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Florence, Italy

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As part of our trip to Pisa, we to a day trip to Florence. Florence was once the capital of Italy (before Rome), and is a beautiful historic town with plenty of interesting things to see. The train ride from from Pisa was slightly more than an hour, and most of the time was spend just walking around from sight to sight. Once the feet was tired, we took a hop-on, hop-off bus, which brought us to the Piazza Micheangelo - where you’ll find probably the most beautiful sight of the town.

Pisa, Italy

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Budget airlines is a wonderful way to have short holidays or extended weekends somewhere interesting. The carrier Norwegian has flights from Copenhagen to Pisa and we went to explore Pisa a few days saying at the Grand Hotel Bonanno.

Getting around

Getting to town…
- If you fly into Pisa Airport taking the train to Pisa Centrale is cheap and easy. It takes less than 15 minutes.
- The Pisa Centrale train station is in the middle of town, and walking distance to most hotels.
Exploring the city
- Walking around in town is easy and the distances are fairly short between interesting sights.
- Many hotels offers bikes, and while the pavement is bumpy it shouldn’t be a problem.
- Skip driving in town - the streest are narrow, there are many one-way streets and finding your way can be a challenge.

What to see

The leaning tower is the most famous sight in Pisa, but far from the only interesting sight.
The historic center of the city contains many churches and other sights.
The city is filled with small (local) restaurants hidden away in the many narrow streets.
There’s a big University in town - and a large hospital.
The Arno river runs across the town.
There’s a large train station with connections to Roma, Florence and other major Italian cities.

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Italian car rental

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000

During our vacation at Sicily we had a rental car the first week which was part of the package bought from home. Since our most recent experience was, that you should get plenty of engine power, we went with a fair sized car (and engine) – or so we thought anyway. The nice sales guy at home had promised us a “B category” car which would be a common 5-door Fiat Punto with a 1.2 size engine (or likewise). Not impressive, but it should be sufficient to drive around.

Rundtur på Sicilien

Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Sommmerferien var i år en bilrundt tur på Sicilien.

Hoteller

BW Palace Hotel, Siracusa
Grand Hotel Villa San Mauro, Caltagirone
Hotel Dioscuri Bay Palace, Agrigento
SHR President Hotel, Palermo
Hotel Isolabella, Taromina - Isolabella