Hotel Grand Hotel Minerva

... -night stay in Rome before our flight – don’t know why we didn’t think of this earlier!  Of course, our Hotel Alexander was totally booked for tonight, so we had to switch to a different hotel – Hotel Sole, just down the ...

... 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 ...

... then drove to Brussels to catch a later flight. No problema... After taking the 30 min bus ride from the airport to our hotel, I realized that when the website said we were "near the Santa Maria Novella" that it actually was within a stone's throw! ...

... late when it arrived in Hyderabad - and it was much more respectable time - 9.30am.  Was met without difficulty and taken to the Minerva Grand - which is quite Grand.  We had the rest of the morning to ourselves, shower, etc. and had arranged to ...

... 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 ...

... the exhibit, but after an hour or so I realized I had to do something about that toe.   Driving  back to the hotel, I was whining slightly why didn't I bring my old comfy scuffed Reeboks, maybe I could buy some in Miami, how would I get to a ...

... 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 ...

... and the side streets were weirdly deserted. I walked around in hopes of finding a store open late but without luck. I headed back towards the hotel but on my way I decided to take a side road out of my way just for kicks. It turned out that on the road ...

... guards outside. The surrounding valleys with the volcanoes also looked very good by day. We checked out of the hotel and grabbed a taxi back to the Minerva bus terminal to go towards our next destination. When I had been planning this leg of the ...

... di Loyola, with its fabulous Baroque illusionist ceiling. Well, not quite finished. We had a very long walk back to our hotel, stopping off at the only supermercato we could find-at Stazione Termini. The major purchase was a stove top espresso maker ...

Wednesday 7th September 2011 In no time at all the bus had arrived in Meknes and I'd found great digs in the Hotel Maroc, just a five minute walk from the main square here. One of the four imperial cities (Marrakech, Rabat, Fes being the others), this is ...

... with no view of oncoming traffic. With the help of a GPS, you soon find your way through overcrowded, narrow city streets to your hotel, never mind that the voice over is in Italian. You soon pick up left from right and 'recalculating your route'. We used ...

... that crap. I stumble down the grand canal quite surreally (is that word), and just as i am about to give up i happen upon the hotel minerva. There I run into, who I think is Marco (the owner) and tell him the whole story. He very kindly offers me wine. I ...

Woke up during the night with a runny nose and sore throat.  In the morning it was worse.  Didn't each much for breakfast because it was unappetising and I wasn't in the mood.  Need some food though to have something for the tablets to ...