Grand Duomo Hotel Pisa

... between Buda and Pest! From Budapest, I will fly to Venice and meet Mela!! Then we two will "do" Venice (our hotel is right by the Grand Canal), then Florence where our room overlooks the Duomo (does it get any better??). From Florence we're going to ...

Ahhh... Finally access to wi-fi again! Our day started with a delightful breakfast in our hotel dining room at the Grand Hotel Duomo in Pisa, Italy. The hotel was a time warp from the 1950s, yet Expedia claims it is a 4-star. Everything was very clean, ...

... so you can get by, but once outside of Roma, you're less likely to finda da englisha speakers. Farewell to Pisa and onto our hotel in Florence, the Grand Hotel Mediterraneo. Once again, we find ourselves in a beautiful hotel, this one sits on the banks ...

... breakfast is so different from the normal English breakfast. They only had crossoints and coffee. After breakfast, we went to Duomo Cathedral. This cathedral is nice and rich in its architecture. It is almost similar to Cologne Cathedral in Germany. The ...

... yet another bronze copy of 'David' in that park. The first of many we were to see before we saw the original. To the Grand Hotel Mediteraneo which we were told was chosen because of its proximity to the town. The better hotels were way out of town. The ...

... . We enjoyed yet another 4 course meal with our very own opera singer and musicians. A very relaxing evening. I will try and get some more photos up when we get to Rome...hopefully they have internet at the hotel. Chat soon...Fin, Mandy, Tim and ...

... Montecatini Terme where our hotel will be for most of the trip.  To our excitement it was much nicer than the Grand Hotel Duomo in Pisa.  Here we relaxed for a bit, and caught a Simpsons episode in Italian, and then went exploring the ...

... to sleep through all this, poor thing, but I took it as my needed push out of bed. Our first stop was the Duomo, Bapistry and Giotto's Tower. Realizing that pictures could NEVER do this any justice, I'll attempt to describe the scene. You're walking ...

... of the city proper, the bus winds its way up the slopes of what appears to be a very posh neighborhood (think Huntington Hotel neighborhood in Pasadena) and in a few moment’s time drops us off at the most comprehensive and stunning view of all of ...

... for the Field of Miracles Tour, but I decided to go off on my own since I was not really too interested in seeing the Duomo Museum or Baptistry. We walked by countless numbers of people doing the obligatory "Look I'm holding up the Leaning Tower" pose. I ...

... a lot of time inside Santa Maria del Fiore, and given the adventurousness I had from yesterday at Pisa, I decided it was time to ascend either the Duomo or the campanile. Ultimately I decided on the latter which was an eighty-four metre belltower ...

... , Australian and New Zeland cemeteries and Lone Pine. A very moving experience. Drove onto Istanbul, spending the night in a hotel, after heading out to a traditional dance and dinner with Kozac Style and belly dancing. August 30th: Spent the ...

... was very nice place to be and we were staying right in the middle of the heart of Florence, literally a stone's throw from the Duomo. Every morning we were awakened by the sound of the bells from the Duomo's bell tower. They sounded like they were in the ...

... reason that the place has so many hotels is, of course, that it's just about halfway between Florence and Pisa.   So there we were, melted into our hotel room, in the midst of a beautiful city and a reckless tower, and we did ...

... the usual standards but that it was only for one night. When we got there we found a beautiful Roman Country Villa (Grand Hotel Villa Tuscolana) with fabulous marble corridors and huge chandeliers. It was beautiful and although the rooms were basic, they ...

... located between two restaurants the il David and the Ristorante Pizzaria H. Bargello, located at #3 Via Vacchereccia. We pushed the Hotel Anticatory button and an electric bolt buzzed, threw back, and allowed us entrance. Our instructions were to walk ...

... miss here in England. All of the streets are connected by bridges, and the buildings are very old and characteristically worn looking. The Grand Canal is the biggest canal that goes through the islands. That is where all the boat traffic is. A few times, ...

... 2 hour nap and we pulled into Siena. Siena is a fantastic medieval town, where there is an extremely intricate and beautiful Duomo (Cathedral). However, Gemma and I spent most of our time in Siena at Piazza del Campo, eating Gelato and resting.  The ...

... walked down to the restaurant hoping they would be open for breakfast not so - but left a note instead. The lady from the hotel kindly phoned the restaurant and luckily the manager had found the camera and the cleaner answered the phone - Suzanne went and ...