tuscany: montecatini & the imperial garden hotel october 5-8, 2005
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Tuscany: Montecatini & the Imperial Garden Hotel
October 5-8, 2005
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Our Itinerary
• Pisa
• Montecatini
• Florence
• Sienna, the winery & San Gimignano
• Fly home from Bologna
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More marble quarries on the way to Montedcatini
Marble quarries
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Another marble quarry
Can you spot the quarried areas of the mountain?
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Leaving the highway at Montecatini – a big spa town
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Imperial Garden Hotel
Cog railway to Montecatini alto
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Known for thermal spring spas
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Montecatini
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Montecatini Alto (upper, older city)
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Close up of part of Montecatini Alto
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Getting from Montecatini to Montecatini Alto inexpensively on a cog railway – a cab costs 20 Euros.
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Hotel Imperial Garden
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View from room 436
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Bigger room could easily have slept three people.
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We could get CNN here in English
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Hotel lobby
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A bar at the far end up the steps
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Lighted garden near the entrance
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Main entrance
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A welcome sight after walking “downtown” for dinner
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Next stop will be Florence
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