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I Love Touring Rome, Italy - Quirnal District Hotels
By: Levi Reiss
The Quirinal hill in central Rome is the highest and largest of the Rome's seven hills. This area is home to the Quirinal Palace, which was formerly the old papal palace, and later became the residence of the kings. It is now the residence of the President of the Italian Republic. There is a daily changing of the guard. The Scuderie del Quirinale, the former papal stables, has been remodeled and serves as a venue for touring art exhibitions. The hill is full of lovely palaces built by noble families in days gone by. Of course there are beautiful churches worth visiting. You'll also want to see and perhaps hear the Teatro dell'Opera (the Roman Opera House) that was once among the most prestigious opera houses of Europe. Take a look at the calendar of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Exhibition Palace). They might be running something of interest. For your convenience we have listed neighborhood hotels in approximate order of cost, starting with the least expensive. We have personally verified all website addresses making sure that they include English-language pages.
The Bed and Breakfast Pablo is located in an elegant Nineteenth Century building with a 24 hour reception desk. It offers both smoking and non-smoking rooms. The address is Via Venezia, 25 - 00184 - Rome.
The three star Hotel Caravaggio offers 13 rooms that are equipped with king size beds. It is very centrally located near such sights as Piazza di Spagna and the famous Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Colosseum and the Roman Forum, Trastevere, Piazza Navona and the Pantheon, Via Veneto and the reknown "Dolce Vita", Via del Corso and Via Condotti, the focal point of the finest Italian fashion. Both smoking and non-smoking rooms can be rented in this elevator building. The address is Via Palermo, 73 - 00184 - Rome.
The four star Hotel Artemide is located quite close to the Presidential Palace if you feel the need to stop by and chat with the residents. It is situated in an elegant Art Deco building, which is well equipped for business travelers. For example, the 24 hour Business Center is outfitted with large monitors and webcams. You'll enjoy the roof garden in the summer, the restaurant and cafe, and the fitness center with sauna year round. And the mini-bar is free except for the "No-Frills" rooms. The address is Via Nazionale, 22 - 00184 - Rome.
The La Griffe Luxury Hotel boasts five stars. It has 10 floors and is equipped for access by the disabled. Among its many services are translators and interpreters, a personal trainer, hairdresser, and manicurist/pedicurist. This is a non-smoking property that offers a restaurant, piano bar, and several meeting rooms plus a panoramic terrace. Did we mention the two-level fitness suite? The hotel offers 85 doubles and 41 suites. The address is Via Nazionale, 13 - 00184 - Rome.
Author Resource:-> Levi Reiss wrote or co-authored ten computer and Internet books, but would rather drink fine French, German, or other wine, accompanied by the right foods. He teaches classes in computers at an Ontario French-language community college. Visit his new wine, diet, health, and nutrition website www.wineinyourdiet.com and his Italian travel website www.travelitalytravel.com.
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Veliko Tarnovo is situated in central Bulgaria, at the foot of the Balkan Mountains. It covers the historical hills Tsarevets, and Sveta Gora Trapezitsa, above the meandering river Iantra. The city has more than 7,000 years. Veliko Tarnovo impresses with its original Renaissance – the old houses, located on the other towers, splendid museums and monasteries with painted icons and tourists around the world to attract. Capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, Turnovo offers some of the most common and important historical and cultural in Bulgaria.
Also offers a modern nightlife and nature with many opportunities for sport and rest.Veliko Tarnovo has a rich history. The first traces of life dating back to 3rd millennium BC The first inhabitants were the Thracians and their installation has existed until the end of the Bronze Age. The inhabitants have been next to Byzantine. A great Slavic settlement was here during the AC VIII Old Bulgarian appeared during the settlement IX c. and during the tenth century Tsarevets the hills, and Sveta Gora were already richly populated Trapezitsa.
The brothers Asen and Peter has successfully organized a revolt against the Byzantines in 1187 and declared the capital of Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo. Turnovo was a well-fortified city and an important political, administrative, economic and cultural diversity in Europe over the next 200 years. His contemporaries called him the Constantinople "Second" and "The Third Rome." The most important relic of this era is the preservation of archaeological Tsarevets, restoration of a strong Tsarvets surrounding hills.
One of the main attractions of the fort is the Latin Emperor Baldwin Baldwin towers where he was captured and made during the crusade in the early 1200. The palace of the Bulgarian Tsar was a self-contained fortress, the throne room of the palace and the magnificent St. Petka. The Bulgarian patriarchate was established, first in the fortress. In recent years, the fort was more familiar with a sound and light show – a program that combines light and sound in the history of ancient Bulgarian capital.
Venturing outside the walls of the fortress to replicate a historic district between the survivors a narrow, winding full of pebbles craft shops, cafes, restaurants and boutique hotels. One can enjoy the many Renaissance restored in typical Bulgarian style, interspersed with churches and ancient ruins. Gurko Street and ethnographic charshia Samovodska complex shows a large variety of Renaissance houses that seem to have landed on top of each other, overlooking the river pure Iantra. Sarafkina home, built in 1861, is a beautiful sample.
There has much to do around Veliko Turnovo and fourteen monasteries built during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom in XII – XIV C. Many were destroyed during the Ottoman rule was restored by the architect and the constructor autodidact Bulgarian Kolya Fichet and the wall painted by Zohar Zograf during the nineteenth century one of the most important is the Preobrajenski monastery was founded at the time of the Second Bulgarian kingdom during XIII – XIV C. Queen Sarah, wife of Tsar Ivan Alexander. Had an important role in the spiritual life of the capital.
It is 6 km from Veliko Tarnovo is situated in a beautiful setting of vertical cliffs in the gorges of the canyon Iantra River.Turnovo has much to offer lovers of history and architecture, but also a lively, energetic with a long pedestrian zones, restaurants , shops and cafes. It 's a favorite destination for Bulgarians of all ages and interests and international tourists.
