La Piazzetta B&B in Lecce
Saturday December 06th 2008, 4:45 am
Filed under: Our Region, Travel Stuff

La Piazzetta B&B is a bed and breakfast in Lecce, located in Piazzetta Santissima Addolorata, 6

In the heart of the historical centre of Lecce, a beautiful baroque style B & B perfectly situated on a preety street, surrounded by antique churches and buildings. The baroque style Church of Saint Angelo sits directly opposite and a few yards down is the Piazza di Amicis where lies Lecce’s most antique church of the Benedectine and serves as the greatest convent to this day. It is famously remembered by the Leccese people especially at times of festivity for its production of traditional handcrafted almond sweets.

The bus stop for ‘Salento in bus’ is 2 minutes away, a service that functions only during the summer season providing a transport service to a from the surrounding beaches and towns of Salento e.g Otranto, Gallipoli, Santa Maria Leuca etc. Allowing you to explore the history of the domination of the Greeks particularly the production of the famous music and dance of the terantula otherwise known as ‘Pizzica’.

La Piazzetta offers a unique service that differs to that of a hotel, it is contained of three appartments providing you with privacy and comfort. Each appartment is composed of a double bedroom, private kitchen and bathroom, fully equiped with a coloured TV, fridge, hairdryer, utensils, and air conditioning.

You are guaranteed a friendly comfortable welcome here at La Piazzetta adding to a holiday never to be forgotten.

And finally, all studio flats are completely self-contained with a two beds (twin/double), air-conditioning, TV, bathroom and a mini kitchen. Price includes self-service breakfast, room service (clean sheets and towels every 3 days) and bills.

Other than La Piazzetta B&B, you can browse our offers for other bed and breakfast in Lecce, pls visit our catalogue of hotels in Lecce, from cheap to luxury, togheter with Tours in Italy

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Hotel Bogart in Milan
Friday October 17th 2008, 3:20 am
Filed under: Our Region, Travel Stuff

A great deal for location, comfort, and price offered, the Bogart is a surprising hotel in Milan. In a delightful 20th-century building at 2 km from Fiera del Centro and at 8 km from the New Trade Show Center (Nuovo Polo at Rho Pero, the hotel offers a family atmosphere, nice rooms and modern comforts.

At the entrance you will find the reception that is open to guests 24h, and then the hall and the breakfast room with plasma TV, a bar open 24 hours and a high speed Internet Point.

Small pets are welcome in the property.

Hotel Bogart offers well kept, inviting and bright single, double, twin and triple bedrooms. The rooms are very pleasant thanks to the wood furniture and the warm tones of the walls, which match the bright colors of the accessories.

All accommodations feature en-suite bathroom with shower and hairdryer, and are equipped with colour TV, air conditioning, direct dial telephone, safe, heating and alarm clock.

Non-smoking rooms and ironing facilities are available upon request.

PROPERTY FACILITIES
Access for disabled
Air conditioning
Beach umbrellas and deck loungers
Credit card accepted
Dogs allowed
Entire property is air conditioned
Garden
Park
Pets accepted
City maps
Front desk - 24 hour
Front desk - fax service
Front desk - safety deposit box
Luggage room
Multilingual staff
Free parking
Hotel bus
Shuttle service from and/or to the airport
Shuttle service from and/or to the railway station
Internet/Email services
Satellite TV
TV Room
Bar

Other than Hotel Bogart, you can browse our offers for cheap hotel in Milan, pls visit our catalogue of Hotels all over Italy, where you can find also a wide range of Bed and Breakfast in Rome and Hotels in Florence, from cheap to luxury, togheter with Hotels in Sicily

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Travel Guide to Plan your trip to Rome
Tuesday August 26th 2008, 4:15 am
Filed under: Travel Stuff

Plan your trip to Rome with this Travel Guide, featuring the best hotels, places, museums, shopping, bars and more in Rome; advises and reviews on Hotels in Rome.

Planning an Itinerary to Rome can be difficult if you are unsure of what to visit: sometimes it’s better to take a Rome Tour. This article gives some insight to some must places of the Eternal City.
Must see places in Rome:

Santa Susanna
The baroque in its most comely form: the two little churches tell their history through the work of two great artists: Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Colosseo
The Flavian Amphiteatre, the majestic cibstruction of Antiquity, created as place of enjoyment for the people, who had free entry. A fantastic scenario which opened up on the inside, among marble bench seats, golden statues, and bloody battles in the arena.

Vatican Museums
The most important artistic collection in the city, rich with masterpieces, and of surprising architectural beauty. At the end of the museum tour there’s the Sistine Chapel, the traditional place of the Papal election, the palatine chapel, and the theater of the Vatican palaces. The masterpiece of Michelangelo as painter.

Our fully-furnished Rome apartments are the best alternative to standard hotel accommodation, and located in prime spots and close to the monuments and to the underground.

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The Vacation of a Lifetime: A Celebrity Cruise Line Adventure
Sunday June 15th 2008, 9:37 am
Filed under: Travel Stuff

If the workaday world has worn you down, you may be interested in taking a truly memorable holiday trip or vacation. In this regard, you might want to consider a Celebrity Cruise Line trip. A Celebrity Cruise Line trip truly would be a vacation of a lifetime.

(Keep in mind that while the Celebrity Cruise Line is discussed with specificity in this brief article, nothing in this piece should be construed as an explicit endorsement of the Celebrity Cruise Line or its services. Rather, the materials presented in this article are provided for informational purposes only. As you plan your own holiday or vacation, you need to undertake your own course of research to determine what sort of trip is most appropriate to your own travel needs and desires.)

Celebrity Cruise Line provides a wide range of destinations and points of call for its guests, including:

• Alaska
• Bahamas
• Bermuda
• Canada
• New England
• Caribbean
• Europe
• Galapagos
• Hawaii
• Mexico
• Pacific Northwest
• Panama Canal
• South America
• Trans-Atlantic

In addition to providing its guests with a wide array of different, interesting ports of call, Celebrity Cruise Line also schedules cruises of different lengths. From longer journeys to various ports of call to shorter jaunts that provide perfect breaks from the hustle and bustle of daily living, Celebrity Cruise Line has it all.

When it comes to onboard entertainment on the high seas, Celebrity Cruise Line works hard to have “something for everyone.” One of the most popular entertainment features offered on most cruises is a “lavish Vegas style spectacular.” These dazzling performances are thrilling to see.

For those people who prefer something more laid back after a day of cruising, Celebrity Cruise Line includes a Michael’s Club on every ship. These richly decorated piano bars provide a perfectly relaxing venue for travelers.

The Celebrity Cruise Line has worked hard in recent years to develop a unique set on onboard amenities. Included within the Celebrity Cruise Line scheme is “Acupuncture at Sea.” Through this program and regimen, the cruise company is working to give its traveling guests the opportunity to recover the balance between “the physical, emotional and spiritual.” Acupuncture is a natural, comprehensive health care practice that is said to strengthen a person’s immune system through the use of thin needles used at specific energy points in the body. The company created the “Acupuncture at Sea” program as part of its overall commitment to its guests. Celebrity Cruise Line believes that a cruise should be a restorative process on all levels for its guests.

Excursions to the shore are a vital and interesting part of nearly every Celebrity Cruise Line voyage. At Celebrity, you have a number of different options when it comes to going ashore. Of course, if you are so inclined, you can spend your time onshore “doing your own thing.” On the other hand, Celebrity always has available knowledgeable and professional guides that can make your time onshore truly memorable. Celebrity can arrange a wide array of different types of onshore excursions — everything from historical and cultural tours to wildlife adventures.

More information on Celebrity Cruise Lines

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Good Christmas Party Activities
Thursday May 29th 2008, 3:58 pm
Filed under: Travel Stuff

The holidays are the perfect time of year to host a kid-friendly gathering. Christmas party activities can range from games to crafts; but the key is to keep things light and accessible to all ages. Read on for some great Christmas party activities you can include in your next children’s holiday event.

Gingerbread Man Book Exchange
This is a great Christmas Party activity for children because not only does it keep them entertained, but each child leaves with a gift. Buy enough inexpensive children’s books for each of the children invited and gift wrap each one. Give each child a wrapped book and ask them to hold them in their laps while an adult reads the story of The Gingerbread Man. Every time the word “run” is spoken (Run, run as fast as you can; you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!), the children turn to their right and pass their book to the next person, accepting a new book from the child on their left. At the end of the story, the children open and keep the book they’re left with.

Santa’s Sleigh
Easy games are great as Christmas party activities. Santa’s Sleigh requires all of the children to sit in a circle, with one child blindfolded. Another child is given a toy sleigh, and he or she recites this poem: Santa, Santa, where is your sleigh? Someone has come to take it away. Guess who, guess who? The blindfolded child gets three guesses; the child with the sleigh is the next to be blindfolded.

Christmas Word Find
Word finds are more appropriate for slightly older children. The point of this Christmas party activity is to find as many words-within-words as possible before the timer runs out. Give each child a list of Christmas-related words like sleigh, present, or candy and ask them to write down smaller words that can be made from the same letters. For example, the word Christmas can be turned into sit, is, his, miss, rat, tar, this, and math.

Christmas Crafts - Make a Holiday Ornament!
Our list of Christmas party activities would not be complete without a craft. Let the children create their own beautiful Christmas ornaments using last year’s holiday cards, lids from frozen juice containers, construction paper, scissors, ribbon and glue. The children can cut pictures out of the holiday cards and attach them to a circle of construction paper that has been traced from the juice can. An adult can then use a glue gun to attach the construction paper to the juice lid, and a paper clip to the back of the whole ornament. Slip a ribbon through the paper clip and hang their ornaments on the tree!

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