Archive for December, 2007

28 Dec

Hotel Il Giardino delle Ninfe e La Fenice – Ischia – Italy

This hotel is enchanting…so much so that we couldn’t resist spending our honeymoon here in July 2002…To wake every morning to the beautiful view from our window to se Il Castillo Aragonese to the left, and the outline of Vesuvius straight ahead across the water was really magical. Il Castillo Aragonese from our bedroom terrace [...]

27 Dec

Hotel Bellavista – Menaggio -Lake Como – Italy

Carol and I stayed at the Bellavista Hotel a well-run family-owned hotel which, although it has 40 rooms, preserves an intimate and friendly atmosphere. It has a fantastic view from the dining terraces, and has the added benefit of a good-sized swimming pool on the sundeck, also overlooking the lake. Although we stayed on a [...]