Why you should stay here - perfect places in Rome and Venice
Ahh, the eternal question. What do we want?
Yeah, we were the same. When choosing where to stay in Rome, my ONE thing that was not negotiable was a terrace. Hmmmm....I hear your thoughts - a terrace? What about proximity, peace, restaurants....?
Yep, it was a terrace. But serendipity being what it is, not only did we get a terrace, we got a terrace on one of Trastevere's most picturesque streets in one of its most charming areas. We were so lucky - minutes from Santa Maria and minutes from the Tiber.
The garden on the terrace with the view from one direction.....and....
And this was also a view from our terrace - great statue was a bonus
When choosing our hotel in Naples - first time it was the view from Posillipo so for Naples, it was the 'bite' out of the Bay of Naples I wanted to see. The water, Vesuvius, the city in all its glorious splendour.
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How do we choose where we want to spend a miniscule but infinitely memorable part of our short time on this earth?
Choose carefully, and listen to your heart. It tells you all you need to hear.
- Quiet location
- BUT near restaurants
- cheap
- BUT close to transport
- away from all the tourists
- BUT near the sights
- cheap
- BUT close to transport
- away from all the tourists
- BUT near the sights
Yeah, we were the same. When choosing where to stay in Rome, my ONE thing that was not negotiable was a terrace. Hmmmm....I hear your thoughts - a terrace? What about proximity, peace, restaurants....?
Yep, it was a terrace. But serendipity being what it is, not only did we get a terrace, we got a terrace on one of Trastevere's most picturesque streets in one of its most charming areas. We were so lucky - minutes from Santa Maria and minutes from the Tiber.
The garden on the terrace with the view from one direction.....and....
from the other direction - we loved going up here after a long day sightseeing
View from Via del Cedro looking up - our apartment was actually the whole building!
And this was also a view from our terrace - great statue was a bonus
This was our street - Via Del Cedro - at night a little restaurant 'popped up' - only twice in our five nights - from the second archway on the right - and later on we read about 'our' restaurant in the New York Times!
From our front door in the other direction
And the terrace at night - pink sunset and prosecco- perfect!
When choosing our hotel in Naples - first time it was the view from Posillipo so for Naples, it was the 'bite' out of the Bay of Naples I wanted to see. The water, Vesuvius, the city in all its glorious splendour.
View from Posillipo - near Best Western Hotel Paradisio
Naples at night from Best Western Hotel Paradiso terrace
When choosing a location in Venice (yes, I haven't covered Venice yet but we did go there) it was all down to location - Grand Canal front nothing more, nothing less.
Canal view Hotel Principe's bar
View from our room no. 122
One of Hotel Principe's suites - my family and the canal view - WOW!
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Choose carefully, and listen to your heart. It tells you all you need to hear.
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