Venice
San Polo 692
Phone: 041/5211243
Other side of the Rialto bridge from San Marco. Went 5/2002, Drinks & Cicceti (snacks). Neat little place – locals.
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Antica Ostaria Ruga Rialto
January 2, 2006Taverno San Travaso
January 2, 2006Venice
Dorso Duro, 1016
Phone: 041/5203703
email: cassan.giorgio@tin.it
website: www.santrovaso.it
Closed Sunday. This is our favorite restaurant in Venice – really good.
Hotel Alloggi Alla Scala
January 2, 2006Venice
SAN MARCO, 4306. TEL 041/5210629. FROM TRAIN STATION TAKE WATER TAXI TO
VESPEROTTO STOP PONTE RIALTO. TAKE A RIGHT TO 1ST LEFT. TAKE A RIGHT AT 1ST STREET PAST SHOPS TO END. TURN LEFT
TO SMALL SQUARE. GO DOWN STREET NEXT TO ANTIQUE STORE. TAKE 1ST LEFT DOWN TO HOTEL STREET. HOTEL AT END ON
RIGHT PAST TOWER. NO CREDIT CARDS. OWNED BY VERY NICE LADY. SPEAKS LITTLE ENGLISH. CALL FOR RESV., BUT CONFIRM
THE DAY BEFORE. STAYED ON BOTTOM FLOOR IN RED ROOM FACING A CANAL. L135,000 FOR TRIPLE W/ BATH. My sister stayed here years ago – nice thing is, it’s on a canal.
Hotel Locanda Fiorita
January 2, 2006Venice
Campiello Novo S. Marco 3457\A, 30124.
Phone: 0039 041 5234 754
Fax: 0039 041 522 8043
email: info@locandafiorita.com.
website: WWW.locandafiorita.com
Ask for room away from Street on the piazza. This is where we normally stay – great place.Directions: Take Vaporetto (water bus) #1 to S. Angelo stop. Upon departing, walk straight to a tall brick building. Take the alley on the left of the building & follow it around the corner. Cross the first bridge on the left. Go straight to a courtyard on the right. This is the hotel’s courtyard.
Return on Vaperetto # 1: Vallaresso-Salute-Gigilo-Accademia-Ca Rezzonico-S. Toma-S. Angelo-S. Silvestro-Rialto-Ca doro-S. Stae-S. Marcuola-Riva de Biasio-Ferrovia
Sorrento Nearby Sites
January 2, 2006Sorrento
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Mount Vesuvius – you can go up to the creater
Mount Faito (Cable car to top of the mountain)
Drive along the Amalfi Coast
O’Parruchiano
December 30, 2005Sorrento
Nice restaurant on the main street in town. It is also very good but more expensive.
Gigino
December 30, 2005Sorrento
Right around the corner from San Antonino Square.
Good Pizza. Can get a bit noisy and smokey outside – right on the street.
San Antonino
December 30, 2005Sorrento
Via San Maria Della Grazie 6. Just off San Antonino Square.
Our favorite Restaurant in Sorrento.
Very good food, good prices. Everything is great, very reasonable. Pizza, Spaghetti alla Cozzi (Mussels), Spaghetti with Clams, Gnocchi (potato dumplings) ala Sorrentina, Eggplant Parmesean, Veal, Prosciutto with Mozzarella, etc., etc. – We usually eat here a lot when we are in Sorrento.
Hotel Minerva
December 30, 2005Sorrento
Via Capo 30
Sorrento, Italy
Phone: 011-39-081-878-1011
Fax: 011-39-081-878-1949
Built into the cliffs – great place. Friendly staff, good breakfast, pool, etc.
Website: http://www.hotelminervasorrento.com/
Email: minerva@acampora.it (best way to make reservations).
Update (2014): When you book your room, send an email to the above address to Antonietta and mention my name and BLOG (Joe Massari).
It looks like they also have an online booking system on their site – that is new (I’ve never used it). Guisseppe knows me – mention my name. Make sure you tell them you want an ocean view – they even have some rooms for 4. The only downside is that it is up on the hill so you have to walk up and down to get to town. The upside is a good exercise opportunity – walk all that pasta off 🙂
Restaurant Trattoria Papei
December 30, 2005Siena
Piazza del Mercato 6 – 53106 Siena
Phone: 0577-28-08-94
Take the second steet from the right as you face the Torre de Mangia-dead ends in the Piazza del Mercato. Closed Monday. Went 5/24/02 – Very Good. House wine good (Chianti), Pappardelle with wild boar sauce excellent. Servers very nice. Prices very good (39 Euro ? for 2) Wild Boar very good – sauce excellent – order with patatene fritta (fries). No reservations needed. Try other grilled items and spaghetti pomodoro next time.
5/25/02: Went back! They do have a wine list – you must ask for it. Ribolitta (bread stew) was delicious – also, pork ribs (big pile) & Chicken Cacciatore. Plan to wait a while for your check (il conto) especially if they’re busy.
There & Back Again - A Traveler's Tale 