Bed and Blessings Italy: A Guide to Convents and Monasteries Available for Overnight Lodging Reviews
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Bed and Blessings Italy: A Guide to Convents and Monasteries Available for Overnight Lodging
The first comprehensive travel guide to accommodations in convents and monasteries, Bed and Blessings Italy will delight travelers from the first intriguing page to the last. From Rome to Ravello and Sienna to Sicily, Bed and Blessings Italy reveals extraordinary accommodations for budget and savvy travelers alike. Life behind the mysterious monastic walls is a journey into another time, another place — very much in the real world, yet one step removed. Many of the houses are former palaces and villas, filled with exquisite antiques and religious artwork. All are open to people of any faith, or none at all, whether alone, as a couple or with a family.
In the Jubilee year 2000 Italy expects 30 million visitors, more than 8 times the annual amount! Many will stay in convents and monasteries, which hitherto, people have known about mainly through word-of-mouth. Now, Bed and Blessings Italy will offer travelers a real insider’s guide to some of Italy’s hidden treasures.
Bed and Blessings Italy is an imaginative and well-researched guide featuring 131 convents and monasteries in some of Italy’s finest areas. Mother-daughter team June and Anne Walsh spent two years researching the places in their book, traversing 13 regions of Italy and visiting more than 300 sites. For each entry, the book gives a description of both the physical place and the atmosphere, as well as address, fax and phone numbers, price, number of rooms, availability of meals, languages spoken, directions, and so on. Plus, there is useful information for traveling in Italy in general — how to make phone calls, use public transportation, etc. Sample forms are provided in Italian to ease the writing or faxing of requests. In addition, the book is illustrated with more than 50 detailed maps and color photos of some of the picturesque houses.
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A fun way to review alternative lodgings!,
I was sent this book some weeks ago and I enjoyed reading at it. I was gladly impressed about the author’s humor, just beacuse all of their comments are true. I am Italian and I live in Rome since I was born and it happens to me to work with these places when I eventually welcome people from Italy and all over the world. I also was well impressed about the honesty of the writers in describing places in and out as well as their location. Besides limited curfew times, which can turn your visit into a problem if you wish to stay out forward, these are the places to go especially if you plan to spend most of your time visiting the city. They are cheap, clean and most of all, centrally located! So, why spending a fortune into hotel rooms when you can easily get what you need for much less? I hope to find an update edition soon! Keep up a good work guys!
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|A Must For All Budget Travelers to Italy,
I just returned from Italy where I stayed in three of the listed guest houses. The prices ranged from $18 to $30 per night per person. The prices were close to those listed in the book, but be sure to confirm. The three houses I visited were all professionally operated and I was pleasantly surprised with the experience.
Many of the guest houses’ rates are per person, and this is a big plus for those traveling alone. Men were welcome in many of the convents, but some convents only allow women.
Most of the guest houses take reservations by fax only and the book includes a sample request for information and a reservation form in Italian.
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|Bed and Blessings,
Bed and Blessings lists charming and out-of-the-way places to stay in Italy. Besides the popular places to visit, such as Rome, Florence and Venice, the authors cover less-traversed regions. There are few better ways to get a feel for and to explore the country. The disadvantages about many of the places listed, is that they do not accept credit cards, and that little or no mention is made about restrooms and whether one can get a private restroom.
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