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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