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Hotels - Venice

Categories: Italy | June 22nd, 2010 | by traveller | no comments

Full of the history of Europe, Venice is one stop traveling destination to adventure the culture of Europe. venice cheap hotels are in abundance and superbly decorated for visitors from around the globe. Some of the Venice cheap hotels are:

Hotel Atlanta Augustus Venice: Centrally located on the residential Island of Lido, the Atlanta Augustus Hotel is just five minutes walk from the beach and casino and is 10 minutes drive by a public waterbus to St. Marks Square.considered to be a historic liberty-style villa, the hotel features 38 well furnished rooms, which are equipped with several fashionable facilities. The hotel also offers specially adapted rooms to accommodate and meet the special needs of physically disabled guests. Other conveniences are Room Service, High-speed Internet, Parking, Pets Allowed.

Venezia 2000 Hotel: A Venetian style building on the Lido Island, the Venezia 2000 Hotel, enjoying a lovely seaside position, is an ideal place to enjoy your relaxing holiday. located 15 minutes by boat from St. Mark’s Square, the Venezia 2000 Hotel Venice boasts an ideal seaside location, only minutes away from the historical city centre. The comfortable and pleasantly decorated guest rooms offered by the hotel are well equipped with latest facilities. Other facilities are Business Center, Room Service, High-speed Internet, Fitness Room, Restaurant, Parking, Swimming pool, Pets Allowed.

Residenza San Maurizio Venice:newly renovated Hotel is set in the very heart of Venice. Enjoy a unique stay in a beautiful 16th-century building, in close proximity to the Accademia Gallery. Stay at the San Maurizio and you will be tastefully positioned to visit the city’s many attractions on foot, or to take advantage of the vaporetto (water bus) which stop close by. Some of the hotel’s elegant rooms, which were delightfully decorated in a acceptable Venetian style, offer views over the delectable Campo San Maurizio.

Hotel I1 Mercante Di Venezia: The delectable Hotel Il Mercante di Venezia is located just 200 meters from Santa Lucia Train Station in the northern part of the historical city centre of Venice. This recently renovated hotel offers great value for money 3-Star accommodation in a great location near the Grand Canal, ideally placed for all forms of public transport. Defined by its classic 17th century Venetian furnishings and fittings, this 19th Century building is just off the fabulous Lista di Spagna and is ideal for that romantic getaway at an affordable rate. conveniences are Room Service, High-speed Internet, Pets Allowed, Airport shuttle, Disabled Access.

Villa Casanova Venice: ideally situated in a quiet residential area of Venice Lido and is only 200 meters from the boat station. Beautifully regarded combining the ancient practice of Feng-Shui with ultra-modern principles of architecture and engineering, Villa Casanova Hotel Venice offers guests high quality, environmentally friendly and safe accommodation. Furnished according to the latest bio-architectural principles, the property offers bright, elegant and peaceful guestrooms that are furnished with all excellent amenities to ensure you a relaxed stay. Most of the rooms overlook the splendid gardens. amenities are Pets Allowed, Room Service, High-speed Internet.

Venice is the place to be and many cheap hotels are awaiting you.

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ABRUZZO Offers Strong Nature

Categories: Italy | April 14th, 2010 | by traveller | no comments

ABRUZZO Offers Strong nature, unspoiled territories, countless trails through gullies, torrents, castles, retreats, peaks, highlands, woods, ancient villages: a thrilling mix for very much out-of-the-ordinary holidays. The region offers itineraries of all levels of expertise: Himalayan trekking, ascents or free climbing on massive rock faces; or more simply excursions on foot, on horseback, with skis or on mountain bikes, along countless paths that wind through gorges, torrents, castles, sanctuaries and ancient villages.

In the heart of this spectacular and little known region, the beautiful Majella National Park encircles the mountain massif of Monte Amaro, which at 2793m, is the second highest peak in the Apennine range. Alpine meadows and forests of beech give way at the massif’s highest reaches to an almost desert landscape, with pockets of year-round snow. Mountain streams tumble down deep gorges and hidden valleys, where secluded rock hermitages from the Middle Ages can be found.

The Park is home to deer, chamois, wild boar, wolves, otters, and a very small number of bears. The region’s agriculture is traditionally pastoral: large flocks of sheep used to arrive in June, having travelled in search of summer pastures from the lowlands of Puglia, where they would return in October. The hillsides are still grazed by local flocks, and you will find ancient beehive-shaped stone huts (tholos) still sheltering shepherds today.

The Park offers its visitors a scenery of extraordinary beauty in every season: late in spring flowers and trees blossom, and this is the best time of the year, together with autumn, to visit ancient villages and hermitages. Summer is the best season to walk along the paths. October is enchanting with its multicoloured beech woods and it preludes to winter and its suggestive snow-covered landscapes.

Rich nature, old traditions and archaeological findings contribute to make the Mount Majella territories a perfect place for Walking Holidays

To be here is to be in tune with the Seasons and the Elements, walking through budding beech-forests, wading through seas of spring flowers, or lying on a sun-warmed rock to watch clouds drift by and an Golden Eagle circling over landscape … there is a feeling of peace, born of the sense of belonging and deep contentment of the people who live here in harmony with their environment.

On all our Walking Holiday Packages you’ll get to really discover quintessential Abruzzo. We take you off the beaten track, so you can get to know the local customs and culture and explore the hidden gems often missed by the casual traveller. Whether you’re strolling through the great art cities, or admiring the rolling hills and ancient forests of Majella Mountain with their amazing array of beautiful wild flowers, you can really get ‘under the skin’ whilst walking at your own pace.

For the more experienced walker we’ve high-level escorted walking tours and if your idea of an activity holiday is just enough exercise to work up an appetite for the next fabulous meal, then our independent walking holiday would be ideal for you!

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What Majella National Park Has To Offer …

Categories: Italy | April 14th, 2010 | by traveller | no comments

On all our Walking Holiday Packages you’ll get to really discover quintessential Abruzzo. We take you off the beaten track, so you can get to know the local customs and culture and explore the hidden gems often missed by the casual traveller. Whether you’re strolling through the great art cities, or admiring the rolling hills and ancient forests of Majella Mountain with their amazing array of beautiful wild flowers, you can really get ‘under the skin’ whilst walking at your own pace.

For the more experienced walker we’ve high-level escorted walking tours and if your idea of an activity holiday is just enough exercise to work up an appetite for the next fabulous meal, then our independent walking holiday would be ideal for you!

There are plenty of non-walking activities to do in the area. The local town of Caramanico Terme has shops, an outdoor swimming pool and a luxurious 4-star spa hotel where you can treat yourself to a massage.

There are mountain bikes for hire, and the Park Visitors Centre arranges informative tours of their otter-breeding centre. The Botanical Gardens offer an understanding into the wide range of local mountain flora.

A magnificent drive up the Orta Valley and beyond leads down off the southern flanks of the Majella massif to the beautiful medieval town of Sulmona, with its 11th century cathedral crypt, 14th century buildings and dozens of sugared almond shops! And to finish your holiday on a high note, on your return journey to Pescara you could stop off at the fascinating National Archaeological Museum in Chieti.

OTTER BREEDING Centre - Caramanico Terme
Otters live in the upper reaches of the Orfento and Orta rivers. To help with a repopulation program this Reserve has been created on the slopes below the Visitors Centre. Guided Tours are organised during the Summer, taking place in the late evening when otters are at their most active. Numbers are limited and tours book up quickly, so if you are interested, talk to your Local Manager early in your stay.

SWIMMING Pool - Caramanico Terme
Caramanico’s outdoor pool is just down hill of the Central car park. It opens in June, when the weather is hot enough, and closes down again in September. It opens at around 10am and often stays open until after 8pm.

BYCYCLES Hire - Caramanico Terme
Mountain bikes can be hired by the hour, half-day or full day from the Visitors Centre in Caramanico, which is open 9.00 - 13.00, and from June15 to September 15 also from 15.00 - 19.00. Cost approx 10 Euro/day. Helmets are provided.

SPA Treatments - Caramanico Terme
The 4-star La Reserve Hotel offers luxurious pampering treatments including a menu of western and oriental massages, and a range of aesthetic face, body and beauty treatments., in addition to curative services such as thermal treatments and mud wraps.

PARAGLIDING Flights - Tocco di Casauria
Tandem Paragliding Flights can be arranged from Tocco di Causaria, 50 minutes drive from Caramanico/Decontra, between May and September. Minimum weight 45kg. Cost from 40 Euro. Best to book ahead, ask our Local Manager.

ROCK Climbing - Santo Spirito
25 minutes from Caramanico/Decontra, with 300 routes on the limestone cliffs of the Santo Spirito gorge.
Own Accident Insurance required.

RIVER Canoeing - Tirino
You can take a gentle 2 1/2 hour paddle on the limpid Tirino river - 50 minutes from Caramanico/Decontra.
This is in open ‘Canadian’ canoes, not kayaks, and is accompanied by a local guide. Prices start at 50 Euro X 2 pax.

THE WOLF Sanctuary - Popoli
Wolves are being bred in a large enclosure on the Western flanks of Monte Morrone. The project can be visited, and the wolves seen in their habitat, but only in the context of an extended guided tour in Italian (total of 3 1/2 hours) which includes visit to all the animal enclosures. The sanctuary is about an hour’s drive from Caramanico.

Walking Holidays

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