Where not to Stay, Italy

  I’m starting this post with hotels that didn’t turn out so well, then continuing to apartments.  The scenes in the gallery above show both the reasons I chose these particular hotels; i.e. my weakness for terraces, and that even Read More …

Perugia, Lake Trasimeno, Assisi and Cortona

I’ve written in some other posts that I chose Perugia as part of our 2018 itinerary because my sister wanted to see Assisi and it looked relatively easy to get there from Perugia.  I had also hoped to see some Read More …

Where to stay in Italy

Apartments or hotels?Before I write about some of my favorite hotels,  I want to comment on the growing trend to stay in apartments typically through VRBO or Air BnB. During our 2015 trip in France and Italy we met several Read More …