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  1. @Lilijanna WTF happened at YT? Joe 8:15 AM Sep 21st from web in reply to Lilijanna
  2. Couple of famous hotels - the Regina Palce and Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromees (from a farewell to Arms)... both pretty spectacular + pricy 6:47 AM Sep 3rd from web
  3. Piazza Cadorna has lots of restaurants and shops - always busy. Lots of hight end shopping. 6:36 AM Sep 3rd from web
  4. Stresa is nice... on Lago Maggiore... swimming in the lake, boat rides, the funivia (cable lift) up Mottarone... 6:36 AM Sep 3rd from web
  5. About an hour or so to Stresa - cab to town - STILL blazing hot - not gonna walk it - tho could have easily - downhill and not very far... 6:28 AM Sep 3rd from web
  6. Now, the train ride from Milan was 2nd Class on the Cisalpino - FANTASTIC train - ultimately bound for Geneva - just great, comfortable... 6:26 AM Sep 3rd from web
  7. After a week in Lucca, off to Stresa in Piemonte... by train to Milan (via La Spezia - NOT Firenze - MUCH less expensive)... 6:25 AM Sep 3rd from web
  8. Pisa - 30 minute train ride. Get off at S. ROSSORE, not Pisa Centrale. 5 minute walk to the tower, rather than 45 minutes from Centrale. 7:43 AM Sep 2nd from web
  9. Beach is typica Italian style, gotta rent the umbrella and chairs, the beach itself is more like the Outer Banks than Italy - but it's there 7:38 AM Sep 2nd from web
  10. Need a beach fix? Viareggio is close. 18 minute train ride from Lucca. 10-15 minute walk to beach. 7:37 AM Sep 2nd from web
  11. Tuscan pesto (and Ligurian, for that matter) is SPECTACULAR... much different than any Ive had in the states. Highly individualized. 7:25 AM Sep 2nd from web
  12. There is no "supermarket" in the old town, so find a good market, baker, gelateria, paninoteca, foccacieria or whatever you interested in. 7:20 AM Sep 2nd from web
  13. If you are self catering, "La Grotta Salumeria & Pizzicheria (Meats and elicatessen is great (via Anfiteatro @ via Villungo) 7:18 AM Sep 2nd from web
  14. The Piazza Anfiteatro is a Roman-era piazza-style space (not an ampitheatre anymore) that host concerts [eriodically (saw Inti-Illimani) 7:15 AM Sep 2nd from web
  15. Piazza Napoleone on the western edge, has restaurants, banks, shops all close by. 7:13 AM Sep 2nd from web
  16. The town is a hodgepodge of small medieval size streets, with shops, businesses, etc. located all over the town. 7:12 AM Sep 2nd from web
  17. Therefore, they are in amazing condition. The Passeggiata Mura Urbane, is a "street" atop the wall, and EVERYONE walks, bikes, etc. there. 7:11 AM Sep 2nd from web
  18. Walls are Rennaissance era. Designed as fortifications and as a defense from cannon fire, they've never actually been used for that purpose 7:08 AM Sep 2nd from web
  19. Stayed in a 5 room self catering apartment in Lucca - no AC, but nice to have the space. Inside the walls (Mura Urbane) of the old town... 7:06 AM Sep 2nd from web
  20. After Riomaggiore, took the train to Lucca, Toscano via LaSpezia and Viareggio. 7:04 AM Sep 2nd from web
  • Name Lil Joe
  • Location USA
  • Bio Self-identified citizen of the world. Humor, sardonica, silly insights/outasights.
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