Hotel Puccini

... is lying. I asked one of them what they were going to do if the hostel was booked, and they said they found some hotel down the street that they might split with the person they are traveling with. Then another person said they got to the tourist ...

... , it was exactly the break i needed (the olympics and torino was fun, exciting, exhilerating, but definitely not relaxing!). i stayed in a hotel in corniglia with a big glorious non-vehicular bed and a shower (my first in a week that was not a sink in a ...

... Café on the ground floor of the late-Gothic brick Palazzo Agostini in the very heart of Pisa, next door to the oldest hotel in town, the Victoria, patronised, among others, by Ruskin and Dickens, and even by British royalty. Several police reports in ...

... the “ruler”.  It’s also the birthplace of a number of famous Opera Composers, the most notable being Giacomo Puccini who wrote many famous Operas including "La Boheme" and "Turandot". Some of his arias are very well known in popular ...

... Milan, we flagged a porter (much better), grabbed a cab, hotel, checked in, chilled out.  The hotel was the Grand Hotel Puccini, which was located one block south of the Lima metro stop. It was a nice hotel, a bit grand and although it was located on ...

... Florence. After finding the hotel I parked the car very far away at the base of the town walls, probably about a mile away. The hotel was typical of B and B's that I love, right in the center of town, off a large piazza, obviously old, charming and with ...

... with cafes and children playing. I snapped a photo of a boy running through the pigeons and others playing soccer. There is a Puccini festival happening this month, especially strong in Lucca since grew up there. Linda says it's going to be grand, for ...

... He could tell when we were tuning out and would move on to the next subject. Lucca is famous for being home to the composer Giacomo Puccini, who we had never heard of until our visit. If you don’t know of him either you may know his work such as La ...

... could even say boo. We can go into the museum, however, which has an oddball assortment of objects - Toscanini's baton, Puccini's pince-nez -- I half expect them to be set up like saintly reliquaries, with the sacred object mounted in a ...

... Umbrian reds, our favorite being the Amarone.        Next stop Lucca, an ancient walled city and Puccini's birthplace, was recommended by Jaime and Jesse.  We enjoyed a four kilometer walk around the top of the wall at ...

... known for two things: it's huge medieval and then renaissance wall that still encircles the city and being the birthplace of Puccini. Both are celebrated liberally here. I also walk around appreciating the fact that this town gave us another person of ...

... remain a mystery.    Lucca is a beautiful walled city full of old buildings and very cultural being the home of Puccini (opera/classical musician).  We went for a wander into the city on the first night and were lucky enough to be able to ...

... and simple. Finishing the meal we walked down to the Via Cerratani where Musica in Marchera were to perform Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece La Bohème; incidentally one of my favourite operas. For those not familiar with the story of this particular opera ...

Making a 2 days trip away from the Alps to Lyon, mainly because Dad's booked to see an opera (Manon Lescaut by Puccini). Good to get away from the snow and see some green grass although in the event the weather was quite cold and mostly grey in Lyon. I ...