... the hotel will give us directions and we can also request directions from the vinegar manufacturer be emailed to us or faxed to our hotel. I am up for a small challenge. Its the experience of the journey that makes a vacation a truly magnificant memory Happy Journies to All ... more

... and will be returning our rental car to the airport. We are looking for a suggestion of a hotel just outside Rome with easy and short access to airport for our departure. We first thought Sienna or Orvieto, but we would like to be much closer as we need to ... more

... I need some advice about rental cars. I want to pick up outside of venice and return to the airport outside of Rome. Am I going to get hit with crazy fees for the open jaw rental? Am I better off taking the train the EM, renting a car for ... more

... whole family and make a vacation out of it. If you had to be in Milan one weekend and Rimini the following weekend, what would you do in between if you had two small children (8 months, 3 years) with you? We're more of the lounge-around type than ... more

... was a lovely farm with rental apartments http://www.montalto.it/. A five minute drive from a lovely little town, Castelnuovo Berardenga, nearby for shopping, restaurants and a charming cafe. The town is central for a trip to Siena, San Giminiano or Chianti. they have a nice pool. There are ... more

... to be within walking distance to stores and restaurants. Also, our main focus will be on food so we are looking for a place that would have characteristic local markets and restaurants. Can anyone recommend a town and/or an online source for finding a small vacation rental? Thank you ... more

... UK based website www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/index.cfm/fa/find.asearch/ allows you to search for appartments/villas by location type, i.e. city, town, rural etc. Many of the properties are owned by UK nationals so you have the benefit of being able to do the booking ... more

... see driving ourselves in a rental car as an option for us, whatever the highway situation is. I would feel very uneasy since none of us speak or read Italian, and it would add a lot of stress, which is the last thing I want on this vacation. I appreciate ... more

... that first night, picking up rental car next day to roam Tuscany. How easy is it to get into/around Bologna from outskirts of town via public transportation? My concern is, when we recover from jet lag (and I intend to do ASAP!) I wouldn't want to miss a ... more