Advantages: The view! Worth a million pounds, but you get it at a reasonable price Disadvantages: Some find rather old fashioned, but it has a certain charm
, which in Southern Italy at the height of summer is a must, and the bathrooms were well maintained. What I found most stunning however was the Italian tiles they used throughout the hotel. It was actually a pleasure to get out of the bath or the pool and walk barefoot across the tiles. With 120 beds it may be thought that this is run like a commercial hotel, but in fact I found it to be entirely the opposite, a family run feeling surrounds the hotel, and anything they can do to make your trip brilliant is literally their pleasure.
The hotel has great facilities such as a swimming pool 100m down the cliff, which can be reached via a lift. The La Bussola also owns a private stretch of beach, again reached with the use of the lift. Though a very good idea, and cheap at only 10Euros for the hire of a sun-lounger and umbrella, I was not ...
Advantages: Lots to see and do Disadvantages: not enough time
paying
Ciao
pronounced Chow
Hello
Arriverderci
Aree'veh'dair'chee
Goodbye
This got a laugh and two very large glasses of chilled white wine (dry and refreshing). The waiter also brought a large bowl of black olives, a bowl of green olives and a bowl of small salted biscuit's (a bit like pretzels) . This cost about £12.00 and even though its pricey it was worth it. We sat for half an hour and relaxed. Capri's little Piazzetta is one of the best known squares in Italy and is a great place to sit and relax and do a bit of people watching.
~ Parco Augosto-The Gardens Of the Emperor Augustus ~
The garden's of the Emperor ...
debmercury 18.03.2008 (14.07.2009)
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Advantages: Snow-sure, friendly locals, good value food Disadvantages: Complex rather soulless
I recently got back from a week skiing in a little-known (but up-and-coming) resort in the Aosta valley. Two hours away from Turin airport (motorway most of the way), straddling the border with France, the former mining town of La Thuile boasts an enviable snow record - this last season began in early December, with the lifts closing on April 25th despite 300+ cm of good snow on the upper slopes).
Convenience is the watchword here, and what the modern resort lacks in Alpine charm, it makes up for in ease. The huge Planibel hotel/apartment complex is located at the foot of the gondola and quad chairlift up to the snowbowls; equipment storage is easy, and an escalator brings you from the depot to the lifts (so there's less of the clumping around in skiboots that you find in resorts such as Chamonix). The lifts themselves have state ...
angidrew 11.05.2001 (10.05.2001)
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