonderful - JUST like Costa Rica!!! I ...

... I think all the partying over recent weeks caught up on us a bit and we were both sick, so we scored a room in the seediest hotel with air con and slept for about 30 hours. Upon revival we went and saw a heap of art, Duamo, Galeria dell Accademia ...

... breaths were imporssible! We then walked very carefully up to the next level for the final layer...the traditional "Split Peach" hairstyle wig, complete with ornaments. Our transformation was complete...we were officially "Maiko" or apprentice Geisha! We ...

... in addition, there are several "luxury" waiting areas, with sofas and and comfortable padded chairs, available for a fee.  I also found rentable "hotel" space in which you could rent a bed for the night or even a few hours.  As I had a few ...

... the other hotels/apartments that they've tried to turn into a "hostel" by simply throwing some bunk beds into existing hotel sized bedrooms. Wandered around Florence which is a beautiful city and great to just wander around - apart from there being more ...

... past Malaga; Torremolinos where I spent 4-5 days years ago at Harry’s Bar off the beach; and into Marbella.  Then we split off the coast road and headed inland, up into the mountains on a winding road for 45 kms.  Spanish drivers are not ...

... , my roomie was in bed really early. I know she has been stressed over lesson planning, but I was antsy. I watched a movie with the boys next door to put off going to bed at eight pm. Leaving in a hotel has given me a little cabin fever. ...

... pate was good, too.) We walked around the area a bit, ending up at the bar at the Renaissance Arts Hotel sometime in the late afternoon.  We all split a great cold seafood platter and a bottle of champagne.  We were having a total blast on our ...