So, I left Boston last night and arrived in Dublin very early this morning. I had a 10-hour layover before my connecting flight to Frankfurt, so I ...
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So, I left Boston last night and arrived in Dublin very early this morning. I had a 10-hour layover before my connecting flight to Frankfurt, so I took a coach into the city and did some sightseeing. I checked out St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Castle, and Trinity College. Did some wandering around, and then hopped back onto a coach to go back to the airport. Only to find that my connecting flight was two hours late. I finally got to Frankfurt at about 21.00 (at this point, I had been awake for about 36 hours - I couldn't sleep on the plane), only to find that my backpack was missing. I repor...
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Hi All, I plan on making entries into the journal from the travel journals that we wrote on our trip. This hopefully will keep the entries fresh and ...
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Hi All, I plan on making entries into the journal from the travel journals that we wrote on our trip. This hopefully will keep the entries fresh and spontaneous (although technically late entries hehehe). I am pairing photos with the journal entries, but unfortunately they have to be small or they are really bad quality. To see the photos larger (and good quality), click on the view all button in the trip photo album above. Day 1 is the easy entry. Travel day. The only comments I can muster about travel day are.....the flight is too long, the seats are too small, team VT gets real tired (code ...
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its been a bit crazy. the biggest problem is that our luggage (backpacks) is lost. it has been almost 48 hours and no sign. also there was also no ...
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its been a bit crazy. the biggest problem is that our luggage (backpacks) is lost. it has been almost 48 hours and no sign. also there was also no record of our hotel reservation here. we got a room fine and are now triple checking our other destinations. we rented scooters yesterday. Florence is a much bigger city than i imagined. very busy. cars everywhere, scooters everywhere. Rome must be nuts. we will have the scooters until Thursday. Friday we go to Pisa, Saturday off to sienna. today we go to the ufizzi. this will be our first real day of being tourists. we may also have to buy a whole ...
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My big sister just took me on a fantasy trip to Tuscany and we stayed here in room 5. We had amazing painted ceilings with origional leaded glass ...More
Franco and Frances are the extraordinary couple running this B&B. We felt as if we were staying with old friends. Their hospitality and genuine ...More
Charming hotel with exellent service. Perfect position closed to city center. Beautiful garden overlooking the country-side. The nicest 3 stars Hotel ...More
Good location, on site food was better than in Siena. Walk to Siena thru a vineyard path. Great pool overlooking countryside. Very Reasonable pricing ...More
Best Western Palazzo dei Priori was my best hotel stay in my 1 week visit to Italy in January 2004. I stayed here for 3 nights. The breakfast buffet ...More
Wonderful setting, fantastic hosts, stunning views, lovely apartments, relaxing. Easy access for Siena, which is stunning. I would come here every ...More
The hotel was so charming and the staff was extremely helpful. From answering questions from a foreign visitor to booking a taxi so that my friend and ...More
My husband and I stayed at the Villa Elda for 8 nights with our 15 year old daughter. We all loved it! The hotel is beautifully restored, with high ...More
My wife and I escaped to this place after a week of business in Rome. It was beautiful, peaceful, very romantic and oh so very quiet after Rome. We ...More
LOVELY setting bright clean charming rooms. Friendly service very helpful staff. Convenient to transportation sumptuous gardens VERY romantic fabulous ...More
I had few day to spent on holiday in October and I wanted to visit Siena and the environs in the Chianti area. I founded that hotels in towns were ...More
Best hotel in Siena. A bold statement yes, however the room I stayed in had a panoramic view of Il Duomo and Tuscany...pretty much heaven. Lived in ...More
Stepping into The Grand Hotel Continental is like stepping into an era gone by but maintained by the hotel with grace for a few lucky to enjoy. Being ... More
I stayed about a week at Quiet Villa during a 12-day trip to Italy in Oct./Nov. 2007. Helen and Orlando and their two children are lovely people. They ...More
Mini-apartments, fully furnished, with kitchen, bathroom and shower, and one of the most incredible views of the Siena rooftops, just 100m from the ...More
The stay in this hotel was memorable. Everything was fine, be it the room (nicely furnished, tv, view, clean etc), b'fast (superb b'fast in the ...More
The hotel is almost new, which is not typical of Tuscan hotels...the staff wonderful...rooms very comfortable...and the hotel is located right in the ...More
The Ancient Abode Residence Of Art Is Situated In The District Of Torrita Di Siena To Few Kms. From Siena, Pienza, Montepulciano And Cortona. Its An ... More
in the middle of the tuscan hills is a very special place where we feel "at home". the tranquility of the surroundings and accessibility to Pienza and ...More
After reading others reviews we almost didn't book but the price was so cheap we took a chance. We stayed here for 8 days in Mar. 2008. It is a basic ...More