Grand Hotel Minerva Florence

... far more important than all the shopping and we found ourselves seated at an outdoor restaurant with wine and all the amazing Florence specialties. Chris and I spent about 3 hours just eating, drinking, talking and taking in the local fare. What a great ...

... a neighborhood full of old world charm and beautiful views. We arrived at our hotel on a side street off the main road, The Hotel Minerva Palace (my review with pictures is posted). My entire stay there was enjoyable. By the second/third day it was very ...

... 40min so we were a little off schedule by the time we arrived in Rome.    Upon arrival we transferred to our hotel the Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi for a lunch buffet. After lunch we re-boarded the bus for a driving tour or Rome and once ...

... Venice at 8:30am after our wonderful night train experience.  We dropped our bags at the hotel, grabbed a cappuccino and then took the boat down the Grand Canal through the middle of Venice to Piazza San Marco (the main tourist square).  Venice ...

... !  After our morning vaparetto ride from Ponte di Rialto back to the train station, we hopped a high-speed train back to Florence, where we switched to a second, regional train for the remaining trip to Assisi.  [Before arriving in Assisi, we ...