Culture, food and gelato - 3 weeks in Bella Italia
May 29, 2019, 7:34 am
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) the right decision.
May 30, 2019, 7:16 am
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Tarquina: Monterozzi necropolis
Monterozzi necropolis is part of UNESCO world heritage and is a collection of painted underground grave chambers.
For nearly all tombs you have to climb down stairs.
The different chambers are richly decorated in various conservation states.
Very nice place and well worth a visit.
For nearly all tombs you have to climb down stairs.
The different chambers are richly decorated in various conservation states.
Very nice place and well worth a visit.
May 30, 2019, 7:35 am
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Dinner: Malibu Hosteria del Pesce Democratico
For our forth evening in Ladispoli we wanted to try something new. From our hotel we got a recommondation for Malibu Beach Club.
The restaurant is a rustic building at the beach.
Due to the time of the year it was relative empty. I liked the logo.
They don´t have an English menu but they explained their dishes for us. They also explained that they only use local fish from sustainable fishing. We started with a selection of starters.
Next Spagetthi with mussles.
Desserts
We enjoyed our meal as it was tasty and as we paid 80 € for us 2 I found it also good value.
The restaurant is a rustic building at the beach.
Due to the time of the year it was relative empty. I liked the logo.
They don´t have an English menu but they explained their dishes for us. They also explained that they only use local fish from sustainable fishing. We started with a selection of starters.
Next Spagetthi with mussles.
Desserts
We enjoyed our meal as it was tasty and as we paid 80 € for us 2 I found it also good value.
May 30, 2019, 8:28 am
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Bologna: Grand Hotel Majestic giŕ Baglioni
The next morning we drove to Bologna for our next hotel. We booked the Majestic which is part of the Leading Hotels of the World and the only 5 star hotel in Bologna. Prices are pretty high, especially for suites. Our One Bedroom Suite was 1300,00 € per night.
Reaching the hotel is a pain in the .... Bologna is a limited traffic zone and you are only allowed to drive one way. If you took another street you must pay a fine…… As no navigation system knows the correct way it´s useless.
The hotel itself is not easy to find, from the street it looks not really like a hotel.
The lobby is classic with a lot of marble.
On the different floors are seating groups and artworks
Pictures of famous guests
Piano
Parts of an ancient street.
Reaching the hotel is a pain in the .... Bologna is a limited traffic zone and you are only allowed to drive one way. If you took another street you must pay a fine…… As no navigation system knows the correct way it´s useless.
The hotel itself is not easy to find, from the street it looks not really like a hotel.
The lobby is classic with a lot of marble.
On the different floors are seating groups and artworks
Pictures of famous guests
Piano
Parts of an ancient street.
May 30, 2019, 8:42 am
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Bologna: Grand Hotel Majestic giŕ Baglioni
Our One Bedroom Suite 241 was located on the second floor.
When we entered we thought: "Welcome to grandmothers dream!"
The suite was furnished with antiques but feeled more dated than luxurious.
The suite had not really much of a view:
The bathroom was OK, but a little bit old fashioned.
Worst thing was the toilet. The picture is not 100% accurate as it not shows some brown deposits. But I guess you can see that it was everything else than clean. Disgusting!
When we entered we thought: "Welcome to grandmothers dream!"
The suite was furnished with antiques but feeled more dated than luxurious.
The suite had not really much of a view:
The bathroom was OK, but a little bit old fashioned.
Worst thing was the toilet. The picture is not 100% accurate as it not shows some brown deposits. But I guess you can see that it was everything else than clean. Disgusting!
May 30, 2019, 8:49 am
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Bologna: Grand Hotel Majestic giŕ Baglioni
Breakfast was served in a cellar room with very few windows. While the choices were OK, quality wasn´t. Lowest point were the scrambled eggs. The cakes were good. You could order more items for an extra charge.
A breakfast to forget.
A breakfast to forget.
May 31, 2019, 6:59 am
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Bologna: Basilica San Petronio
San Petronio is the main church of Bologna and much bigger than the cathedral. The facade is unfinished.
Inside it´s especially worth seeing because of its size and the Meridian Line.
Inside it´s especially worth seeing because of its size and the Meridian Line.
May 31, 2019, 1:09 pm
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Great report and awesome pictures.
Not sure how you could eat that much gelato. I was getting a stomach ache just looking at them.
Not sure how you could eat that much gelato. I was getting a stomach ache just looking at them.
May 31, 2019, 1:52 pm
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Jun 2, 2019, 6:16 am
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Bologna: Due Torri
Once Bologna had many Towers, some think it were 180. The only 2 remaining are Garisenda and Asinelli in the centre of Bologna. Both towers are crooked. From time to time you can also go inside and climb them, but we didn´t.
