Il Piccolo Principe, Tuscany

Advantages: Its a superb Hotel!
Disadvantages: Its a long walk to the other end of town if you are not fit!

...place and the traffic was not a problem, even though we were fairly close to it. Breakfast were also served on the outside terrace when available, or inside if not. It was buffet style with a very good choich of most breakfast meals you could wish to eat. The coffee was good, and I have it on good authority from my tea preferring wife that the tea was also fine. Theres a very long Promenade in Viareggio which is just as well as the food at the Principe Di Piemonte was superb. We used the rooftop pool which was OK but a little cramped at times. It is not very big due to it being on the roof and OK to cool off but not for a serious swim. There is a good view of the town though from the rooftop pool. We never ventured onto the beach whilst we we there, as we never intended to go to Viareggio for a bach holiday - we just wanted... Read review

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Advantages: ideal place to stay in Italy
Disadvantages: car required

...A hot tip for all travellers to Italy's Tuscany region. We spent one week of our summer vacation this year in Tuscany / Italy, in the small village of Colleoli. After checking the Internet site in early June, we were lucky that there was still an apartment available for the first week in August (which is the high season). BOOKING You will find a lot of information (in English, Italian and Japanese) on the Internet at their homepage www.colleoli.it. Enquires and bookings can be made via the link at the homepage, by e-mail to info@colleoli.it or by telephone +39 0587 622010 (Matilda speaks English very well). We have booked by e-mail, and we received answers within 24 hours. HOW TO GET THERE It is only possible to get there by car. Via Florence or Pisa you have to take the SGC FI-PI-LI. This is not a secret code... Read review

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Advantages: Top class all inclusive hotel
Disadvantages: Isolated from other resorts

...As you drive down the coastal road past all the resort hotels along the northern coast you'll begin to worry like in that Thomsons (?) advert on the TV that you're driving past all the best hotels! Then as you drive through the less developed towns along the road you'll worry that you're going to end up stuck in some shack in the middle of no-where! But as you turn off the coast road just before reaching the town (village?) of San Juan and into the Bahia Principe grounds you'll wonder what all the worrying was about! As with the other Bahia Principe Hotel in Mexico you first drive down the Hacienda, a short road lined with shops bars and restaurants, the one at San Juan has a hairdressers, a jewellers, a snack bar, a disco, a 'hard rock' bar, the reps building internet access (for footy scores of course!) and various shops selling... Read review

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