A brilliantly located rental apartment in Rome

Disclosure time (& even my husband doesn’t know this). When looking online for a flat to rent for our stay in Rome earlier this month, I was looking for places which seemed well located for running.  I’m a brand new, totally enthusiastic runner, and this “choosing a location so that I …

Where to stay in Venice for THE ultimate view? Altana Albachiara

We have just returned from THE most fabulous trip to Venice (for an equally fabulous family wedding) and we stayed at the ALTANA ALBACHIARA.  And loved it. There are, however, 2 things that have to be made clear at the outset. a) the view from the two rooftop terraces is absolutely …

Where should I stay in Siracusa in Sicily?

First time visitors and therefore unfamiliar with Sicily, and faced with a slew of similar looking hotels on the many internet sites we browsed, we were more than a little spoiled for choice, and ended up getting thoroughly confused. One hotel, however, stood out from the bunch.  Because it is …